Illumination – With wearing apparel or body support
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-27
2002-08-06
O'Shea, Sandra (Department: 2875)
Illumination
With wearing apparel or body support
C362S191000, C362S396000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06428178
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Halloween is a festive time for children because they have an opportunity to receive candy and dress up in costumes when trick-or-treating. In addition to wearing costumres, the children can further enliven their spooky fantasies by carving pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns and putting up paper posters depicting ghosts and goblins around their homes. In spite of the joyous mood of this time of year, there are safety concerns of which most parents, if not all people, are aware. For one, after carving pumpkins into scary or funny faces, most people add to the aura of the jack-o-lanterns by inserting candles inside of the pumpkins. The potential hazard of inserting candles and dealing with fire is that the fire may become uncontrollable during an accident. This could result in damage to homes or other objects and injury or, worse yet, death to people. Hence, there is a need in the art for a device that lights a carved pumpkin without the dangers of using candles.
Another danger involves children traveling in various neighborhoods and from house to house to trick-or-treat in search of candies, chocolates and other “goodies.” Often parents accompany their children on these expeditions to ensure the latters' safety. Since most children go trick-or-treating at night, the ability of drivers and other pedestrians to see the children depends invariably on the lighting available on sidewalks and road sides. To overcome the dark of night, some trick-or-treaters bring flashlights on Halloween night. However, for children to carry both a bag of candy and a flashlight may be impractical and cumbersome. As a result, there is also a need in the art for a device that provide a source of light to protect children, to not hinder their trick-or-treating experience, and to make sure that they are visible to other trick-or-treaters, drivers and other pedestrians.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The instant invention comprises a novel combination lighting device
10
that may be securely inserted inside a carved pumpkin
11
, used as a necklace
38
and secured onto an article of clothing
13
. The disclosed invention alleviates the shortcomings of existing devices in that it replaces the use of unsafe candles to light carved pumpkins
11
and provides a convenient safetly light for children, and other individuals, who are travelling on foot or on bicycles during the night or when trick-or-treating.
One embodiment of the present invention comprises a front housing
12
having a top edge
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, a bottom edge
28
, an outer side
30
and an inner side
32
. The front housing
12
is translucent, oranged-colored, and shaped like a pumpkin
11
with a jack-o-lantern face
31
on the outer side
30
thereof. A stem portion
14
having a horizontal aperture
34
is attached on the top edge
26
of the front housing
12
. This aperture
34
allows a piece of string
36
to pass therethrough so that a necklace
38
may be formed.
A back panel
16
sized to fit inside the front housing
12
has an inner side
40
and an outer side
42
, whereby the inner side
40
faces the inner side
32
of the front housing
12
when removably engaged thereto. Attached to the inner side
40
of the back panel
16
comprises a lighting means
18
that emits light through the front housing
12
, a powering means
20
that provides power to the lighting means
18
, and an activating means
22
that activates the lighting means
18
. Conversely, attached to the outer side
42
of the back panel
16
comprises a securing means
24
that removably secures the lighting device
10
optionally either inside of the carved pumpkin
11
or onto the article of clothing
13
.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to teach a novel combination lighting device that may be used for many purposes during nighttime.
Another object of this invention is to teach a combination lighting device that may be used safely during Halloween for multiple purposes.
It is also an object of the instant invention is to teach a combination lighting device that may be used as a safe alternative to candle lighting inside of carved pumpkins.
A further object of the disclosed invention is to teach a combination lighting device that may be worn as a necklace when trick-or-treating.
It is another object of the instant invention to teach a combination lighting device that may be worn on one's clothing when trick-or-treating.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and that will form the subject matter of the invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other devices for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the invention be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.
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O'Shea Sandra
Ward John Anthony
Wiemelt Mark E.
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