Spoke mounted bicycle light
OwnerTerry G. Wodder, Lawrence J. Craininventors
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Abstract
A safety lighting device for a bicycle including a housing in which is located a self-contained light source which emits light through a lens; the housing also having a plate-like mounting apparatus wedged between pairs of overlapping spokes which allows the housing to be removably secured to the spokes, and further allows the light to be directed radially outwardly to permit ready visibility of the bike and rider while deflecting the light away from the eyes of the rider and any obstructions created by the wheel rim.
Claims16
A lighting device designed to be mounted on a bicycle of the type having a frame and a pair of wheels, each said wheel including a rim, a hub and a plurality of spokes connecting said rim to said hub, said spokes arranged on said wheels so as to be in a specified crossed over relationship with each other, said lighting device comprising:
- a housing having a lens;
- a self-contained light located within said housing and designed to emit a directed beam of light through said lens;
- means for releasably mounting said housing to said spokes on at least one of said wheels, said mounting means including a plate having a center portion adapted so that said housing may be secured thereto and two side edge portions, each of said edge portions adapted to be wedgingly inserted between a respective pair of crossed over spokes of said wheel;
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- means for deflecting at least a portion of said light beam emitted through said lens so that as said wheel rotates, said beam of light is substantially deflected away from said wheel rim.
A spoke mounted lighting device designed to be mounted in the spokes of a bicycle wheel of the type having a rim, a hub and a plurality of spokes connected therebetween so that pairs of said spokes are located in crossed-over arrangement to each other, said device comprising:
- a housing having a lens;
- a self-contained, battery-powered light assembly located within said housing and designed to emit a directed beam of light through said lens;
- mounting means for releasably mounting said housing to said spokes, said mounting means including a substantially flat plate with a central portion having at least one clamp designed to releasably secure said housing to said plate, and two side edge portions, each said edge portion designed to be wedgingly inserted between a respective pair of said crossed-over spokes;
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- means on said plate for deflecting said beam so that as said wheel rotates, said beam is deflected away from said rim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.