Integrated hand guard and lighting system
OwnerStephen Zvorskyinventor
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Abstract
An integrated hand guard lighting system for use with various mountain bike and motor sports vehicles. The combination lighting apparatus and hand guard comprises a mount for releasably coupling to a handlebar and a housing coupled to the mount, the housing having a blade-shaped shield portion that is spaced apart a specified distance from the handlebar to allow for a user to grip the handlebar. The blade-shaped shield portion of the housing includes a frontal surface configured to extend along a gripping region of the handlebar to shield the user's hand while gripping the handlebar, and includes an illumination source disposed at the frontal surface to illuminate a path outward in a direction away from the gripping region.
Claims20
A method of illumination, comprising:
- coupling a blade-shaped shield to a handlebar such that the blade-shaped shield is spaced apart a specified distance from the handlebar so as to allow for a user to grip the handlebar;
- the blade-shaped shield comprising a frontal surface configured to extend along at least a portion of a gripping region of the handlebar, the frontal surface shaped to shield the user's hand while gripping the handlebar;
- an illumination source disposed on or within the blade-shaped shield, wherein the illumination source is powered and sized so as to illuminate with sufficient intensity to illuminate an object or surface a distance away from the blade-shaped shield;
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- illuminating a path of travel outward from the frontal surface in an opposing direction away from the gripping region.
A hand guard, comprising:
- a mount for releasably coupling to a handlebar;
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- a blade-shaped shield coupled to the mount and extending a specified distance away from the handlebar to allow for a user to grip the handlebar;
- the blade-shaped shield comprising a frontal surface configured to extend along a gripping region of the handlebar, the frontal surface shaped to shield the user's hand while gripping the handlebar;
- wherein the blade-shaped shield is coupled to the mount at a proximal location of the handlebar to allow for the blade-shaped shield to extend across at least a portion of the gripping region toward a distal end of the handlebar;
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- wherein the blade-shaped shield comprises an illumination source disposed at the frontal surface, the illumination source being powered and sized so as to illuminate with sufficient intensity to illuminate an object or surface a distance away from the blade-shaped shield so as to illuminate a path of travel outward in a direction away from the gripping region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.