US 8,910,403 B2Granted

Glowing frame for a hazardous warning placard

OwnerPat D. Nimtzinventor

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Abstract

A glowing frame for a hazardous material placard is an apparatus used to illuminate the hazardous material placard during the night or dangerous weather conditions. The apparatus is attached to a vehicle carrying hazardous material and includes a frame, a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) strips, a drain hole, a pair of wires, and a disconnection mechanism. The hazardous material placard and the LED strips are situated in between a front portion and a back portion of the frame. The drain hole allows moisture to be released from within the frame. The pair of wires is used to complete a circuit between the LED strips and the vehicle's side-marker or tail light system. The disconnection mechanism activates the LED strips and locks the placard in place. In addition, the disconnection mechanism deactivates the LED strips and releases the placard from the frame.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A glowing frame for a hazardous material placard comprises:

a placard frame;
a drain hole;
a plurality of weatherproof light emitting diode (LED) strips;
a first wire;
a second wire;
a disconnection mechanism;
said placard frame comprises a front portion, a back portion, a housing cavity, a wing extension, a placard slot, a ramp, and a mechanism compartment;
said first wire and said second wire each comprise a proximal end and a distal end;
said disconnection mechanism comprises a switch, a guide body, a trigger, a locking bar, and an inclined protrusion;
said front portion comprises a placard window and a plurality of grids;
said guide body being mounted within said mechanism compartment;
said locking bar being positioned perpendicular to said placard slot;
said locking bar traversing through said mechanism compartment and being slidably engaged to said guide body;
said trigger being positioned normal to said back portion;
said trigger traversing through said mechanism compartment and being connected perpendicular to said locking bar;
said inclined protrusion being laterally positioned to said locking bar;
said inclined protrusion being connected perpendicular to said locking bar;
said switch being mounted within said mechanism compartment adjacent to said placard slot;
and
said switch being positioned in between said inclined protrusion and said mechanism compartment.

17 more elements

A glowing frame for a hazardous material placard comprises:

a placard frame;
a drain hole;
a plurality of weatherproof light emitting diode (LED) strips;
a first wire;
a second wire;
a disconnection mechanism;
said placard frame comprises a front portion, a back portion, a housing cavity, a wing extension, a placard slot, a ramp, and a mechanism compartment;
said first wire and said second wire each comprise a proximal end and a distal end;
said disconnection mechanism comprises a switch, a guide body, a trigger, a locking bar, and an inclined protrusion;
said front portion comprises a placard window and a plurality of grids;
said front portion being concentrically positioned onto said back portion;
said placard window centrally traversing through said front portion;
said plurality of grids being positioned across said placard window;
said housing cavity being positioned in between said plurality of grids and said back portion;
said housing cavity being laterally delineated by said placard window;
said drain hole traversing out of said housing cavity and through both said front portion and said back portion;
said plurality of weatherproof LED strips being conformingly positioned around said placard window;
said plurality of weatherproof LED strips being located around said placard slot;
said plurality of weatherproof LED strips being housed in between said front portion and said back portion;
said wing extension being connected adjacent to both said front portion and said back portion;
said mechanism compartment being centrally integrated into said wing extension;
said placard slot traversing through said front portion and into housing cavity;
said placard slot being positioned adjacent to said mechanism compartment;
said ramp being positioned along said placard slot and being connected to said back portion;
said guide body being mounted within said mechanism compartment;
said locking bar being positioned perpendicular to said placard slot;
said locking bar traversing through said mechanism compartment and being slidably engaged to said guide body;
said trigger being positioned normal to said back portion;
said trigger traversing through said mechanism compartment and being connected perpendicular to said locking bar;
said inclined protrusion being laterally positioned to said locking bar;
said inclined protrusion being connected perpendicular to said locking bar;
said switch being mounted within said mechanism compartment adjacent to said placard slot;
and
said switch being positioned in between said inclined protrusion and said mechanism compartment.

31 more elements

A glowing frame for a hazardous material placard comprises:

a placard frame;
a drain hole;
a plurality of weatherproof light emitting diode (LED) strips;
a first wire;
a second wire;
a disconnection mechanism;
said placard frame comprises a front portion, a back portion, a housing cavity, a wing extension, a placard slot, a ramp, and a mechanism compartment;
said first wire and said second wire each comprise a proximal end and a distal end;
said disconnection mechanism comprises a guide body, a trigger, a locking bar, and an inclined protrusion;
said front portion comprises a placard window and a plurality of grids;
said wing extension being connected adjacent to both said front portion and said back portion;
said mechanism compartment being centrally integrated into said wing extension;
said placard slot traversing through said front portion and into housing cavity;
said placard slot being positioned adjacent to said mechanism compartment;
said ramp being positioned along said placard slot and being connected to said back portion;
said guide body being mounted within said mechanism compartment;
said locking bar being positioned perpendicular to said placard slot;
said locking bar traversing through said mechanism compartment and being slidably engaged to said guide body;
said trigger being positioned normal to said back portion;
said trigger traversing through said mechanism compartment and being connected perpendicular to said locking bar;
said inclined protrusion being laterally positioned to said locking bar;
said inclined protrusion being connected perpendicular to said locking bar;
said switch being mounted within said mechanism compartment adjacent to said placard slot;
and
said switch being positioned in between said inclined protrusion and said mechanism compartment.

22 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/898,138Filed 20 May 2013 · us provisional application
Priority: 29 May 2012
Published: US 2013/0318843 A15 Dec 2013
Granted: 16 Dec 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G09F 13/00
Illuminated signs
G09F 21/04
Mobile visual advertising: by land vehicles
G09F 13/0413
Signs, boards or panels, illuminated from behind the insignia: frames or casing structures therefor
G09F 13/044
Constructional details: signs, boards or panels mounted on vehicles