Thomson Consumer Electronics Inc.

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Thomas Edward Renk, Jr

Mark Allen Smith

Richard A Bourgerie

Sheila R Augaitis

Dennis J Erber

Steven Barry Chesebro

William R Abraham

A flashlight includes a body sized to be held in the hand of a user. The flashlight includes a light source coupled to the body for emitting light when the light source is activated by a user. The light source is movable to emit light as directed by the user.

Flashlight

Remote control

Portable television

Audio visual center

A magnetically latchable device embodied as a battery pack or a platform. The battery pack includes a case, a magnetic component engaging the case to latch the case to a portable device, an alignment member separate from the perimeter of the case to mate with the portable device when the case is magnetically latched to the portable device, an electrical conducting contact disposed within an aperture of the case to be electrically coupled to a circuit housed in the portable device when the case is magnetically latched to the portable device, and a power source disposed within the case and electrically coupled to the electrical conducting contact. The platform includes a case, a magnetic component engaging the case to latch the case to a portable device, an alignment member separate from the perimeter of the case to mate with the portable device when the case is magnetically latched to the portable device, an electrical conducting contact disposed within an aperture of the case to be electrically coupled to a circuit housed in the portable device when the case is magnetically latched to the portable device, and a power jack disposed within an second aperture of the case to electrically couple a power source to the electrical conducting contact.

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Indianapolis, IN, United States of America

Thomas Edward Renk, Jr