LIGHT-EMITTING SYSTEMS FOR HEADGEAR

A light-emitting system (30) is provided which is removably attachable to headgear (10) for personal illumination to enhance visibility of the user to others. The light-emitting system (30) includes an annular housing (40) that defines a receiving aperture (42) and is configured to surround a portio...

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Main Authors TRENT ROBERT WETHERBEE, JONATHAN BRANDT HADLEY, KRISTIN MARIE WILL, KEITH W. KIRKWOOD, JOHN MAXWELL BAKER, ALEX MICHAEL DIENER, CLINT TIMOTHY SCHNEIDER, KYLE S. JOHNSTON, CHAD AUSTIN BRINCKERHOFF, JOHN R. MURKOWSKI, EVAN WILLIAM MATTINGLY, ANDREW ROYAL, RAYMOND WALTER RILEY, MARK JOHN RAMBERG
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Published 03.03.2015
Subjects
HATS
HEAD COVERINGS
HEADWEAR
HUMAN NECESSITIES
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Summary:A light-emitting system (30) is provided which is removably attachable to headgear (10) for personal illumination to enhance visibility of the user to others. The light-emitting system (30) includes an annular housing (40) that defines a receiving aperture (42) and is configured to surround a portion (12) of the headgear (10) when the light-emitting system (30) is removably attached to the headgear (10) for use. The light-emitting system (30) further includes at least one lens (46) and a plurality of lighting elements (44) coupled to the annular housing (40) which are configured to selectively generate a halo (H) or at least a partial halo of light that radiates outwardly away from the annular housing (40) through the at least one lens (46) to provide enhanced personal illumination. Se proporciona un sistema emisor de luz (30) el cual se puede unir separablemente a un casco (10) para iluminación personan para mejorar la visibilidad del usuario a otros. El sistema emisor de luz (30) incluye un alojamiento anular (40) que define una abertura receptora (42) y que está configurada para rodear una porción (12) del casco (10) cuando el sistema emisor de luz (30) se une separablemente al casco (10) para uso. El sistema emisor de luz (30) incluye además por lo menos un lente (46) y una pluralidad de elementos iluminadores (44) acoplados al alojamiento anular (40) los cuales están configurados para generar selectivamente una aureola (H) o por lo menos una aureola parcial de luz que irradia hacia fuera alejándose del alojamiento anular (40) a través de por lo menos un lente (46) para proporcionar iluminación personal mejorada.
Bibliography:Application Number: MX20140010425