Tactical Throw Light

• US 20140226319A1
• Filed: 02/08/2013
• Published: 08/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Christopher Howell
• Original Assignee: Christopher Howell
• Inventors: Howell, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US13/762,898
• Publication Number:
  US 20140226319A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/200
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 4/02 characterised by the provision of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0414 specially adapted to be used with portable lighting devices
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0442 activated by means of a sensor, e.g. motion or photodetectors
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An automatic tactical light bar includes a body having a plurality of illuminated sides including at least a first illuminated side and a second illuminated side arranged around a central chamber; a plurality of illumination elements fixed to the illuminated sides with at least one illumination element per illuminated side; an electric circuit in communication with the illumination elements and the central chamber, the circuit including at least one orientation sensor; an electric power source in the central chamber and in communication with the plurality of illumination elements through the electric circuit, wherein the at least one orientation sensor controls one of plurality of illumination elements according to the electric circuit, wherein each of the at least one orientation sensors are arranged inside the body to selectively supply power to the at least one illumination elements corresponding to the first illuminated side.

Claims

1. An automatic tactical light bar comprises:

a body having a plurality of illuminated sides including at least a first illuminated side and a second illuminated side arranged around a central chamber;

a plurality of illumination elements fixed to the illuminated sides with at least one illumination element per illuminated side;

an electric circuit in communication with the illumination elements and the central chamber, the circuit including at least one orientation sensor;

an electric power source in the central chamber and in communication with the plurality of illumination elements through the electric circuit,

wherein the at least one orientation sensor controls one of plurality of illumination elements according to the electric circuit,

wherein each of the at least one orientation sensors are arranged inside the body to selectively supply power to the at least one illumination elements corresponding to the first illuminated side.

2. The tactical light bar of claim 1, wherein the at least one illumination elements corresponding to the first illuminated side are illuminated when the body is at rest on the second illuminated side.

3. The tactical light bar of claim 1, wherein the at least one illumination element corresponding to the first illuminated side is selectively powered dependent upon the orientation sensor and the orientation of each of the plurality of illuminated sides relative to a vertical axis.

4. The tactical light bar of claim 3, wherein the at least one illumination element corresponding to the first illuminated side is powered when the first illuminated side is oriented above all other illuminated sides, according to the vertical axis, wherein only a single illuminated side is powered at a time.

5. The tactical light bar of claim 3, wherein the at least one illumination element corresponding to two or more of the plurality of illuminated sides are powered when the two or more of the plurality of illuminated sides is oriented above any other illuminated side, according to the vertical axis.

6. The tactical light bar of claim 1, wherein the body includes an even number of illuminated sides.

7. The tactical light bar of claim 1, wherein the body includes an odd number of illuminated sides.

8. The tactical light bar of claim 7, wherein the at least one illumination elements corresponding to the first illuminated side and the second illuminated side are powered when the first illuminated side and second illuminated side are oriented above all other illuminated sides, according to the vertical axis, wherein only the top two illuminated sides are powered at a time.

9. The tactical light bar of claim 1, further comprising a delay timer, wherein electric circuit of the tactical light bar is not powered until a predetermined time period has elapsed.

10. The tactical light bar of claim 9, further comprising a sheath, wherein insertion of the tactical light bar into the sheath deactivates the tactical light bar, and removal from the sheath activates the tactical light bar.

11. The tactical light bar of claim 1, further comprising a manual power switch for manually activating and deactivating the tactical light bar.

12. The tactical light bar of claim 1, wherein the body further comprises generally planar illuminated sides which are longer in a longitudinal direction than in a coplanar direction which is normal to the longitudinal direction.

13. The tactical light bar of claim 12, wherein the body further comprises a pair of end faces which are generally normal to each of the illuminated sides.

14. The tactical light bar of claim 13, wherein each of the end faces comprise an area smaller than the area of each of the illuminates sides.

15. The tactical light bar of claim 1, wherein the orientation sensor comprises at least one gravity-sensitive electric switch.

16. The tactical light bar of claim 1, wherein the orientation sensor comprises at least one proximity sensor.

17. An automatic tactical light bar comprises:

a body having a plurality of general planar illuminated sides arranged around a central chamber;

a plurality of illumination elements fixed to the illuminated sides with at least a first illumination element and a second illumination element per each illuminated side;

a first electric circuit in communication with the first illumination element on each illuminated side and the central chamber, the circuit including at least one orientation sensor;

a second electric circuit in communication with the second illumination element on each illuminated side and the central chamber, the circuit including at least one orientation switch;

an electric power source in the central chamber and in communication with the plurality of illumination elements through the first and second electric circuits, wherein the number of orientation sensors is equal to the number of illuminated sides,

wherein each orientation sensor of the first electric circuit controls the first illumination elements for each illuminated side,

wherein each orientation sensor of the second circuit controls the second illumination elements for each illuminated side,

wherein the first and second electric circuits and orientation sensors are arranged inside the body and selectively supply power to the first and second illumination elements corresponding to a first illuminated side when the body is at rest on a second illuminated side.

18. The tactical light bar of claim 17, wherein the first and second illumination elements of each illuminated side are selectively powered dependent upon their orientation relative to a vertical axis corresponding to gravity.

19. An automatic tactical light bar comprises:

a body having a plurality of illuminated sides arranged around a central chamber;

a plurality of illumination elements fixed to the illuminated sides with at least one illumination element per each of the illuminated sides;

an electric circuit in communication with the illumination elements and the central chamber, the circuit including a plurality of orientation sensors;

an electric power source in the central chamber and in communication with the illumination elements through the electric circuit, wherein the number of orientation sensors is less than the number of illuminated sides,

wherein each orientation sensor controls illumination elements corresponding to at least one illuminated side,

wherein each of the orientation sensors are arranged inside the body to selectively supply power to predetermined illumination elements corresponding to the orientation of a first predetermined illuminated side when the body is at rest on a second predetermined illuminated side.

20. The tactical light bar of claim 19, wherein the at least one illumination element of each illuminated side are selectively powered dependent upon their orientation relative to a vertical axis corresponding to gravity.