Brightness controllable flashlights
First Claim
1. In a flashlight, the combination comprising:
- a battery;
a light emitter assembly;
a switch in circuit with said battery and said light emitter assembly, said switch having a first OFF position and a second OFF position, a first ON position coupling said battery to said light emitter assembly for producing a first light output, and a second ON position coupling said battery to said light emitter assembly for producing a second light output; and
a switch actuator adapted to be coupled to said switch alternatively in said first OFF position and said second OFF position, said switch actuator, when coupled to said switch in said first OFF position, translatable by a first distance placing said switch in said first ON position and translatable by a second distance placing said switch in said second ON position, said switch actuator, when coupled to said switch in said second OFF position, translatable by a third distance placing said switch in said first ON position.
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Abstract
Flashlights having selectively controllable brightness levels, a preferred embodiment of which comprises in combination: a battery; a light emitter assembly; a switch in circuit with the battery and the light emitter assembly, the switch having a first OFF position and a second OFF position, the first ON position coupling the battery to the light emitter assembly for producing a first light output, and a second ON position coupling the battery to the light emitter assembly for producing a second light output; and a switch actuator adapted to be coupled to the switch alternatively in its first OFF position and its second OFF position, the switch actuator when coupled in its first OFF position is translatable by a first distance placing the switch in its first ON position and translatable by a second distance placing the switch in its second ON position, the switch actuator when coupled in its second OFF position is translatable by a third distance placing the switch in its first ON position. The switch actuator preferably comprises a click-ON/click-OFF pushbutton switch actuator, for alternatively placing the switch momentarily in its first and second ON positions and constantly in its second ON position from its first OFF position; and for alternatively placing the switch momentarily and constantly in its first ON position from its second OFF position.
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51 Claims
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1. In a flashlight, the combination comprising:
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a battery;
a light emitter assembly;
a switch in circuit with said battery and said light emitter assembly, said switch having a first OFF position and a second OFF position, a first ON position coupling said battery to said light emitter assembly for producing a first light output, and a second ON position coupling said battery to said light emitter assembly for producing a second light output; and
a switch actuator adapted to be coupled to said switch alternatively in said first OFF position and said second OFF position, said switch actuator, when coupled to said switch in said first OFF position, translatable by a first distance placing said switch in said first ON position and translatable by a second distance placing said switch in said second ON position, said switch actuator, when coupled to said switch in said second OFF position, translatable by a third distance placing said switch in said first ON position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. In a flashlight, the combination comprising:
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a battery;
a light emitter assembly;
a switch in circuit with said battery and said light emitter assembly, said switch having a first OFF position, a first ON position coupling said battery to said light emitter assembly for producing a first light output, and a second ON position coupling said battery to said light emitter assembly for producing a second light output; and
a click-ON/click-OFF pushbutton switch actuator including a pushbutton, said switch actuator adapted to be coupled to said switch in said first OFF position wherein said pushbutton is depressible by a first distance placing said switch momentarily in said first ON position, said pushbutton is depressible by a second distance placing said switch momentarily in said second ON position, said pushbutton is depressible to its full travel and releasable for maintaining said switch in said second ON position, said switch actuator is adapted for releasing said switch to said first OFF position when said switch is in the maintained second ON position and said pushbutton is depressed to its full travel and released. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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