# US 8,769,837 B2 · Apparatus for marking guideline for transportation vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,769,837 B2 - Document ID: US8769837B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/519,815 - Filed: 2010-06-16 - Published: 2012-11-15 - Granted: 2014-07-08 - Earliest claimed: 2009-12-28 - Assignees: Comet Bicycle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Byung Dan Min - Inventors: Byung Dan Min - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8769837B2 ## CPC - A61G 5/10: Parts, details or accessories - B60Q 1/50: for indicating other intentions or conditions, e.g. request for waiting or overtaking - B62J 6/26: warning or informing other road users, e.g. police flash lights - B62J 27/00: Safety equipment - B60Q 2400/50: Projected symbol or information, e.g. onto the road or car body - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - B60Q: ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL - B62J: CYCLE SADDLES OR SEATS; AUXILIARY DEVICES OR ACCESSORIES SPECIALLY ADAPTED TO CYCLES AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. ARTICLE CARRIERS OR CYCLE PROTECTORS ## Abstract The device relates to a device for marking, during nighttime riding through a transport vehicle such as bicycles, two-wheeled vehicles, electric wheelchairs, etc., a rider's temporary dedicated road lines by laser-emitting means mounted at the rear side of the transport vehicle, thereby ensuring the safety of the rider of the transport vehicle. The device includes: laser-emitting modules adapted to form luminous lines spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance on the road beside or behind the transport vehicle; a power supply module adapted to supply power to the laser-emitting modules; an external housing adapted to accommodate the laser-emitting modules thereinto; and a fixing module adapted to fix the external housing to the transport vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for marking riding lines for a transport vehicle, comprising: laser-emitting modules 300 adapted to form luminous lines spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance on the road beside or behind the transport vehicle 100, each laser-emitting module 300 has a light source-producing unit 310 adapted to produce the luminous line therefrom and a light-guiding unit 320 adapted to adjust the direction of the light produced from the light source-producing unit 310 to induce the formation of the luminous line, the light-guiding unit 320 being formed of a line-forming module adapted to diffuse or collect the light emitted from the light source-producing unit 310 in such a manner as to allow the diffused or collected light to be formed in a shape of the line having a given length along the road; a power supply module 500 adapted to supply power to the laser-emitting modules 300; an external housing A adapted to accommodate the laser-emitting modules 300 thereinto; and a fixing module 200 adapted to fix the external housing A to the transport vehicle 100 and having a gripping part 210 fixed to a given position of the transport vehicle and a fixing part 220 insertedly fixed into the gripping part 210 by means of a fixing member 230, so that the external housing A is moved up and down around the fixing member 230. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device as defined in claim 1, wherein each laser-emitting module 300 has the light source-producing unit 310 adapted to produce the luminous line therefrom and the light-guiding unit 320 adapted to adjust the direction of the light produced from the light source-producing unit 310 to induce the formation of the luminous line. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device as defined in claim 1, wherein the laser-emitting modules 300 are disposed correspondingly on both sides of the lower portion of the external housing A, and the external housing A has a warn-indicating module 400 mounted thereinto, the warn-indicating module 400 being formed of at least one or more LED lamps. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The device as defined in claim 3, wherein a portion of the external housing A, in which the warn-indicating module 400 is mounted to emit the light of LED lamps to the outside, is formed of a cover member made of a light permeable material. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device as defined in claim 1, wherein the power supply module 500 is formed of a lithium-ion battery, a rechargeable battery, or a self generating module, which applies the power to the laser-emitting module 300 or the LED lamps. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device as defined in claim 1, wherein the laser-emitting modules 300 are disposed correspondingly on both sides of the lower portion of the external housing A, and the external housing A has a warn-indicating module 400 in which at least one or more LED lamps are disposed mounted thereinto.