Safety light

• US 5,797,672 A
• Filed: 12/13/1996
• Issued: 08/25/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Frank C. Dobert
• Original Assignee: Frank C. Dobert
• Inventors: Dobert, Frank C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sember, Thomas M.
• Application Number:
  US08/766,357
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 362/226, 362/800, 362/398, 362/427, 362/83.3, 362/190, 362/191, 362/184, 362/194, 362/157, 362/72, 362/80, 340/432
• US Class Current: 362/190
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/2615 mounted on the vehicle body, e.g. with magnets
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 7/00 Arrangement or adaptation of portable emergency signal devices on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 4/027 the light sources being a LED
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 43/14 Light emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 43/15 Strips of light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/022 Emergency lighting devices
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/06 Bases for movable standing lamps; Fixing standards to the bases F21V21/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/096 Magnetic devices
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 31/00 Gas-tight or water-tight arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 5/04 of lens shape
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2107/10 for land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2107/13 for cycles
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2111/00 Use or application of lighting devices or systems for signalling, marking or indicating, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/80 Light emitting diode

Abstract

The invention is a battery-powered light unit designed to be used as an emergency light or as a temporary replacement for one of a vehicle'"'"'s tail or marker lights. The unit includes an array of light emitting diodes connected together on a circuit board. The board is attached to the unit using a quick-release connection. The rear surface of the unit includes two outwardly-extending magnets. The magnets are spaced apart by a predetermined distance so that the light unit can be placed on top of an existing light of a vehicle with the magnets contacting the metal body of the vehicle on either side of the light. This allows an operator of the vehicle to place the light unit over a non-functioning tail light or marker light without altering the appearance of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A battery-powered light unit comprising:

a housing having an interior battery compartment designed to contain a battery, wherein said housing includes flanges for attaching a panel thereto;

a bulb array releasably secured to a front portion of said housing, said bulb array being in the form of a plurality of light emitting diodes electrically connected together on a board means and wherein said board means includes an electrically conductive connector means adapted for a quick-release type of removable connection of said board to an electrical receiver means secured to said housing wherein said electrically conductive connector means being the only connection between said board and housing;

a switch means; and

electrical connection means for connecting said electrical receiver means to said switch means and to a battery when said battery is located within said battery compartment.