Night light belt

• US 4,112,482 A
• Filed: 05/09/1977
• Issued: 09/05/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Virgil Powell
• Original Assignee: Virgil Powell
• Inventors: Powell, Virgil
• Primary Examiner(s): Padgett, Benjamin R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gron, T. S.
• Application Number:
  US05/795,067
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 240/6.4 W, 240/59, 240/103 R, 240/103 A, 240/103 B, 240/10.6 R, 240/10.6 CH, 240/10.6 SD, 240/10.65, 362/108, 362/191, 362/196, 362/200, 362/201, 362/227, 362/255, 362/293, 362/341, 362/346
• US Class Current: 362/108
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/01 with reflective or luminous safety means visible signalling arrangements G08B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A41F 9/002 Free belts
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 3/242 Safety belts; Body harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0008 Clothing or clothing accessories, e.g. scarfs, gloves or belts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24017 Hook or barb

Abstract

A safety belt of reflective material having a side coupling, is provided with red or amber colored rear lamp and a red or white front lamp that is manually removable from the belt for use as a portable flashlight which is equipped with interchangeable reflective panes on the battery and light compartments, of different colors, such as red and white.

Claims

1. A night light belt comprising:

an elongated member composed of reflective material having quick-coupling means adjacent the opposite ends thereof,

an elongated rectangular lamp-battery housing provided with clips for detachably engaging with said elongated member to hang the housing thereon, said housing normally hanging on said elongated member, said housing being divided into two separate side-by-side compartments in a plane parallel to said elongated member when hung thereon, one containing a battery for energizing a reflector lightbulb contained in the other, open compartment, said housing further having adjacent planar frames provided in the front of each of said compartments

two panes composed of different colored reflective light transmissible material which snap-fit into said front frames of said compartments for interchange with each other,

another lamp mounted at the rear of said elongated member when worn by a wearer, and

a battery-switch unit mounted at the left side of said elongated member when so worn, for operating said lamp.

2. A night light belt as defined by claim 1, in which

said lamp-battery housing constitutes a portable flashlight when removed from said elongated member.

3. A night light belt, as defined by claim 1, in which

said quick-coupling means is selected from the group consisting of VELCRO material and army type belt clasp.

4. A night light belt according to claim 3 wherein said elongated member is a belt, said front frames are square and are provided with grooves, said panes are square and are provided with edge tongues which engage with said grooves such that said panes can be snap-fitted into said front frames, said lamp at the rear is a color selected from the group consisting of amber and red and said reflector lightbulb is recessed in said housing such that said housing prevents light from said reflector lightbulb from shining into eyes of a wearer of said belt.