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US 3,963,917 AGranted
Illuminated safety helmet
AssigneeLawrence Peska Associates, Inc.
InventorJames Romano
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Abstract
An illuminated safety helmet is disclosed, which contains a battery powered rotating light source. Rotation of the light source produces a periodic blinking and/or color variation in order to enhance the visibility of the wearer under night time or other poor visibility conditions. The rotating light source is contained in a bubble-like protrusion at the apex of the helmet. A reflective partition separates the light source into two halfs.
Claims4
An illuminated safety helmet comprising:
- a. a hard, tough convex shell adapted for serving as a protective cover for the head of the wearer, which shell possesses a transparent bubble-like protrusion at its apex, which protrusion is adapted for visibility from any unobstructed lateral aspect;
- b. an adjustable harness affixed to the inner periphery of the helmet to keep the head of the wearer from contacting the inner surface of the shell;
- c. an incandescent bulb rotatably mounted in the transparent protrusion, upon which incandescent bulb is fixed a vertically oriented mirror-like partition visually separating the bulb into differently colored halves, said bulb adapted to be coupled to a source of energy;
- d. driving means for rotating the bulb, adapted to be coupled to said source of energy;
- e. a switch electrically connected to be capable of interrupting the source of energy and mounted on the shell and conveniently reachable by the wearer.
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