Bicycle fog light system

• US 8,277,097 B1
• Filed: 12/08/2009
• Issued: 10/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Evelyn Pichardo-Gonzalez, Kelvin Gonzalez
• Original Assignee: Evelyn Pichardo-Gonzalez, Kelvin Gonzalez
• Inventors: Gonzalez, Kelvin, Pichardo-Gonzalez, Evelyn
• Primary Examiner(s): Cariaso, Alan
• Application Number:
  US12/653,055
• Time in Patent Office: 1,029 Days
• Field of Search: 362473-476, 362/86, 362/190, 362/191
• US Class Current: 362/473
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 3/12 Buzzers; Horns with electrically driven airflow
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/03 Supporting means therefor, e.g. mounting brackets
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/04 Rear lights
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/16 Arrangement of switches

Abstract

An LED light system which attaches to the wheel axle of a bicycle or other vehicle and includes a horn, a controller to store different horn tones and light sequences, a rechargeable power source, and means to activate and deactivate the light and horn separately. A housing has a vertically oriented support plate. A row of light emitting diodes is secured to the support plate. A speaker is secured to one end of the support plate. Electrical elements are provided within the housing. The electrical elements include a controller. The controller has at least one port operatively coupled to the controller. The controller has a potential source powering the controller and the light emitting diodes and the speaker. The controller has means for activating and inactivating the light emitting diodes and the speaker. An attachment component is provided. In this manner the system is secured to a recipient member.

Claims

1. A bicycle fog light system including:

a housing having a vertically oriented support plate in a generally circular configuration extending between a 12 o'"'"'clock position and a 9 o'"'"'clock position;

a row of light emitting diodes in an arcuate configuration secured to the support plate;

a speaker secured to one end of the support plate adjacent to the 12 o'"'"'clock position;

electrical elements within the housing including a controller with at least one port operatively coupled to the controller, a potential source powering the controller and the light emitting diodes and the speaker, means for activating and inactivating the light emitting diodes and the speaker; and

an attachment component for securing the system to a recipient member.

2. A bicycle fog light system for removably positioning a source of illumination and an audio alarm on a forward region of a bicycle for safety purposes, the system including, in combination:

a housing in a generally rectilinear configuration having a rectangular, vertically oriented rear plate, the rear plate having a top edge and a bottom edge and parallel side edges, the housing having a rectangular, horizontally oriented bottom plate extending forwardly from the bottom edge of the rear plate, the bottom plate having a forward edge and parallel side edges and a rearward edge coextensive with the bottom edge of the rear plate, the housing having two parallel, generally rectangular, vertically oriented side plates extending forwardly from the side edges of the rear plate and upwardly from the side edges of the bottom plate, the side plates each having a forward edge and a parallel rearward edge and a bottom edge and a top edge, the top edges of the side plates extending from the side edges of the rear plate at a downward angle;

a transparent cover plate having an inverted L-shaped configuration, the cover plate having a rectangularly shaped, vertically oriented major portion extending between the forward edges of the bottom plate and side plates, the cover plate having a rectangularly shaped, generally horizontally oriented minor portion extending between the top edges of the side plates and the back plate;

a generally rectilinear chamber formed between the housing and the cover;

a vertically oriented support plate secured within the chamber between the side panels dividing the chamber into a forward section and a rearward section, a row of vertically aligned light emitting diodes secured to the support plate within the forward section, a speaker adapted to emit a warning sound, the speaker being secured to the support plate beneath the light emitting diodes within the forward section;

electrical elements within the rearward section, the electrical elements including a central controller with a USB port for charging the battery and for uploading audio data and a reader port for a memory card, the USB port and the reader port operatively coupled to the controller, a battery powering the controller and the light emitting diodes and the speaker, a first button for activating and inactivating the light emitting diodes and a second button for activating and inactivating the speaker; and

an attachment component including a rectangular plate secured to and depending from the rear plate of the housing, the attachment component also including a generally circular plate secured to and depending from the rectangular plate, the generally circular plate having an arcuate opening extending between 7 o'"'"'clock and 11 o'"'"'clock for releaseable securement of the system to an axle of a bicycle.