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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2002
Raymond L. Sharrah, Collegeville Borough, PA (US);
Robert A. Kline, Douglasville, PA (US);
Charles W. Craft, Lansdale, PA (US);
Raymond L. Sharrah, Collegeville Borough, PA (US);
Robert A. Kline, Douglasville, PA (US);
Charles W. Craft, Lansdale, PA (US);
Streamlight, Inc., Eagleville, PA (US);
Abstract
A switch as for a flashlight selectively connects, for example, a solid state light source and a battery in the flashlight in circuit for causing the solid state light source to produce light. The switch comprises a pushbutton and a metal contact having a periphery that selectively contacts a housing, and a spring. Pressing the pushbutton moves the pushbutton and the metal contact to contact the housing. The metal contact may include a feature for centering the metal contact with respect to the pushbutton and thus with respect to the housing end. The switch may be disposed in a tail cap attached to a flashlight housing.