"Night Ops" vehicle blackout safety system

• US 20110196566A1
• Filed: 02/05/2010
• Published: 08/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kenneth Lee Slater
• Original Assignee: Kenneth Lee Slater
• Inventors: Slater, Kenneth Lee
• Application Number:
  US12/700,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20110196566A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/29
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/26 the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 11/00 Arrangement of monitoring devices for devices provided for in groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: F41H 3/00 Camouflage, i.e. means or methods for concealment or disguise for vessels B63G8/34, B63G13/02 ; sound camouflage, i.e. simulating gun fire noise, F41A33/04; dummy or decoy targets F41J; chaff per se F41J2/00; ammunition for dispensing chaff F42B5/15, F42B12/70; radar absorbing fabrics H01Q17/005

Abstract

The Night Ops vehicle blackout safety system located within the passenger compartment of a vehicle allows the driver to temporarily disengage the brake lights and back up lights of the vehicle. The Night Ops system uses a dash mounted activation button which is illuminated during use to indicate the status of the system. Audible tones are also used from a buzzer within the control unit to alert the driver that the system is in use. A dash mounted control unit uses a light sensing photocell circuit to determine the ambient lighting conditions. The control unit connects to the interrupter module and activation button through a wiring harness. The Night Ops system contains safety features which automatically disengages the system under certain conditions.

Claims

6-1. The blackout safety control system according to claim 1, wherein said control unit disables the system after the vehicle'"'"'s engine is turned off.