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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1996
Peter F Lynch, Skaneateles, NY (US);
Mark A Ferguson, Jamesville, NY (US);
Robert L Naas, Skaneateles, NY (US);
David R Dalton, Westlake, OH (US);
Eveready Battery Company, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
An illumination device functioning as both a flashlight and an area table lamp having a flexible neck that connects a light housing to a base. The illumination device includes at least one light source mounted in the light housing for projecting light through either a diffusing lens to function as an area light or a projecting lens to function as a flashlight. An improved flexible neck for an illumination device is also disclosed that has a dampening mechanism and a retaining mechanism disposed in an elongated solid resilient body. The retaining mechanism counters the resilient force of the resilient body to retain a selected position of the flexible neck while the dampening mechanism serves to dampen a bouncing effect that commonly occurs in flexible necks of flashlights.