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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert Hoyt, Lombard, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
362189 ; 200 60 ; 362 84 ; 362205 ; 362295 ;
Abstract
A flashlight is disclosed with a housing having a flexible sidewall which is deformed onto a resiliently folded membrane switch to energize and light the flashlight. The flashlight may have a bulb cap at the end of the housing carrying the light bulb with phosphorescent material being molded into the bulb cap and activated by the use of the flashlight to produce a phosphorescent afterglow at the bulb cap.