Rechargeable light unit

Claim 1

A PORTABLE FLASHLIGHT COMPRISING A MAIN HOUSING SEGMENT HAVING A FRONT WALL, A TOP AND BOTTOM WALL AND A PAIR OF SIDE WALLS, AN UPSTANDING PROJECTION FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH SAID TOP WALL AND BEING OFFSET REARWARDLY FROM SAID FRONT WALL, A REAR COVER MEMBER SECURED TO SAID HOUSING SEGMENT AND UPSTANDING PROJECTION, SAID UPSTANDING PROJECTION BEING FORMED WITH A BORE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID SIDE WALLS, A FLASH-LIGHT BULB FRICTIONALLY SECURED IN SAID BORE, SAID BULB HAVING A HEAD PORTION OVERLYING THE FORWARD PORTION OF SAID TOP WALL, A SHELL PORTION EXTENDING OVER SAID MAIN HOUSING SEGMENT, AND A REAR CONTACT PROJECTING INTO SAID COVER MEMBER, AN AUXILIARY HOUSING MEMBER OF TRANSPARENT MATERIAL, MEANS LOCKINGLY SECURING SAID AUXILIARY HOUSING MEMBER ON SAID UPSTANDING PROJECTION AROUND THE BULB HEAD PORTION, A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY IN SAID HOUSING SEGMENT, SAID BATTERY HAVING RESPECTIVE TERMINALS COMPRISING TWO CASING SEGMENTS INSULATED FROM EACH OTHER, MEANS CONNECTING ONE CASING SEGMENT TO THE LAMP SHELL PORTION, A SLIDE SWITCH MOUNTED BETWEEN THE MAIN HOUSING SEGMENT AND COVER MEMBER, MEANS INCLUDING SAID SLIDE SWITCH CONNECTING THE OTHER BATTERY CASING SEGMENT TO THE LAMP REAR CONTACT, SAID BOTTOM WALL BEING FORMED WITH AN APERTURE, AN INSULATING SUPPORT ELEMENT SECURED OVER SAID APERTURE, A PAIR OF SPACED DEPENDING CONTACT PRONGS SECURED ON SAID INSULATING SUPPORT ELEMENT AND PROJECTING INTO SAID APERTURE, AND RESPECTIVE CONDUCTORS CONNECTING SAID PRONGS TO SAID CASING SEGMENTS.