US 9,282,775 B2Granted

Switch mechanisms for wearable articles

AssigneeZackees, Inc.

InventorsZachary James Vorhies, Murat Ozkan, Roger Fred Challender

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Abstract

This invention relates to electronic wearable articles such as clothing. The invention is an integrated wearable article (e.g. an electronic glove) that allows a user to signal to others the user intent for direction. The electronic glove includes a glove, a chevron-shaped light integrated with the glove that points away from the user when glove is on the hand of the user to indicate intended direction, and an electronic circuit including a switch mechanism with a first contact assembly on the thumb and a second contact assembly on the index finger of the glove, wherein the electronic circuit detects when the first contact assembly touches the second contact assembly to actuate the light, and a battery to power the electronic circuit.

Claims2

Dependent claims

A switch mechanism for a wearable article, comprising:

a first contact assembly including:
a first conductive plate with a first shaft;
a first ring terminal disposed on the first shaft;
a first stranded wire connected to the first ring terminal;
a second conductive plate with a first hole mated with the first shaft, wherein the first ring terminal contacts either the first conductive plate or the second conductive plate or both of the first and second conductive plates;
a second contact assembly including:
a third conductive plate with a second shaft;
a second ring terminal disposed on the second shaft;
a second stranded wire connected to the second ring terminal;
and
a fourth conductive plate with a second hole mated with the second shaft, wherein the second ring terminal contacts either the third conductive plate or the fourth conductive plate or both of the third and fourth conductive plates, wherein the first and the second contact assemblies are adapted to secure to the wearable article and make contact to actuate the switch mechanism.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/616,695Filed 7 Feb 2015 · division
Priority: 10 Sep 2013
Published: US 2015/0070162 A14 Jun 2015
Granted: 15 Mar 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B62J 6/056
Electrical means, e.g. lamps: characterised by control means
A41D 19/0024
Gloves: with accessories
A41D 19/0031
With accessories: whistles or other warning devices
B60Q 1/2673
Mounted on parts having other functions: on parts worn by the driver, e.g. clothes, gloves or bags, specially adapted to provide auxiliary vehicle…

Family

Application14/023,459Parent of this division · filed 10 Sep 2013
US 2015/0150321 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Jun 2015
US 9,013,281 B2Parent of this division
US 2015/0070162 A1Published application
US 9,282,775 B2This patent

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