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US 7,001,042 B2Granted
Flashlight
AssigneeMag Instrument, Inc.
InventorAnthony Maglica
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Abstract
A flashlight has a switch housing in between the battery compartment and reflector. The neck of the switch housing holds a lamp support at a central position within a reflector. An o-ring on the rear of the switch housing seals the battery compartment. The switch housing partially floats within the flashlight tube to allow for a slight adjustment of the lamp relative to the reflector to insure centering.
Claims13
A flashlight switch comprising:
- a switch housing body having a front, a back, and a receptacle opening extending into the switch housing between the front and the back, a front contact slot through the front and a back contact slot through the back;
- a front contact aligned with the front contact slot and a back contact aligned with the back contact slot;
- a tubular neck section attached to the front of the switch housing body around the front contact slot, the neck section having a neck slot;
- a push button switch assembly contained within the receptacle opening and having a switch assembly housing, the switch assembly housing containing an indexer, a switch driver, contact clips on opposite sides of the assembly housing and a center contact ring which alternatively makes and breaks contact with the contact clips and the front and back contacts and is incrementally rotated when the switch driver is pressed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.