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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1997
Charles M. Moskowitz, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Roger Q. Smith, Reisterstown, MD (US);
Black & Decker Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A recharger system for charging a stand alone battery and a flashlight battery has a housing to receive a flashlight as well as a stand alone battery. The charger and flashlight include circuitry which enable the stand alone battery as well as the flashlight battery to be charged at the same time. When the stand alone battery or flashlight battery or both are charging, indicator LEDS are illuminated. If the power is lost or an outage occurs, an additional indicator LED is illuminated, which is powered from the stand alone battery, and ,if the flashlight is in the housing, the bulb of the flashlight is also illuminated, being powered through the flashlight battery.