Electronic glow stick device with alternating flasher
AssigneeLife+Gear, Inc.
InventorDennis Bertken
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Abstract
A lighting device including an elongate illuminated portion having translucent side walls spaced about a long axis of the illuminated portion. The device further includes a light source configured to direct light along a length of the illuminated portion and out the translucent side walls. An actuator extends in a biased position oppositely from the light source in a deactivated position. A circuit is electrically coupled between the actuator and light source for activating the light to a first lighting function for so long as the actuator is moved to a compressed position, detecting the actuator being moved back to its biased position, and activating the light to a second lighting function for so long as the actuator is moved back to the compressed position.
Claims20
A lighting device comprising:
- a module having a light source at one end of the module and a power source;
- an actuator biased in an extended position on a surface of the module;
- an elongate glow stick housing comprising an end cap and an illuminated portion coupled together to form a cavity, the module received within the cavity so that the light source is directed along an axis of the illuminated portion;
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- the end cap and illuminated portion being moveable relative to one another so as to change an axial length of the cavity, a surface of the illuminated portion configured to be moveable against the module so as selectively compress the actuator to a compressed position,
- wherein the light source is activated when the actuator is in one of the extended position or compressed position, and the light source is deactivated when the actuator is in the other of the extended position or compressed position.
A lighting device comprising:
- an elongate illuminated portion having translucent side walls spaced about a long axis of the illuminated portion;
- a light source configured to direct light along a length of the illuminated portion and out the translucent side walls;
- an actuator extending in a biased, deactivated position oppositely from the light source;
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- a circuit electrically coupled between the actuator and light source for activating the light to a first lighting function for so long as the actuator is moved to a compressed position, detecting the actuator being moved back to its biased position, and activating the light to a second lighting function for so long as the actuator is moved back to the compressed position.
A method for operating an electronic glowstick having an elongate illuminated portion coupled along an axial length of the electronic glowstick to an end cap, the method comprising:
- installing an integrated module within a cavity formed by the illuminated portion and end cap, the integrated module having a light source at one end directing light along the illuminated portion and an actuator at the other end of the integrated module with a power source located between the light source and actuator;
- biasing the actuator in an extended, deactivated position;
- forcing the actuator against a wall of the cavity to a compressed position and maintaining the actuator in the compressed position;
- responsive to the actuator being forced to the compressed position, activating the light source in a first lighting function for so long as the actuator is in the compressed position;
- allowing the actuator to extend to the extended, deactivated position and deactivating the light source.
A lighting device comprising:
- a module having a light source at one end of the module and a power source;
- an actuator positioned on a surface of the module opposite the light source for activating the light source;
- an elongate glow stick housing comprising an end cap and an illuminated portion coupled together, the module received within the end cap so that the light source is directed along a long axis of the illuminated portion;
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- the illuminated portion having translucent side walls spaced about the long axis of the illuminated portion, the side walls proximal to the end cap having a first diameter and the side walls distal to the end cap having a second diameter, wherein the second diameter is less than the first diameter so that the side walls move inwardly toward the long axis of the illuminated portion as they extend from the end cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.