Compact portable lighting device

A compact, portable lighting device having a support component and a plurality of lighting components, which comprises:

• a) a support component having a plurality of lighting component receivers, each of said receivers having a back and a front, each of said receivers having a plurality of contacting positions to simultaneously contact and hold a lighting component, and each of said receivers having a focal point of said plurality of contact positions that is a straight central axis;
• and,
• b) said plurality of lighting components being separate components from said support component and separate components from one another, each of said plurality of lighting components having an elongated section with a straight central axis and a front end with illumination elements, each of said plurality of lighting components being positioned within one or more of said receivers with its straight central axis being coincidental with said straight central axis of said one or more receivers, and, wherein said central axes of said plurality of lighting components are nonparallel to one another and converge at a predetermined point of convergence when viewed from back to front;
• wherein a user may remove and insert one or more of said plurality of lighting components from and to one or more of said receivers, and may illuminate each of said plurality of lighting components separately.

A compact, portable lighting device having a support component and a plurality of lighting components, which comprises:

• a) a support component having a plurality of lighting component receivers, said support component having a back and a front, each of said receivers having a back and a front, each of said receivers having a plurality of contacting positions to simultaneously contact and hold a lighting component, and each of said receivers having a focal point of said plurality of contact positions that is a straight central axis, said support component having a maximum periphery when viewed from a back view thereof, said maximum periphery being a circle encompassing said support component and tangent to at least two outer points thereof, each of at least two of said plurality of lighting component receivers being positioned proximate to the other and to the circle of said maximum periphery of said support component;
• and,
• b) said plurality of lighting components being separate components from said support component and separate components from one another, each of said plurality of lighting components having an elongated section with a straight central axis and a front end with illumination elements, each of said plurality of lighting components being positioned within one or more of said receivers with its straight central axis being coincidental with said straight central axis of said one or more of said receivers, and, wherein said central axes of said plurality of lighting components are nonparallel to one another and converge at a predetermined point of convergence when viewed from back to front;
• wherein a user may remove and insert one or more of said plurality of lighting components from and to one or more of said receivers, and may illuminate each of said plurality of lighting components separately.