Jacket with programmable lights
OwnerXavier Davilainventor
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Abstract
A jacket with programmable lights in which apertures are provided in the garment through which tri-color light emitting diodes LED's protrude. The LED's are connected to a flexible printed circuit board which adheres to the inner surface of the garment by means of hook and loop pile type fastener material. The lights are fully programmable as to both their color and their activation. LED's may be provided in a fixed format or in a matrix form which permits alpha-numeric displays or graphic displays. The invention may be used for advertising purposes or entertainment purposes with either a stationary or moving display.
Claims10
Jacket with programmable lights, comprising, in combination:
- (a) a garment, wherein said garment has apertures through which light emitting devices may protrude;
- (b) tri-color light emitting diodes defining diode packages emitting three different colors, arranged in any desired pattern, said tri-color light emitting diodes comprising two different colored diodes oppositely connected in parallel to each other, circuit means providing a current to the diodes whose direction is controllable to be either in a first direction wherein one color is emitted, a reverse direction wherein a second color is emitted, and an alternating direction wherein a third color is emitted which is the combination of the first two colors, and wherein said tri-color light emitting diodes protrude through said apertures in said garment,
- (c) at least one flexible printed circuit board to which said tri-color light emitting diodes are connected;
- (d) a circuit module which programmably controls the emission of said tri-color light emitting diodes, said circuit module comprising a logic control circuit with instructions contained in a program in a storage medium;
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- (e) means for temporarily affixing said flexible printed circuit board to the underside of said garment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.