9-volt battery mounted flashlight
OwnerRobert L. Carterinventor
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Abstract
A 9-volt battery mounted flashlight including a lower housing fixedly mounted on the battery and an upper housing carrying an LED that pivots or rocks on the lower housing to turn the flashlight on and off. The upper housing has a pair of integral pivot bosses that mount in horizontal pivot bores in the lower housing so the upper housing rocks between on and off positions.
Claims15
A 9-volt battery mounted flashlight where the battery has a body with a longitudinal axis and the top of the body has spaced positive and negative terminals, comprising:
- a bottom housing assembly having spaced positive and negative terminals designed to be held in place by the positive and negative terminals on the 9-volt battery, a top housing assembly mounted on the bottom housing assembly and carrying at least one LED, said top housing assembly having a contact selectively movable into electrical continuity with one of the bottom housing terminals, and said top housing being movably mounted on said bottom housing assembly to selectively move the top housing assembly contact into and out of electrical continuity with said one of the bottom housing terminals to switch the flashlight on and off without the need for any external switch.
A 9-volt battery mounted flashlight where the battery has a body with a longitudinal axis and the top of the body has spaced positive and negative terminals, comprising:
- a lower one-piece housing generally rectangular in shape having positive and negative terminals designed to engage and be supported on the positive and negative terminals of the battery, said lower housing having a generally rectangular upper recess therein, an upper one-piece housing generally rectangular in shape pivotally mounted between first and second positions in the upper recess in the lower housing, said upper housing having integral pivot bosses engageable with the lower housing, said upper housing carrying an LED energized by the battery, and said upper body having a contact connected to the LED selectively engageable with one of the lower housing terminals to turn the LED on and off as the upper housing is pivoted relative to the lower housing without the need for any external switch.
A 9-volt battery mounted flashlight where the battery has a body with a longitudinal axis and the top of the body has spaced positive and negative terminals, comprising:
- a lower housing having first and second terminals connectable to the battery terminals, and an upper housing carrying an LED movably mounted on the lower housing to turn the flashlight on and off without the need for any external switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.