Portable Lighting Devices

摘要

A flashlight has a lock out feature that prevents it from being turned on which is activated or deactivated by pointing the flashlight in a first direction (e.g., upward) prior to turning it on, depressing a switch to turn it on, tilting the flashlight in a second direction (e.g., downward) while continuously depressing the switch, and releasing the switch.

主权项

1: A flashlight, comprising:
a switch; and a lock out feature that is activated by:
pointing the flashlight in a first preselected direction prior to the flashlight being turned on;turning en the flashlight by depressing a switch on the flashlight;tilting the flashlight in a second preselected direction while continuously depressing the switch; andreleasing the switch; wherein activation of the lock out feature prevents the flashlight from being turned on.