Battery Powered Light With Alignment Mechanism
AssigneeStreamlight, Inc.
InventorRaymond L. Sharrah
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Abstract
A portable lamp is provided that is powered by a plurality of batteries. The lamp includes a housing having a battery compartment with a removable closure. The closure includes a plurality of electrically conductive contacts configured to contact batteries in the battery compartment. The battery compartment and the closure comprise mating alignment elements adapted to align the contacts on the closure with batteries in the battery compartment. The alignment element on the closure is configured to move relative to the closure when the closure is twisted relative to the battery compartment to connect the closure to the housing. The lamp also incorporates a valve that may be integrally formed with a sleeve on the housing.
Claims23
1-32. (canceled)
A battery powered light, comprising:
- a light element for providing a source of light;
- a housing for housing the light, wherein the housing comprises a battery compartment comprising a plurality of vertically oriented generally cylindrical chambers spaced apart from one another wherein each cylindrical chamber is configured to receive a battery in a general vertical orientation;
- a cover for closing an opening to the battery compartment, wherein the cover comprises a releasable connection with the housing and wherein twisting the cover relative to the housing connects or disconnects the cover with housing;
- a plurality of contacts configured to electrically engage batteries when batteries are in the battery compartment;
- a first alignment element;
- a second alignment element connected with the cover and configured to matingly cooperate with the first alignment element to guide the contacts into electrical contact with batteries when batteries are in the battery compartment;
- wherein the plurality of contacts are rotatable relative to the cover when the cover is rotated to connect or disconnect the cover with the housing.
A battery powered light, comprising:
- a light element for providing a source of light;
- a housing for housing the light, wherein the housing comprises a battery compartment configured to receive a plurality of batteries
- a plurality of batteries in the battery compartment and in circuit with the light element;
- a cover for closing an opening to the battery compartment;
- a sleeve covering a portion of the housing, wherein the sleeve is formed of a resiliently deformable material;
- and
- a valve integrally formed with the sleeve, wherein the valve forms a fluid-tight seal to impede the migration of fluid into the housing while allowing pressurized fluid to vent from the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.