Identification and/or trail light

• US 7,455,419 B2
• Filed: 01/03/2007
• Issued: 11/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Thomas F. Helget
• Original Assignee: Thomas F. Helget
• Inventors: Evans, Robert, Helget, Gerald E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sember; Thomas M
• Application Number:
  US11/649,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20070153525A1
• Time in Patent Office: 692 Days
• Field of Search: 362/276, 362/802, 362/431, 362/190, 362/191, 362/197, 362/198, 362/199, 362/119, 362/253, 404/9, 340/691.1, 340/573.4, 340/539.1
• US Class Current: 362/191
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 9/02 the power supply being a battery or accumulator
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/0832 Hook and loop-type fasteners
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0442 activated by means of a sensor, e.g. motion or photodetectors
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2107/10 for land vehicles
• 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: F21W 2111/02 for roads, paths or the like
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

An efficient, long lasting identification and trail light that is suitable for marking trails and objects for nighttime identification includes a translucent housing with an internal cavity. A folding tack is mounted on the housing and is movable from a folded away storage position to an extended position for temporarily tacking the housing to an object. An electrical control circuit with a battery are suitably mounted within the cavity. A light is mounted on the housing and is connected to the control circuit. A photocell is connected to the control circuit to actuate battery power to turn on the light in darkness to identify an object or illuminate a trail.

Claims

1. An efficient, long-lasting identification and trail light suitable for storing in a pocket and marking trails and objects for nighttime identification, comprising:

(a) a short housing with a translucent portion with an internal cavity;

(b) a folding tack mounted on the housing movable from a folded away storage position to an extended position for temporarily tacking the housing to a wood object;

(c) an electrical control circuit with a battery mounted within the cavity;

(d) a light mounted on the housing and connected to the control circuit; and

(e) a photocell mounted within the translucent portion of the housing and connected to the control circuit and mounted transversely to the light adjacent to the translucent portion of the housing to actuate battery power to turn on the light in darkness.

2. The light of claim 1, further comprising an on/off switch on the circuit within the housing to turn on the circuit.

3. The light of claim 1, wherein the light is a light-emitting diode (LED).

4. The light of claim 3, wherein the LED is colored and selected from a group comprising, red, green and white.

5. The light of claim 1, wherein the light is oriented perpendicularly to the photocell.

6. The light of claim 1, wherein the housing is substantially translucent.

7. An efficient, long-lasting identification and trail light suitable for storing in a pocket and for marking trails and objects for nighttime identification, comprising:

(a) a short translucent housing with an internal cavity;

(b) a folding tack mounted on the housing movable from a folded away storage position to an extended position for temporarily tacking the housing to a wood object;

(c) an electrical control circuit with a battery mounted within the cavity;

(d) a light-emitting diode (LED) mounted on the housing and connected to the control circuit; and

(e) a photocell mounted within the translucent portion of the housing and connected to the control circuit and mounted transversely to the light-emitting diode (LED) to actuate battery power to turn on the light in darkness.

8. The light of claim 7, further comprising an on/off switch on the circuit within the housing to turn on the circuit.

9. The light of claim 7, wherein the LED is colored and selected from a group comprising, red, green and white.

10. The light of claim 7, wherein the tack is “

T”

shaped.

11. The light of claim 7, wherein the housing is substantially translucent.

12. An efficient, long-lasting identification and trail light suitable for storing in a pocket and marking trails and objects for nighttime identification, comprising:

(a) a short translucent housing with an internal cavity;

(b) a mechanical linkage mounted on the housing for temporarily mounting the housing to an object;

(c) an electrical control circuit with a battery mounted within the cavity;

(d) a light-emitting diode (LED) mounted on the housing and connected to the control circuit; and

(e) a photocell mounted within the translucent portion of the housing and connected to the control circuit and mounted transversely to the light emitting diode to actuate battery power to turn on the light in darkness.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising an on/off switch on the circuit within the housing to turn on the circuit.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the light-emitting diode (LED) is oriented perpendicularly to the photocell.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the LED is colored and selected from a group consisting of red, green and white.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the mechanical linkage is from a group comprising a folding tack mounted on the housing movable from a folded away storage position to an extended position, adhesively securable hook and loop patches and adhesive.

17. An efficient, long-lasting identification and trail light suitable for storing in a pocket and marking trails and objects for nighttime identification, comprising:

(a) a short translucent housing with an internal cavity;

(b) a mechanical linkage for temporarily tacking the housing to an object;

(c) an electrical control circuit with a battery mounted within the cavity;

(d) a light-emitting diode mounted on the housing and connected to the control circuit;

(e) an on/off switch on the circuit within the housing to turn on the circuit; and

(f) a photocell mounted within the translucent portion of the housing connected to the control circuit and mounted transversely to the light-emitting diode to actuate battery power to turn on the light in darkness.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the LED is colored and selected from a group consisting of red, green and white.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the mechanical linkage is from a group comprising a folding tack mounted on the housing movable from a folded away storage position to an extended position, adhesively securable hook and loop patches and adhesive.