Safety device for motorized vehicles and methods of use thereof

• US 8,529,093 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2010
• Issued: 09/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oscar Fuentes
• Original Assignee: Oscar Fuentes
• Inventors: Fuentes, Oscar
• Primary Examiner(s): Husar, Stephen F
• Assistant Examiner(s): CRANSON JR, JAMES W
• Application Number:
  US12/824,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20110316421A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,170 Days
• Field of Search: 362/473, 362/474, 362/540, 362/545, 362/249.02, 362/249.05
• US Class Current: 362/249.05
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/46 for giving flashing caution signals during drive, other than signalling change of direction, e.g. flashing the headlights or hazard lights
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/50 for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/01 Electric circuits
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 6/26 warning or informing other road users, e.g. police flash lights

Abstract

Embodiments of a safety device for motorized vehicles and methods of use thereof are herein disclosed. In one embodiment, the safety device includes a mountable lighting device in electrical communication with a momentary switch. The lighting device may include a plurality of non-coherent light sources which may flash in a particular sequence. In one embodiment, the lighting device may be activated to flash once to signal to a motorist that a motorcyclist is to pass. The lighting device may be activated to flash twice to signal to a motorist that the motorcyclist is approaching. The lighting device may be activated to flash three times to signal to a motorist that the motorcyclist is passing.

Claims

1. A safety devise for alerting a vehicle, compromising:

a mountable lighting device capable of sending discrete flashing signals, the lighting device compromising;

a housing having a top component and a bottom component configured to define a front aperture when assembled together;

at least one opaque component within the front aperture of the housing;

a plurality of light-emitting diodes within the housing and projected toward the at least one opaque component;

a panel having a plurality of openings to receive the plurality of light-emitting diodes;

at least one printed circuit board within the housing and in electrical communication with the plurality of light-emitting diodes;

at least one power source within the housing for providing power to the printed circuit board; and

a biased switch in electrical communication with the lighting device wherein the biased switch is separate from the housing.

2. The safety device of claim 1 wherein the lighting device further compromises:

at least one port, within the housing and connected to the printed circuit board, for receiving a Universal Serial Bus connector.

3. The safety device of claim 2, further compromising;

a connector in electrical communication with the at least one port.

4. The safety device of claim 1 wherein the plurality of light-emitting diodes are in a linear array.

5. The safety device of claim 1 wherein the biased switch is a momentary push-button switch.

6. A safety devise for alerting a vehicle, compromising:

a mountable lighting device capable of sending discrete flashing signals, the lighting device compromising;

a housing having a top component and a bottom component configured to define a front aperture when assembled together;

at least one opaque component within the front aperture of the housing;

a plurality of light-emitting diodes within the housing and projected toward the at least one opaque component;

a panel having a plurality of openings to receive the plurality of light-emitting diodes;

at least one printed circuit within the housing and in electrical communication with the plurality of light-emitting diodes;

at least one power source within the housing for providing power to the printed circuit board;

at least one port, within the housing and connected to the printed circuit board, for receiving a Universal Serial Bus connector; and

a biased switch in electrical communication with the lighting device wherein the biased switch is separate from the housing.

7. The safety device of claim 6 wherein the plurality of light-emitting diodes are in a linear array.

8. The safety device of claim 6, further compromising a connector in electrical communication with the at least one port.

9. The safety device of claim 6 wherein the biased switch is a momentary push-button switch.