Gun barrel mounted flashlight mount and switch

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A GUN BARREL HAVING A MUZZLE END, A FLASHLIGHT OF THE TYPE INCLUDING AN ELONGATED BODY AND INCLUDING ILLUMINATION MEANS AT ONE END THEREOF ADAPTED TO BE ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL AND ALSO ADAPTED TO CAST A BEAM OF LIGHT OUTWARDLY OF SAID ONE END OF SAID BODY, SAID FLASHLIGHT INCLUDING FIRST ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT DEFINING MEANS HAVING A FIRST MANUALLY ACTUATABLE SWITCH FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID ILLUMINATION MEANS TO SAID SOURCE, SECOND ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT DEFINING MEANS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST CIRCUIT DEFINING MEANS BYPASSING SAID FIRST SWITCH AND INCLUDING A SECOND AUTOMATIC SWITCH RESPONSIVE TO POSITIONING OF SAID BODY FOR CLOSING SAID SECOND CIRCUIT, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID BODY FROM SAID BARREL WITH SAID BODY GENERALLY PARALLELING SAID BARREL AND SAID ONE END OF SAID BODY FACING IN THE DIRECTION OF THE MUZZLE END OF THE BARREL SO AS TO ENABLE SAID FLASHLIGHT TO CAST A BEAMO OF LIGHT ALONG THE LINE OF SIGHT OF SAID BARREL, SAID MEANS SECURING SAID BODY TO SAID BARREL INCLUDING MEANS ADAPTED TO REMOVABLY SUPPORT SAID BODY FROM SAID BARREL IN SELECTIVE POSITIONS OF ROTATION OF SAID BODY RELATIVE TO SAID BARREL DISPOSED 180 DEGREES APART, SAID SECOND SWITCH BEING ORIENTED RELATIVE TO SAID BODY SO AS TO BE ACTUATED TO CLOSE SAID SECOND CIRCUIT AS SAID GUN BARREL HAS ITS MUZZLE END LOWERED FROM AN UPRIGHT POSITION TO A POSITION WITH SAID MUZZLE END APPROACHING A HORIZONTAL POSITION AND TO MAINTAIN SAID SECOND CIRCUIT CLOSED AS SAID MUZZLE END PASSES A DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED VERTICAL POSITION AND UNTIL SAID MUZZLE END AGAIN APPROACHES A HORIZONTAL POSITION FACING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM THE POSITION FACING IN THE FIRST MENTIONED HORIZONTAL POSITION, SAID SECOND SWITCH ALSO BEING ORIENTATED RELATIVE TO SAID BODY SO THAT, IF SAID BODY IS ROTATED 180 DEGREES ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS RELATIVE TO SAID BARREL, SAID SECOND SWITCH WILL BE OPERATIVE TO CLOSE SAID SECOND CIRCUIT ONLY AS SAID MUZZLE END IS LOWERED SO AS TO APPROACH A MUZZLE DOWN VERTICAL POSITION AND TO MAINTAIN SAID SECOND CIRCUIT CLOSED UNTIL SAID MUZZLE END IS SWUNG PAST A MUZZLE DOWN VERTICAL POSITION AND THEREAFTER PAST A HORIZONTAL POSITION.