Illuminated wheel
First Claim
1. An illuminated wheel, comprising:
- a wheel-shaped main body having a recess;
a cover for the recess made of a material having optical properties for transmitting light from a lighting element situated in the recess;
means for removably fastening the cover to the wheel-shaped main body;
means including a set of battery terminals for mutually parallel-connecting a pair of button cell batteries or for mutually series-connecting the pair of button cell batteries, and for further series connecting the pair of parallel-connected button cell batteries or parallel-connecting the pair of series-connected button cell batteries to provide a power source for the lighting element; and
means for connecting the battery terminals to the lighting element, wherein the lighting element connecting means includes a motion reactive device for triggering an integrated circuit to turn on the lighting element for a predetermined period of time and then to turn off the lighting element.
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Abstract
An illuminated wheel includes a power source made up of series-connected pairs of parallel-connected button type batteries or parallel-connected pairs of series-connected batteries, a printed circuit board on which are mounted arc shaped common contacts for the circumferential outer electrodes of each pair of batteries and individual contacts having resilient arms for engaging the planar contacts of the batteries while accommodating battery thickness variations, an integrated circuit controller for controlling the duration and timing by which power is supplied to a plurality of lighting elements, and a motion sensitive switch made up of a pair of contacts extending from the circuit board and a conductive plate having two openings loosely fitted over the respective contacts of the contact pair. The circuit bard is positioned in a recess molded into the wheel, and the recess is closed by a transparent or partially transparent snap-on cover which exhibits optical effects such as diffraction or magnification of light from the lighting elements.
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20 Claims
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1. An illuminated wheel, comprising:
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a wheel-shaped main body having a recess; a cover for the recess made of a material having optical properties for transmitting light from a lighting element situated in the recess; means for removably fastening the cover to the wheel-shaped main body; means including a set of battery terminals for mutually parallel-connecting a pair of button cell batteries or for mutually series-connecting the pair of button cell batteries, and for further series connecting the pair of parallel-connected button cell batteries or parallel-connecting the pair of series-connected button cell batteries to provide a power source for the lighting element; and means for connecting the battery terminals to the lighting element, wherein the lighting element connecting means includes a motion reactive device for triggering an integrated circuit to turn on the lighting element for a predetermined period of time and then to turn off the lighting element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An illuminated wheel, comprising:
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a power source made up of series-connected pairs of parallel-connected button type batteries or parallel-connected pairs of series-connected batteries, said button type batteries having circumferential outer electrodes and planar electrodes; a printed circuit board on which are mounted are shaped common contacts for the circumferential outer electrodes of each pair of batteries and individual contacts having resilient arms for engaging the planar electrodes of the batteries while accommodating battery thickness variations; an integrated circuit controller for controlling a duration and timing by which power is supplied to a plurality of lighting elements; and a motion sensitive switch made up of a pair of contacts extending from the circuit board and a conductive plate having two openings loosely fitted over the respective contacts of the contact pair, wherein the circuit board is positioned in a recess molded into the wheel, and the recess is closed by a transparent or partially transparent snap-on cover which exhibits optical effects such as diffraction or magnification of light from the lighting elements.
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