16 retains the item in a pocket as a result the flashlight construction is extremely easy to access in the preferred embodiment the light construction utilizes two 2016 coin cell lithium 3 volt batteries in series any of a number of light emitting diodes having various wavelength characteristics may be utilized for example an infrared ultraviolet or white light light emitting diode may be utilized in the flashlight construction further it is possible to color code the molded plastic housings 10 and 12 for example to indicate the wavelength of the light emitting diode for example for an ultraviolet flashlight construction the plastic housing may be molded from a blue plastic material for example an abs plastic material for an infrared flashlight construction the molded plastic components may be manufactured from a red abs plastic material other colors may be utilized however the color coding system facilitates the functionality of the flashlight construction enabling the user to immediately understand the capability of the flashlight in terms of the wavelength associated with the light emitting diode led referring to fig2 b 2c 2 d 5 6 7 6 a 8 9 9 a and 10 there is depicted in greater detail the construction of the component plastic parts which are used to construct the light emitting diode flashlight construction referring first to fig5 6 a and 7 there is depicted the top or outer housing 10 the top or outer housing 10 is symmetric about the longitudinal axis 15 and includes a semi tubular section 11 connected to an upper chamber section 13 the semi tubular section 11 comprises a hollow semi cylindrical section having a longitudinal passage 17 formed therein for cooperation with the cylindrical conductive member 28 and the led 20 the chamber section 13.