Lighted display system with interchangeable cover element for a hat
AssigneeHolicap, Inc.
InventorTravis Anton Bryant
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Abstract
A lighting system for a hat includes a front housing containing lighting elements that mates with a back plate positioned on the inside of the hat. Driver circuitry controls operation of the LEDs for various lighting modes, and a cover for the front housing is translucent and designed in the shape of a recognizable logo or other design. Electric power comes from a battery located on the back plate, and is provided through the hate using prongs or projections that pass through the hat, from the back plate to a circuit connector in the front housing. The circuit connector is electrically coupled to circuitry on a circuit board in the front housing.
Claims15
A light assembly for a hat, the light assembly having a changeable display element that is illuminated by the light assembly, comprising:
- a back plate configured to be mounted inside the hat, the back plate having:
- a first side and a second side;
- a plurality of conductive prongs extending from the first side;
- a driver circuit board disposed on the second side that is electrically connected to at least two of the plurality of prongs;
- a front housing having:
- a back wall;
- a sidewall extending forward from the back wall, the sidewall defining a front window and front edge at a forward perimeter of the side wall;
- the sidewall and the back wall defining an interior space;
- a plurality of prong receptacles formed in the interior space, each one of the prong receptacles defining a channel through the back wall that is configured to receive a corresponding one of the plurality of conductive prongs and having a conductive contact configured to make electrical contact with a received conductive prong passing into the channel;
- a light circuit board disposed in the interior space adjacent the back wall and having a light emitting element disposed thereon, wherein the light emitting element is electrically connected to at least two of the prong receptacles;
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- a cover retention feature at the front edge of the side wall configured to retain a cover over the window.
A light assembly for a hat, comprising:
- a back plate configured to be mounted inside the hat, the back plate having a plurality of conductive prongs extending from a first side of the back plate and a power course electrically coupled to two of the plurality of conductive prongs;
- a front housing having a back wall, a sidewall extending forward from the back wall, the sidewall defining a front window and front edge at a forward perimeter of the side wall, the sidewall and the back wall defining an interior space;
- a light circuit board disposed in the interior space adjacent the back wall and having a light emitting element disposed thereon, the light circuit board further including a plurality of prong receptacles, each one of the prong receptacles defining an opening through the light circuit board that is configured to receive a corresponding one of the plurality of conductive prongs and having a conductive contact configured to make electrical contact with a received conductive prong passing through the opening, wherein the light emitting element is electrically connected to at least two of the prong receptacles;
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- a cover configured to fit over the front of the front housing that includes a translucent cover member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.