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MINIATURE FLASHLIGHT

  • US 20030090899A1
  • Filed: 01/23/2003
  • Published: 05/15/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/16/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A flashlight assembly comprising:

  • a housing having a bottom wall and a side wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall;

    a light emitting diode having a head portion and first and second spaced contact arms extending rearwardly from said head portion, said second contact arm having a shorter length than said first contact arm, said diode being received within said housing with said head portion of said diode being received in an aperture in said side wall of said housing, said first contact arm extending along said bottom wall of said housing and being captured within a channel formed in said bottom wall, said second contact arm resting on a raised shoulder formed within said housing;

    a battery having first and second contacts, said battery being received within said housing with said second contact in electrical communication with said first contact arm of said diode; and

    a contact member having first and second ends, said first end being fixed in a stationary positioning electrical communication with said second contact arm of said diode, said second end of said contact member having an arched central portion, said arched central portion being normally biased to a first open position in spaced relation to said first contact of said battery, said second end of said contact member being selectively depressibly movable between said normally open first position and a second closed position in electrical communication with said first contact of said battery to selectively energize said diode.

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