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US 6,742,909 B2Granted
Lighted line
AssigneeThe United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
InventorsRonald S. Conti, Linda L. Chasko
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Abstract
A lighted line having an elongate flexible wire-formed bulbless light source is encased in a supportive covering which may include a surrounding rope and tubular sheathing. An electrical power source operatively connected to the wire-formed light source is adapted to energize it to produce light which radiates laterally of the line and emanates through the rope and tubular sheathing.
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A lighted line comprising
- an elongate flexible wire-formed light source capable of generating laterally radiating light having an elongate flexible translucent sheathing extending thereabout,
- an electrical power source operatively connected to said light source adapted to energize said light source, and
- an elongate flexible covering extending about said light source, said covering comprising an elongate rope having an axially extending opening through which said light source extends axially and constructed to permit light radiating from said light source to pass therethrough.
An elongate lighted lifeline comprising
- an elongate flexible wire-formed light source capable of generating laterally radiating light having an elongate flexible translucent sheathing extending thereabout,
- an electrical power source operatively connected to said light source adapted to energize said light source,
- an elongate flexible covering extending about said light source, said covering comprising an elongate rope having an axially extending opening through which said light source extends, and constructed to permit light radiating from said light source to pass therethrough, and
- a first connector coupled to one end of the covering and a second connector coupled to the other end of the covering.
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A lighted line comprising
- an elongate flexible wire-formed light source capable of generating laterally radiating light having an elongate flexible translucent sheathing extending thereabout,
- an electrical power source operatively connected to said light source adapted to energize said source, and
- an elongate flexible covering extending about said light source, said covering comprising an elongate tension-resisting member extending about said light source constructed to permit light radiating from said light source to pass therethrough, and an elongate flexible translucent tube having a central bore through which said tension-resisting member and light source extend.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.