Abstract: A wedge-shaped flashlight, especially adapted for being inserted between a closed window of a vehicle door and the exterior rain seal at lower regions thereof so as to create a gap between the window and the rain seal and to enable the illumination of the inside of said door, comprises a body portion and a flashlight portion. The body portion is formed having a first wedge-shaped region at one end of the body and a second wedge-shaped region at the opposite end of the body, the first wedge shaped region having a first knife-edge and a first recess formed into the body portion from the first knife-edge, and the second wedge-shaped region having a second knife-edge and a second recess formed into the body portion from the second knife-edge, the first and second wedge-shaped regions having different angles of taper for use with different types of vehicles.