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Flashlight switch

  • US 5,422,798 A
  • Filed: 06/07/1993
  • Issued: 06/06/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A flashlight, comprising:

  • a flashlight body for receiving a power source therein;

    a light assembly including a light source coupled to said flashlight body, said light source having one terminal positioned to be in electrical contact with one pole of said power source and a second terminal positioned to be proximate an opposite pole of said power source;

    a switch assembly closing one end of said flashlight body, for selectively connecting and disconnecting said light source with said opposite pole of said power source, said switch assembly includes;

    a threaded housing having a first end detachably received in said flashlight body and having a tubular wall extending the length thereof defining a longitudinal axis; and

    an end cap concentrically received in said tubular wall of said threaded housing and closing said flashlight body and said threaded housing, said end cap being rotatable with respect to said threaded housing about said longitudinal axis concentric with said threaded housing between a first position electrically connecting said light source and said power source, and a second position electrically disconnecting said light source and said power source.

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