Moving decorative display for articles of clothing

• US 5,722,192 A
• Filed: 11/28/1995
• Issued: 03/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sybil Salley
• Original Assignee: Sybil Salley
• Inventors: Salley, Sybil
• Primary Examiner(s): GREEN, BRIAN
• Application Number:
  US08/562,219
• Time in Patent Office: 826 Days
• Field of Search: 40/329, 40/451, 40/452, 40/550, 40/553, 40/586, 40/660, 40/661, 40/665, 362/105, 362/106, 362/108, 362/251, 340/815.45, 340/815.53, 340/815.73
• US Class Current: 40/329
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/02 by a carrier person or animal

Abstract

A mounted display is set forth comprising a central housing, a CPU within the housing along with a power supply and two memories. One memory stores an operating system while another memory, removable in form, stores a pattern to be displayed. A display strip provided with LCD or LED elements is powered to thereby provide illumination. A protective transparent tube and Velcro fasteners are used to secure the device on the person or user. The display is worn around the user as a belt or around a cap or hat. Another form comprises a jacket or vest mounted display for the back of the user.

Claims

1. A visible, decorative, repetitive, body supported display attached to clothing and providing an illuminated image, the display comprising:

(a) a housing enclosing a memory wherein the memory stores a set of data for providing a visible image;

(b) a CPU provided with the set of data from the memory so the CPU provides signals forming a specified visible image;

(c) an illuminated display having an illuminated and controlled operative state provided with the signals from the CPU wherein the display comprises an elongate display strip and the display extends substantially along said strip; and

(d) a connector for attaching said display to be worn encircling a person, wherein

(i) said display further includes a protective surrounding transparent bendable plastic tube about said display strip, and

(ii) said tube is sufficiently soft to be flattened into an oval shape when installed and said tube is provided with hook and loop material for attachment to a hat worn on said person.

2. The display of claim 1 wherein said display has the form of an elongate display providing a set of alphanumeric symbols.

3. The display of claim 1 wherein said memory is a read only memory inserted into a housing and removable therefrom to enable changing for another read only memory.

4. The display of claim 1 wherein said housing encloses a power supply, said CPU, a CPU connected to a second memory holding an operating system, and said memory is a removable memory for a desired visual display pattern.

5. The display of claim 1 wherein said display has M by N lighted points and said CPU forms signals to operate said M by N points to form images stored in said memory and M and N are whole number positive integers.

6. The display of claim 7 wherein said CPU advances the display images along said display.

7. The display of claim 5 wherein said illuminated display provides light determined images, and said memory stores an audio signal to accompany said light determined images, and said CPU provides said stored audio signal to an audio output device.

8. The display of claim 1 wherein said display is an elongated rectangular strip protected at an exposed face by said tube.

9. The display of claim 1 wherein said CPU is deployed in said housing and said housing has a rectangular shape and said housing and said elongate display strip comprises a continuous lengthwise structure.

10. The display of claim 9 wherein said strip has two ends and said ends connect into a loop enclosed in said tube.

11. The display of claim 10 wherein said two ends connect at a pair of mating strip end connectors.

12. The display of claim 10 wherein said end connectors are hooks.

13. The display of claim 1 further comprising;

(a) a clock operatively connected with said CPU to prompt said CPU to form a set of said visual images repetitively;

(b) wherein said memory stores the visual images to be formed by the CPU therein; and

(c) wherein said visual images are progressively formed over a period of time along said elongate display strip so that said visual images form thereby are incrementally moved along said strip.

14. The display of claim 13 wherein said strip has M by N lighted points and said CPU forms signals to operate said M by N points to form images from said memory and wherein M and N are whole number positive energies.

15. The display of claim 13 wherein said display provides alphanumeric symbols.

16. The display of claim 15 wherein said memory comprises a removable read only memory storing a set of said alphanumeric symbols.