Electric lighting system for bicycle wheels

Bicycle lighting apparatus comprising, in combination:

• conductive frame means;
• wheel means, including
• axle means for rotatably securing the wheel means to the frame means,
• rim means spaced apart from the axle means,
• spoke means extending from the axle means to the rim means for securing the rim means to the axle means, and
• the axle means and the spoke means are conductive and are electrically connected to the frame means;
• a battery having a positive terminal and a negative terminal secured to the frame means for providing an electric current;
• a first conductor electrically connected to one of the terminals of the battery;
• switch means electrically connected to the first conductor and to the frame means for selectively connecting one terminal of the battery to the frame means;
• second conductor means connected to the other terminal of the battery and electrically isolated from the frame means and from the first conductor;
• nonconductive disc means secured to the wheel means and rotatable therewith;
• conductive layer means secured to the nonconductive disc means;
• brush means secured to the frame means but electrically isolated therefrom and including a conductive element biased against the conductive layer and electrically connected to the second conductor means for electrically connecting the conductive layer means to the battery;
• light means secured to the wheel means remote from the axle means and rotatable with the wheel means, and including
• a housing capable of transmitting light, and
• lamp means secured to the housing and electrically connected to the spoke means and to the conductive layer means for completing an electrical circuit from the battery means for illuminating the lamp means as the wheel means rotates.