Portable warning light apparatus
AssigneeNU-Tech Innovative Products, LLC
InventorBryan H. Smalls
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Abstract
A flashing warning light apparatus (10) for warning motorists in oncoming traffic that an object such as a car is stopped near the highway ahead. The apparatus (10) includes a housing (24) with an array of lights (12) on the front and possibly also the rear faces. Sensors (14) front and back sense oncoming traffic. A switch (36) allows the user to cause the arrays of lights (12) to flash continuously or only when oncoming traffic is sensed. The device may be powered by the car battery through a cigarette lighter adapter (34), dry cell batteries (28) or a solar cell (44).
Claims27
An apparatus for warning motorists, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a sensor carried by said housing;
- an array of lights responsive to said sensor;
- a power source for providing electrical power to said array of light emitting diodes;
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- a switch to connect said power source to said array of light emitting diodes and said sensor.
An apparatus for warning motorists, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a front and a rear face;
- a first array of lights carried by front face of said housing;
- a second array of lights carried by said rear face of said housing;
- a first sensor carried by said front face of said housing and in electrical connection with said first array;
- a second sensor carried by said rear face of said housing and in electrical connection with said second array;
- a power source for providing electrical power to said first and said second arrays and said first and said second sensors, said first sensor causing said first array to flash, said second sensor causing said second array to flash.
An apparatus for warning motorists and for use on an object near a highway, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a front and a rear face;
- an array of lights carried by said housing;
- a sensor carried by said housing and in electrical connection with said array;
- a power source for providing electrical power to said array of lights and said sensor, said first sensor causing said first array to flash when said sensor senses oncoming traffic;
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- means for attaching said housing to an object.
An apparatus for warning motorists, said apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a sensor carried by said housing;
- a first transmitter carried by said housing;
- an array of lights responsive to said sensor;
- a power source for providing electrical power to said array of light emitting diodes;
- a switch to connect said power source to said array of light emitting diodes and said sensor;
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- a receiver unit carrying a receiver that is capable of receiving signals from said first transmitter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.