Battery powered portable electric light source systems

A method of providing electric light,

• comprising in combination:
• selecting an electric light source requiring for energization a pair of batteries in series;
• making a portable container for several pairs of said batteries;
• effecting a first energization of said electric light source from a first pair of said several pairs of said batteries while located in said container;
• thereafter effecting a second energization of said electric light source from a second pair of said several pairs of said batteries while located in said container;
• thereafter effecting a third energization of said electric light source from a third pair of said several pairs of said batteries while located in said container;
• providing a flashlight having a light output stronger than said electric light source and being separate from said container for use of batteries from said container;
• and
• exchanging batteries between said container and said flashlight.

A method of providing electric light,

• comprising in combination:
• selecting first and second electric light sources each requiring for energization a pair of batteries in series;
• making a portable container for several pairs of said batteries;
• effecting a first energization of said first electric light source from a first pair of said several pairs of said batteries while located in said container;
• thereafter effecting a second energization of said first electric light source from a second pair of said several pairs of said batteries while located in said container;
• thereafter effecting a third energization of said first electric light source from a third pair of said several pairs of said batteries while located in said container;
• effecting an energization of said second electric light source from a pair of said several pairs of said batteries while located in said container;
• and
• thereafter effecting a further energization of said second electric light source from another pair of said several pairs of said batteries while located in said container.

A method of providing electric light with an electric light source,

• comprising in combination:
• making a portable container for at least half a dozen batteries;
• effecting a first energization of said electric light source from one of said batteries while located in said container;
• thereafter effecting a second energization of said electric light source from a second one of said batteries while located in said container;
• and
• thereafter effecting a third energization of said electric light source from a third one of said batteries while located in said container;
• providing a flashlight having a light output stronger than said electric light source and being separate from said container for use of batteries from said container;
• and
• exchanging batteries between said container and said flashlight.

Apparatus for providing electric light,

• comprising in combination:
• an electric light source requiring for energization a pair of batteries in series;
• a portable container for several pairs of said batteries;
• and
• means including an electrical conductor structure at a bottom of said container between terminals of all batteries in said container for alternatively effecting a first energization of said electric light source from a first pair of said several pairs of said batteries while located in said container, a second energization of said electric light source from a second pair of said several pairs of said batteries while located in said container, and a third energization of said electric light source from a third pair of said several pairs of said batteries while located in said container.

Apparatus for providing electric light,

• comprising in combination:
• an electric light source requiring for energization a pair of batteries in series;
• a portable container for several pairs of said batteries connected each in series at a bottom of said container;
• each of said several pairs of said batteries including a first battery having a first positive terminal and an opposite first negative terminal, and a second battery having a second positive terminal connected to said first negative terminal and an opposite second negative terminal, with first positive terminals of first batteries of said several pairs of said batteries and second negative terminals of second batteries of said several pairs of said batteries being in substantially the same plane for selective application of said electric light source thereto for energization therefrom;
• a socket for said electric light source including terminals corresponding to adjacent terminals of any one of said several pairs of batteries in said container;
• and
• an electric conductor structure at a bottom of said container between terminals of all batteries in said container.

Apparatus for providing electric light,

• comprising in combination:
• an electric light source requiring for energization a pair of batteries in series;
• a portable container for several pairs of said batteries connected each in series at a bottom of said container;
• each of said several pairs of said batteries including a first battery having a first positive terminal and an opposite first negative terminal, and a second battery having a second positive terminal connected to said first negative terminal and an opposite second negative terminal, with first positive terminals of first batteries of said several pairs of said batteries and second negative terminals of second batteries of said several pairs of said batteries being in substantially the same plane for selective application of said electric light source thereto for energization therefrom;
• a socket for said electric light source including terminals corresponding to adjacent terminals of any one of said several pairs of batteries in said container;
• and
• a lid for said container having a first aperture corresponding to said socket at a first pair of said several pairs of said batteries in said container, having a second aperture corresponding to said socket at a second pair of said several pairs of said batteries in said container, and having a third aperture corresponding to said socket at a third pair of said several pairs of said batteries in said container.

Apparatus for providing electric light,

• comprising in combination:
• an electric light source requiring for energization a pair of batteries in series;
• a portable container for several pairs of said batteries connected each in series at a bottom of said container;
• each of said several pairs of said batteries including a first battery having a first positive terminal and an opposite first negative terminal, and a second battery having a second positive terminal connected to said first negative terminal and an opposite second negative terminal, with first positive terminals of first batteries of said several pairs of said batteries and second negative terminals of second batteries of said several pairs of said batteries being in substantially the same plane for selective application of said electric light source thereto for energization therefrom;
• a socket for said electric light source including terminals corresponding to adjacent terminals of any one of said several pairs of batteries in said container;
• an electric light source mount and applicator including a lid on said container selectively applying said electric light source to said batteries when closed;
• and
• an electric light source OFF switching arrangement including a catch between said lid and said container releasably retaining said lid in a partially open position so as to disconnect said electric light source from said batteries.

Apparatus for providing electric light,

• comprising in combination:
• an electric light source requiring batteries for energization;
• a portable container for several of said batteries;
• an electric light source mount and applicator including a lid on said container selectively applying said electric light source to said batteries when closed;
• and
• an electric light source OFF switching arrangement including a catch between said lid and said container releasably retaining said lid in a partially open position so as to disconnect said electric light source from said batteries.

A method of using an unspent battery having a pair of output terminals in a photographic film pack,

• comprising in combination:
• providing a container for receiving said photographic film pack;
• providing at said container an electric light source for energization by said unspent battery;
• inserting said photographic film pack into said container;
• alternating said photographic film pack in said container between a first position in which said battery is disconnected from said electric light source and a second position;
• and
• connecting said electric light source to said pair of output terminals in said second position of said photographic film pack in said container.

A method of providing electric light,

• comprising in combination:
• selecting an electric light source requiring for energization a pair of batteries in series;
• making a portable container for several pairs of said batteries;
• making a lid for said container;
• and
• effecting energization of said light source including effecting application of said electric light source to any pair of said several pairs of said batteries in said container with said lid.