Human powered vehicle safety lighting structures
AssigneeHeli, LLC
InventorsJesse N. Palmer, Barry L. Allen
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Abstract
A plurality of lighting structures is provided for enhancing the visibility of a human powered vehicle at night. The visibility enhanced human powered vehicle has a frame with attached wheels having tires including sidewalls. The safety lighting structures include at least one photo-luminescent section and at least one reflective section being located on at least one of the wheels. A light source is attachable to the human powered vehicle to direct light against the photo-luminescent sections.
Claims12
A lighting structure for a human powered vehicle comprising a wheel having a translucent tire with an inside coated with a photo-luminescent material, said tire being inflated with a low-grade radioactive gas that reacts with said photo-luminescent material to cause it to glow.
A safety lighting structure for a human powered vehicle having a frame and at least one attached wheel, the wheel having a tire including sidewalls, comprising:
- at least one photo-luminescent section located on said wheel;
- at least one reflective section located on said tire proximate to, and generally visually concentric with respect to, said photo-luminescent section when the wheel is viewed from the side;
- a light emitting diode light source connected to said human powered vehicle frame to direct UV light against said photo-luminescent section as said at least one wheel rotates.
A safety lighting structure for a human powered vehicle having a frame and at least one attached wheel, the wheel having a tire including sidewalls, comprising:
- a plurality of photo-luminescent sections located on the wheel;
- a plurality of reflective sections located on said tire and disposed between adjacent photo-luminescent sections;
- a light emitting diode light source connected to said human powered vehicle frame to direct UV light against said photo-luminescent sections as said at least one wheel rotates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.