Touchably-operating miniature flashlight

Claim 1

A miniature flashlight comprising: a housing having two battery sockets disposed on a right and a left sides of the housing, a bottom plate formed on a bottom of the housing, an upper plate formed on an upper portion of the housing having a bulb socket formed in a central portion of the upper plate and a recess portion formed in a rear portion of said housing opposite to said two battery sockets; a bulb detachably mounted in said bulb socket of said housing; two batteries respectively held in said two battery sockets in said housing and electrically connected in series for forming a power circuit between a bulb terminal and a lamp base of the bulb for lighting said bulb; two spring contactor plates normally resiliently open and operatively closed forming a part of said power circuit of said bulb for lighting said bulb; a flexible sleeve jacketed on said housing; and a top cover mounted on said upper plate confining said sleeve between said top cover and said bottom plate, said top cover including a horizontal plate having a central hole for protruding said bulb outwardly, a pair of side plates protruding downwardly from two opposite sides of said horizontal plate each side plate having an extension engageable with a side hole formed in said upper plate of said housing so that said top cover can be mounted on said housing; said housing, said sleeve and said top cover being made of electrical insulating materials, whereby upon a depression of the sleeve on the recess portion, said two spring contactor plates are contacted to close the power circuit for lighting said bulb; the improvement which comprises: said housing including a first battery socket having a first upper clip formed on an upper portion of the battery socket under the upper plate pertaining a bulb-terminal contactor plate for electrically connecting a bulb terminal, and a first lower clip formed on a lower portion of the battery socket on the bottom plate pertaining an outer spring contactor plate protruding rearwardly into said recess portion of said housing, said first battery socket having a first battery held therein with a positive terminal of the first battery contacting the first upper clip and a negative terminal of the first battery contacting the first lower clip; and a second battery socket having a second upper clip formed on its upper portion pertaining a lamp-base contactor plate electrically connecting a lamp base of said bulb, and a second lower clip formed on a lower portion of the second battery socket pertaining an inner spring contactor plate protruding rearwardly into the recess portion of said housing to be fixed on a stem protruding rearwardly from a central partition plate separating the two battery sockets so as to be operatively contacted by said outer spring contactor plate to close the power circuit for lighting said bulb, a second battery held in said second battery socket having a postive terminal of the second battery contacting said second lower clip and having a negative terminal of the battery contacting said second upper clip.