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Flashlight with tailcap switch boot

  • US 5,211,471 A
  • Filed: 12/28/1990
  • Issued: 05/18/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A flashlight comprising:

  • a housing for retaining one or more batteries;

    a head assembly attached to one end of said housing, said head assembly enclosing a bulb;

    a tailcap assembly attached to an opposite end of said housing, said tailcap assembly including a switch for selectively completing or breaking an electrical circuit between the bulb and the batteries, and further including a switch plunger operatively coupled at one end to said switch and having an opposite end projecting from the tail cap assembly; and

    a boot assembly including a generally hollow and resilient boot attached at an open end to said tailcap assembly, said boot having an opposite closed end with a substantially flat exterior surface, said boot assembly further including a rigid boot support within said boot adjacent said closed end thereof, said boot support including means defining a recess into which said opposite end of said switch plunger is received,wherein said tailcap assembly includes a generally cylindrical and outwardly-extending projection and said boot includes at its open end an inner circumferential lip that mates with said projection to provide a water-resistant and contaminant-resistant seal for said switch.

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