Dual switch flashlight
AssigneeArmament Systems and Procedures, Inc.
InventorsKevin L. Parsons, W. Clay Reeves
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Abstract
The present invention provides a flashlight having two switches, an on-off switch and an intermittent switch. The on-off switch allows the flashlight to be placed in either the on position or the off position. The intermittent switch allows the flashlight to be in the on position only when the switch is depressed and manually held down by the user. The presence of both switches provides the user with the flexibility of using the flashlight in either the on/off mode or the intermittent mode.
Claims21
A flashlight comprising:
- a flashlight body having a first end and a second end;
- a head assembly operatively coupled to the first end of the flashlight body and including a lamp;
- an endcap removably coupled to the second end of the flashlight body and having a peripheral side wall and a bore defined within said end cap;
- first and second switches disposed within the bore in the end cap;
- said end cap having a first end adapted for mating with the second end of the flashlight body, and having a second end provided with a closure;
- one of said first and second switches comprising a latching ON/OFF switch that can be activated to open or close an electrical circuit including the lamp in response to actuation of a first switch actuator, and the other of said first and second switches comprising an intermittent switch operative to intermittently close an electrical circuit including the lamp only when activated in response to actuation of a second switch actuator,
- a selected one of said first and second switch actuators being exposed outwardly of the peripheral wall of said end cap, the other of said first and second switch actuators being exposed outwardly of said end closure, whereby said lamp can be continuously connected in electrical circuit in response to actuation of said first switch actuator or can be intermittently connected in electrical circuit in response to intermittent actuation of said second switch actuator.
A flashlight comprising:
- a flashlight body having a first end and a second end;
- a head assembly operatively coupled to the first end of the flashlight body, the head assembly including a lamp;
- an endcap removably coupled to the second end of the flashlight body, the endcap accommodating a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board adapted to receive a first switch, and a third printed circuit board, orthogonally disposed with respect to the second printed circuit board, adapted to receive a second switch.
An end cap for use with a flashlight having a generally tubular flashlight body and a head assembly operatively coupled to the flashlight body, the head assembly including a lamp, said end cap being adapted for removable coupling to the flashlight body and having a outer peripheral surface and an end closure,
- and first and second discrete switches generally orthogonally disposed in the end cap, the first switch being a latching ON/OFF switch and the second switch being an intermittent switch, a selected one of said first and second switches being operatively associated with a switch actuator exposed for actuation from externally of the outer peripheral surface of said end cap, and the other of said first and second switches being operatively associated with a switch actuator exposed for actuation from externally of said end closure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.