Disposable floating flashlight
First Claim
1. A floating electric flashlight includinga sealed water-resistant casing defining a flotation chamber and including an air chamber portion at each end of said casing having substantially equal volumes of air confined therein for maintaining and balancing the flotation of said flashlight in a predetermined orientation when placed in water,electrical energy producing storage means for providing a source of electrical energy and an electrically energizable light bulb carried within said casing,
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Abstract
A disposable, floating electric flashlight that glows in the dark and is illuminated by merely squeezing the flashlight casing. Any external switch actuator passing through the flashlight casing is thereby eliminated facilitating buoyancy. When the flashlight is illuminated, phosphorescent material within the internal walls of the flashlight casing is regenerated to cause the flashlight to glow in the dark. If the flashlight is accidentally dropped into water, the lamp is balanced to float the flashlight in a predetermined orientation to enable the glowing light to be quickly retrieved.
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13 Claims
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1. A floating electric flashlight including
a sealed water-resistant casing defining a flotation chamber and including an air chamber portion at each end of said casing having substantially equal volumes of air confined therein for maintaining and balancing the flotation of said flashlight in a predetermined orientation when placed in water, electrical energy producing storage means for providing a source of electrical energy and an electrically energizable light bulb carried within said casing,
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2. said storage means and said light bulb coupled into an electrical circuit for connecting the electrical energy from said storage means to said light bulb for effecting the illumination thereof, and
normally open switch means carried entirely within said casing, and coupled into said electrical circuit and operable into a closed position upon flexing said casing for coupling the electrical energy from said storage means to said light bulb thereby effecting the illumination thereof.
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