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A flashlight having a handle and a head pivotally mounted on the handle. A bulb within the head and a battery within the handle in electrical circuit with a bulb in the head. The handle having an upstanding ear and the head having an extending arm. An opening in the upstanding ear and an opening in

A flashlight having a handle and a head pivotally mounted on the handle. A bulb within the head and a battery within the handle in electrical circuit with a bulb in the head. The handle having an upstanding ear and the head having an extending arm. An opening in the upstanding ear and an opening in the arm, pivot means mounted in the openings so that the head can pivot relative to the ear and the handle.

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1. A flashlight comprising a handle and a head assembly pivotally mounted on said handle, means for mounting a bulb within the head assembly, said handle adapted to receive a battery, circuit means adapted to create an electrical circuit between a battery in said handle and a bulb in the head assemb

1. A flashlight comprising a handle and a head assembly pivotally mounted on said handle, means for mounting a bulb within the head assembly, said handle adapted to receive a battery, circuit means adapted to create an electrical circuit between a battery in said handle and a bulb in the head assembly whereby a bulb can be turned on and off, said handle having an upstanding ear assembly, said head assembly having an arm assembly extending from a portion thereof, an opening in said upstanding ear assembly and an opening in said arm assembly, pivot means mounted in the said openings in said upstanding ear assembly and said arm assembly whereby said head can pivot relative to said upstanding ear and to said handle, said arm assembly comprises a pair of spaced arms and wherein said upstanding ear assembly is mounted between said spaced arms.2. A flashlight as set forth in claim 1 upstanding ear assembly width is substantially equal to the space between said arms whereby the upstanding ear assembly is frictionally engaged between the spaced arms.3. A flashlight as set forth in claim 2 wherein said head assembly comprises a bulb chamber and wherein said spaced arms extend from the bulb chamber.4. A flashlight as set forth in claim 3 wherein the bulb chamber has a bottom wall wherein said spaced arms extend from said bottom wall.5. A flashlight as set forth in claim 4 wherein said head assembly comprises a head and wherein said bulb chamber is mounted within said head.6. A flashlight as set forth in claim 5 wherein said head has a rear wall and wherein said rear wall has a slot therein.7. A flashlight as set forth in claim 6 wherein said slot has the same width as the distance between the spaced arms.8. A flashlight as set forth in claim 7 wherein said circuit means comprises a switch assembly adapted to turn a bulb on and off.9. A flashlight as set forth in claim 8 wherein connecting wire means extend from said switch assembly into said head and into electrical circuit with a bulb.10. A flashlight as set forth in claim 9 wherein the opening in the arm assembly comprises an opening in at least one of said arms whereby said wire means passes through the openings in the ear assembly and said arm.11. A flashlight as set forth in claim 10 wherein said ear assembly has a channel therein communicating with the opening in said ear assembly and wherein said wire means lies along said channel.12. A flashlight as set forth in claim 10 wherein said ear assembly comprises a pair of ears which are mounted between said spaced arms and wherein said channel is in one of said spaced ears.13. A flashlight as set forth in claim 12 wherein the other of said spaced ears covers said channel.14. A flashlight as set forth in claim 13 wherein said bottom wall has an opening therein and wherein said wire means extends through said opening.15. A flashlight as set forth in claim 14 wherein said spaced ears are in contact with each other.16. A flashlight as set forth in claim 15 wherein the bottom wall of the bulb chamber is inclined.17. A flashlight as set forth in claim 16 wherein the front edges of the said ears are inclined and wherein the incline of said bottom-wall is the same as the incline of the front edges of said ears.18. A flashlight comprising a handle and a head assembly pivotally mounted on said handle, means for mounting a bulb within the head assembly, said handle adapted to receive a battery, circuit means adapted to create an electrical circuit between a battery in said handle and a bulb in the head assembly whereby a bulb can be turned on and off, said handle having an upstanding ear assembly, said head assembly having an arm assembly extending from a portion thereof, an opening in said upstanding ear assembly and an opening in said arm assembly, pivot means mounted in the said openings in said upstanding ear assembly and said arm assembly whereby said head can pivot relative to said upstanding ear and to said handle, said circuit means comprising a switch assembly adapted to turn a bulb on and off, said arm assembly comprises a pair of spaced arms.19. A flashlight as set forth in claim 18 wherein said ear assembly comprises spaced ears in contact with each other and mounted between said spaced arms.20. A flashlight as set forth in claim 19 wherein the said head assembly comprises an inclined bottom wall and wherein said spaced arms extend from said inclined bottom wall.21. A flashlight as set forth in claim 20 wherein the said ears comprises inclined front edges and wherein the incline of said bottom wall is the same as the incline of the front edges of said ears.