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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2007
Thomas M. Gregory, Belgrade, MT (US);
Robert A. Kincaid, Bozeman, MT (US);
Craig Adam Lamb, Bozeman, MT (US);
Birten L. Todd, Harrison, MT (US);
Eric M. Yeates, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Clifton L. Cook, Boise, ID (US);
Thomas A. Marx, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
John E. Proc, Manhattan, MT (US);
Thomas M. Gregory, Belgrade, MT (US);
Robert A. Kincaid, Bozeman, MT (US);
Craig Adam Lamb, Bozeman, MT (US);
Birten L. Todd, Harrison, MT (US);
Eric M. Yeates, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Clifton L. Cook, Boise, ID (US);
Thomas A. Marx, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
John E. Proc, Manhattan, MT (US);
Blackhawk Industries Product Group Unlimited LLC, Norfolk, VA (US);
Abstract
A switch assembly that is utilized as a tail cap of a lighting device. The switch assembly comprises a depressible switch that allows the user to activate the lighting device. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, the switch assembly has four channels, providing for at least three different light functions and a locking channel. In these non-limiting embodiments, the different channels are defined by the axial position of the rotatable portion relative to the lighting device body.