Roller skate lighting device
OwnerJames J. Reilly, John T. McCabe, IIIinventors
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Abstract
A lighting device for use on roller skates and the like that attaches to the lower portion of a skate and provides a bright colorful light source to make a skater more visible in low light level conditions. The device is a light bar or strip that is battery powered. The light bar is a clear acrylic bar of various preselected colors having a light source at one end. The light is transmitted through the bar producing a light stick of nearly any color. An alternate embodiment uses an electro-luminescent light strip. The light bar or strip and battery power source is quickly and easily attached to any skate by a small strap and screw or by a strap having hook and loop type fasteners.
Claims9
A roller skate lighting device comprising:
- an elongated display member formed of a light-transmissive material, said elongated display member having a longitudinal axis mountable to a roller skate having at least two rollers, wherein said longitudinal axis is perpendicular to an axis of rotation of at least one of said rollers;
- means for lighting said display member, said means for lighting removably disposed adjacent a first end of said display member for lighting said elongated display member substantially from said first end to a second end;
- and,
- means for powering said means for lighting, wherein said display member is mountable to a mounting bolt of a first roller of said roller skate.
A skate lighting device for a skate having a plurality of in-line wheels each mounted on an individual axle, comprising:
- an electro-luminescent light strip mounted on an elongated rigid bar member, said elongated rigid bar member mountable on a first axle of the skate;
- means for powering said light strip connected to said light strip and mountable to a second axle of the skate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.