Illuminated float
AssigneeBret Allen Dunbar
InventorBret A. Dunbar
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Abstract
An illuminated float comprises a plurality of solar generators, a storage battery for storing therein the electrical energy generated by the solar generator, a light-emitting element which emits the light by the energy supplied from the storage battery, a homing device which emits a high-frequency beacon displayed on the ships display screen, and an energy control means which permits the supply of electrical energy from the storage battery to the light-emitting element and the homing device only when ambient illumination drops below a predetermined level.
Claims12
An illuminated float comprising:
- a. a buoyant float main body;
- b. a removable solar insert, positioned in said float main body;
- c. a solar generator positioned in said solar insert for generating electricity when exposed to light;
- d. a solar lens, positioned in said solar insert, for protecting the solar generator and collecting and refracting light onto said solar generator thereby causing a greater amount of electricity to be generated;
- e. a battery, within said solar insert, for storing electrical energy generated by said solar generator;
- f. a light-emitting element, within said solar insert, energized from said battery, for emitting light and thereby making said float main body illuminated, radiating outward through the float main body;
- g. a homing device, within said solar insert, for emitting a beacon to be displayed on a display screen to further increase recoverability in even the most extreme conditions;
- h. means, within said solar insert, for providing electrical energy from said battery to said light-emitting element upon ambient light reaching a predetermined low level, and means, within said solar insert, for providing electrical energy from said battery to said homing device also when the predetermined level of ambient light is reached.
An illuminated float comprising:
- a. a buoyant float main body adapted to float in water;
- b. a fastening hole, positioned in said float main body, there through to slidably receive a flexible line so that the float main body can rotate about the perimeter defined by said line in response to wave motion on the water;
- c. a removable solar insert, positioned in said float main body, containing means for illuminating said float main body;
- d. a solar generator positioned in said solar insert for generating electricity when exposed to light;
- e. a battery, within said solar insert, for storing electrical energy generated by said solar generator;
- f. a light-emitting element, within said solar insert, for emitting light in response to electrical energy furnished by said battery;
- g. means, within said solar insert, for providing electrical energy from said battery to said light emitting element upon a predetermined low level of light.
An illuminated float comprising:
- a. a buoyant float main body;
- b. a removable solar insert, containing a solar generator, positioned in said float main body;
- c. a fastening hole, positioned in said float main body to slidably receive a line so that said float main body can rotate about the perimeter defined by said line in response to wave motion on the water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.