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Squeezable flashlight

  • US 4,731,712 A
  • Filed: 12/10/1986
  • Issued: 03/15/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A flashlight comprising:

  • a flashlight housing;

    a pair of batteries within the housing, each battery having a terminal disposed on an end thereof and a terminal defined by a battery casing;

    a lamp including a body comprising a central contact terminal disposed at an end thereof and a generally cylindrical casing terminal;

    first means for securing at least a portion of the lamp within the flashlight housing;

    second means for retaining the batteries in an offset side-by-side relationship within the housing and in a relationship with respect to the lamp such that said central contact terminal of the lamp contacts a first said terminal of a first of the batteries and said cylindrical casing terminal of the lamp contacts a second said terminal of the second of the batteries, the second terminal having a polarity opposite to the first terminal;

    third means for electrically insulating the casings of the batteries from each other; and

    fourth means for electrically connecting the batteries so that current flows through the lamp, said fourth means being rendered operative when force is applied to a portion of said housing having at least limited flexibility.

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