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Tailcap insert

CA 2016241 C · Owner: Maglica, Anthony · Inventors: Maglica, Anthony

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

The flashlight having a conductive barrel and a tailcap insert which provides for enhanced mechanical and electrical contact between the barrel and the batteries provides for, retaining a tailcap spring to the tailcap upon removal of the tailcap from the barrel, provides retainers to prevent the tailcap insert contacts from over radial extension and/or provides a one-way flow seal to permit outflow of gases produced during flashlight operation but to prevent ingress of material from ambient to within the battery housing.

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  • Filed May 8, 1990 and granted November 8, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 8, 2010.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 8, 2012.
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FiledMay 8, 1990
GrantedNovember 8, 1994
Term endedMay 8, 2010
Patent numberCA 2016241 C
Classification (IPC)F21L19/00 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 8, 1990Patent grantedNov 8, 1994Term endedMay 8, 2010

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