Head apparatus with light emitting diodes

• US 6,719,437 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2001
• Issued: 04/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lary Research & Development LLC
• Original Assignee: Banning Lary, Todd Pendleton Lary
• Inventors: Lary, Banning, Lary, Todd Pendleton
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Shea, Sandra
• Assistant Examiner(s): Truong, Bao Q.
• Application Number:
  US09/841,850
• Publication Number:
  US 20020186557A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,084 Days
• Field of Search: 362/106, 362/105, 362/191, 362/263, 362/396, 362/190, 362/293, 362/800, 362/230, 362/231, 220/813, 217/51, 290/6
• US Class Current: 362/106
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 1/244 Means for mounting lamps
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/108 using hook and loop-type fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/0832 Hook and loop-type fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

The current invention utilizes the common baseball-type hat or headband, to which is attached one or more arrays of light emitting diodes. It is the object of this invention to provide an efficient lighting apparatus which embodies the principles of an adjustable hat or headband worn on the head, to which a battery-powered light emitting diodeing apparatus is either permanently attached to the hat or headband, or removable attached to the hat or headband by a hook and loop concept.

Claims

1. A lighting apparatus for illuminating darkness which comprises:

a hat having a crown and a bill;

said hat having a first series of fixedly attached hooks engaged to said crown and said bill; and

a light emitting diode lighting device having a second series of fixedly attached hooks which is removably attached to said first series of fixedly attached hooks.

2. The lighting apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising a lens cover having a third series of fixedly attached hooks which is removably attached to said first series of fixedly attached hooks.

3. The lighting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said first series of fixedly attached hooks on said hat are shorter then said second series of fixedly attached hooks on said lighting device.

4. The lighting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said light emitting diode lighting device comprises a single array of light emitting diodes.

5. The lighting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said light emitting diode lighting device comprises a plurality of light emitting diode arrays.

6. The lighting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said light emitting diode lightning device includes one or more light emitting diodes.

7. The lighting apparatus as defined in claims 4 or 5 wherein said array of light emitting diodes emanates a single color spectrum.

8. The lighting apparatus as defined in claim 4 or 5 wherein said array of light emitting diodes emanates more than one color spectrum.

9. The lighting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said first series of fixedly attached hooks are mounted to said hat by sewing means.

10. The lighting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said second series of fixedly attached hooks are mounted to said lighting device by sewing means.

11. The lighting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said first series of fixedly attached hooks are mounted to said hat by adhesive means.

12. The lighting apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said second series of fixedly attached hooks are mounted to said lighting device by adhesive means.

13. The lighting apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein said lens cover may be pigmented to obstruct certain wave lengths of light.

14. A lighting apparatus for illuminating darkness which comprises:

a hat having a crown and a bill;

wherein a light emitting diode lighting apparatus that is contained within a single housing is permanently attached to said crown of said hat; and

a lens cover having a series of fixedly attached hooks which is removably attached to a series of fixedly attached loops on said lighting device.

15. A lighting apparatus for illuminating darkness which comprises:

a hat having a crown and a bill;

a light emitting diode lighting apparatus that is contained within a single housing that is permanently attached to said crown of said hat; and

wherein said light emitting diode lighting device comprise a plurality of light emitting diodes; and

said light emitting diodes emanating more than one color spectrum.

16. A lighting apparatus for illuminating darkness which comprises:

a hat having a crown and a bill;

a light emitting diode lighting apparatus that is contained within a single housing that is permanently attached to said crown of said hat;

a lens cover having a series of fixedly attached hooks which is removably attached to a series of fixedly attached loops on said lighting device; and

said lens cover pigmented to obstruct certain wavelengths of light.

17. A lighting apparatus for illuminating darkness which comprises:

a hat having a crown and a bill;

said hat having a first series of fixedly attached hooks engaged to said crown and said bill;

a housing assembly having a series of attached loops for removably attaching to said hat;

one or more batteries positioned within said housing assembly;

one or more light emitting diodes located inside said housing assembly; and

a switch electrically connecting said batteries to said light emitting diodes.

18. A lighting apparatus for illuminating darkness which comprises:

a hat having a crown and a bill;

a light emitting diode lighting apparatus that is contained within a single housing that is permanently attached to said crown of said hat;

wherein said light emitting diode lighting device comprise at least a single array of light emitting diodes; and

said array of light emitting diodes emanating more than one color spectrum.