Packaging or support for a lamp
AssigneeZweibruder Optoelectronics GmbH
InventorRainer Opolka
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A flashlight has a housing, a battery in the housing, a light source on the housing, and a circuit between the battery and the light source and including a switch actuatable to energize the light source. A package encloses the flashlight and holds an externally actuatable package switch separate from the housing switch and carried on the packaging material and wiring connected between the package switch and the circuit of the flashlight such that the package switch is actuatable to energize the light source. The wiring is releasably connected to the circuit for disconnection of the wiring and package switch from the circuit on separation of the flashlight from the package.
Claims13
In combination with a flashlight having a housing, a battery in the housing, a light source on the housing, and a circuit between the battery and the light source and including a switch actuatable to energize the light source, a package comprising:
- packaging material enclosing the flashlight;
- an externally actuatable package switch separate from the housing switch and carried on the packaging material;
- wiring connected between the package switch and the circuit of the flashlight such that the package switch is actuatable to energize the light source, the wiring connecting the package switch in parallel to the housing switch;
- and
- releasable means including a jack on the housing and a plug connected to the wiring and releasably engaged in the jack for connecting the wiring to the circuit for disconnection of the wiring and package switch from the circuit on separation of the flashlight from the package.
In combination with a flashlight having a housing, a battery in the housing, a light source on the housing, and a circuit between the battery and the light source and including a momentary-contact switch on the housing and depressible into a first position to energize the light source, a package comprising:
- packaging material enclosing the flashlight and elastically deformable in a region of the switch;
- and
- an annular spring surrounding the housing inside the packaging material at the switch and elastically compressible through the packaging material to engage and depress the housing switch into only the first position.
In combination with a flashlight having a housing, a battery in the housing, a light source on the housing, and a circuit between the battery and the light source and including a momentary-contact switch on the housing and depressible into a first position to energize the light source, a package comprising:
- packaging material enclosing the flashlight and elastically deformable in a region near the switch;
- and
- a string, lever, or rod extending between the packaging material and the switch, outside the housing, and actuatable by deflection of the packaging material in the region only to shift the switch into the first position.
In combination with a flashlight having a housing, a battery in the housing, a light source on the housing having a light-output opening, and a circuit between the battery and the light source and including a momentary-contact switch on the housing and depressible into a first position to energize the light source and thereby project light from the opening, a package comprising:
- packaging material enclosing the flashlight and elastically deformable region of the switch;
- an externally actuatable package switch separate from the housing switch and carried on the packaging material;
- wiring connected between the package switch and the circuit of the flashlight such that the package switch is actuatable to energize the light source;
- and
- means including a body pivotal relative to the housing in alignment with the light-output opening for deflecting, reflecting, or refracting light emitted by the source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.