Flashlight having battery suspension system
AssigneeThe Coleman Company, Inc.
InventorsJohn August Sedovic, David J. Bamber, Michael Chan
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Abstract
A flashlight having a battery suspension system is provided and includes a flashlight body having a substantially hollow portion into which at least one battery may be loaded; an end cap removably mountable to one longitudinal end of the flashlight body; a head assembly removably mountable to another longitudinal end of the flashlight body opposite the one longitudinal end; a first spring disposed adjacent the end cap and extending in an axial direction of the flashlight body; a second spring disposed adjacent the head assembly and extending in the axial direction of the flashlight body; and a plate member disposed with one surface in contact with the second spring, and another surface facing toward the first spring.
Claims18
A flashlight having a battery suspension system comprising:
- first urging means for urging at least one battery in a first direction;
- second urging means for urging the at least one battery in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction;
- and interference means for interfacing between said second urging means and the at least one battery, said interface means including an electrical contact for electrically contacting the at least one battery and a projecting portion for physically contacting the at least one battery when the interface means is subjected to mechanical shock.
A flashlight having a battery suspension system comprising:
- a first spring for urging at least one battery in a first direction;
- a second spring for urging the at least one battery in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction;
- and a plate member disposed with a first surface thereof in contact with said second spring and a second surface thereof including an electrical contact for making electrical contact with the at least one battery and a projecting portion for making physical contact with the at least one battery when the plate member is subjected to mechanical shock.
A flashlight having a battery suspension system comprising:
- a flashlight body having a substantially hollow portion into which at least one battery may be loaded;
- a head assembly mounted to one longitudinal end of said flashlight body opposite another longitudinal end;
- a first spring disposed adjacent said another longitudinal end and extending in an axial direction of said flashlight body;
- a second spring disposed adjacent said head assembly and extending in the axial direction of said flashlight body;
- and a plate member disposed with a first surface thereof in contact with said second spring, and having a second surface thereof facing toward said first spring, said plate member including an electrical contact for making electrical contact with the at least one battery and a projecting portion for physically contacting the at least one battery when the plate member is subjected to mechanical shock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.