Boat safety lighting apparatus and method of using same

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362 80, 362251, 340984, B60Q 100

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ABSTRACT:
This invention provides an improved boat lighting system which includes a mounting bracket secured to the boat to position a portion of the bracket closer to one of the port and starboard side of the boat and to position the portion at an elevation above the hull and have a light emitting element secured to the portion and positioned on the bracket to illuminate in the direction of the bow and ahead of the bow and having a directional light emitting element secured to the bracket which is one of a starboard green and port red color and energizing only one of said light emitting element and said directional light emitting element at a time. This invention provides an improved motorboat lighting system in which the motorboat has a transmission which includes a light emitting warning element secured to the motorboat and an apparatus for automatically energizing the light emitting warning element in response to a transmission position of the motorboat. Finally, this invention provides a method for warning boats in the vicinity of a motorboat having a transmission which includes providing a light emitting warning element positioned on the motorboat to illuminate in an outward direction from the motorboat and connecting the light emitting warning element to a power source with a circuit, and providing a switch in the circuit to close the circuit and energize and illuminate the light emitting warning element with the transmission in a particular position.

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patent: 5335149 (1994-08-01), Evans

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