Boat safety lighting apparatus and method of using same
First Claim
1. A method for warning boats in the vicinity of a motorboat having a transmission, comprising the steps of:
- providing a light emitting warning element positioned on the motorboat to illuminate in an outward direction from the motorboat;
connecting the light emitting warning element to a power source with a circuit; and
providing a switch in the circuit to close the circuit and energize and illuminate the light emitting warning element in response to a transmission position of the motorboat.
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Abstract
This invention provides an improved boat lighting system which includes a mounting bracket secured to the boat to position a portion of the bracket closer to one of the port and starboard side of the boat and to position the portion at an elevation above the hull and have a light emitting element secured to the portion and positioned on the bracket to illuminate in the direction of the bow and ahead of the bow and having a directional light emitting element secured to the bracket which is one of a starboard green and port red color and energizing only one of said light emitting element and said directional light emitting element at a time. This invention provides an improved motorboat lighting system in which the motorboat has a transmission which includes a light emitting warning element secured to the motorboat and an apparatus for automatically energizing the light emitting warning element in response to a transmission position of the motorboat. Finally, this invention provides a method for warning boats in the vicinity of a motorboat having a transmission which includes providing a light emitting warning element positioned on the motorboat to illuminate in an outward direction from the motorboat and connecting the light emitting warning element to a power source with a circuit, and providing a switch in the circuit to close the circuit and energize and illuminate the light emitting warning element with the transmission in a particular position.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for warning boats in the vicinity of a motorboat having a transmission, comprising the steps of:
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providing a light emitting warning element positioned on the motorboat to illuminate in an outward direction from the motorboat; connecting the light emitting warning element to a power source with a circuit; and providing a switch in the circuit to close the circuit and energize and illuminate the light emitting warning element in response to a transmission position of the motorboat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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3. A boat lighting system, comprising:
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a mounting bracket secured to the boat to position at least a portion of the bracket closer to one of a port and starboard side of the boat than to other of said port and starboard side of the boat and to position the portion of the bracket at an elevation above the hull of the boat; a light emitting element secured to the portion of the bracket and positioned on the bracket to illuminate in a direction of a bow and ahead of the bow of the boat; a directional light emitting element secured to the bracket and in which the directional light emitting element is one of a starboard green and port red color; and means for energizing only one of said light emitting element and said directional light emitting element at a time.
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14. A motorboat lighting system in which the motorboat has a transmission, comprising:
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a light emitting warning element is secured to a portion of a mounting bracket which is secured to the motorboat, in which said portion is positioned elevated above the hull of the motorboat and positioned closer to one of a port and starboard side of the motorboat and in which said portion will support one of a green and red directional light emitting element for said portion positioned to one of said starboard and port side respectively; and a means for automatically energizing the light emitting warning element in response to a transmission position of the motorboat. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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