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Illuminatable belt

  • US 4,652,981 A
  • Filed: 09/19/1985
  • Issued: 03/24/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An illuminatable belt device which comprises:

  • (a) a two-piece belt buckle;

    (b) an elongated tube which is non-opaque and which has the length, strength and flexibility to be used as a belt, said tube being connected to one piece of said buckle at one end and to the second piece of said buckle at the opposite end;

    (c) a power pack which is connected to said tube;

    (d) a battery-operated power supply of the flashlight type, being located within said power pack;

    (e) an on-off switch on the outside of said power pack which is connected to said battery-operated power supply;

    (f) a light bulb, being connected to said battery-operated power supply and being connectively positioned with respect to said power pack and said tube so as to be capable of shining away from said power pack and into said tube; and

    ,(g) at least one bundle of optical fibers contained within said tube, said bundle being positioned in the light path of said bulb so as to be capable of fiber optic transmittal illumination within said tube, said bundle being of varied lengths of optical fibers, the longest of which is approximately the tube length, the total number of optical fibers within said bundle being at least forty in number.

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