Marine safety lighting
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1. A method for increasing visibility of a motorboat having an operating engine in the vicinity of other boats, comprising the steps of:
- providing a light emitting safety lighting device positioned in the bow area of the motorboat to controllably cast safety light in an outward direction from the motorboat;
connecting the safety lighting device with a power source, the engine of the motorboat, and a circuit; and
providing a switch in the circuit situated so at automatically energize and illuminate the light emitting safety lighting device with the power source in response to operation of the engine of the motorboat, whereby cast safety light from the safety lighting device increases visibility of the motorboat to other boats in the vicinity of the motorboat whenever the engine thereof is operating, for safety purposes.
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Abstract
When a marine engine is on, automatic daytime running lights shall be illuminated. For example, white lights situated in the bow area of the boat would increase visibility of a boat to others, for safety purposes. The same lights or lights generally in the same area, at dusk and/or at night shall manually or automatically transition to red/green navigation lights.
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1. A method for increasing visibility of a motorboat having an operating engine in the vicinity of other boats, comprising the steps of:
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providing a light emitting safety lighting device positioned in the bow area of the motorboat to controllably cast safety light in an outward direction from the motorboat; connecting the safety lighting device with a power source, the engine of the motorboat, and a circuit; and providing a switch in the circuit situated so at automatically energize and illuminate the light emitting safety lighting device with the power source in response to operation of the engine of the motorboat, whereby cast safety light from the safety lighting device increases visibility of the motorboat to other boats in the vicinity of the motorboat whenever the engine thereof is operating, for safety purposes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of providing marine safety lighting for a boat of the type having an engine and an associated ignition therefor, comprising:
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providing a boat with controllable relatively dim lights adjacent the bow area of the boat; automatically activating the lights whenever the boat ignition is on; and continuing to activate the lights while the boat engine is operating. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A marine lighting system for increasing visibility of a motorboat of the type having an engine and an associated ignition, comprising:
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a light emitting safety lighting device adapted to be positioned in the bow area of a motorboat to controllably cast safety light in an outward direction from the motorboat; a power source and a circuit connected with the safety lighting device and the engine of the motorboat; and a switch in the circuit situated so at automatically energize and illuminate the light emitting safety lighting device with the power source in response to operation of the engine of the motorboat, whereby cast safety light from the safety lighting device increases visibility of the motorboat to other boats in the vicinity of the motorboat whenever the engine thereof is operating, for safety purposes. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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