Illumination – With wearing apparel or body support – Shoulder suspension or torso encircling
Patent
1997-02-18
1998-07-14
Sember, Thomas M.
Illumination
With wearing apparel or body support
Shoulder suspension or torso encircling
362103, F21L 1506
Patent
active
057793484
ABSTRACT:
An illuminated safety shoulder strap that includes an elongated and slender waist belt, an elongated and slender shoulder strap, a plurality of light bulbs, and a generally semi-cylindrically-shaped power supply housing. The elongated and slender waist belt replaceably encircles the waist of the user when the illuminated safety shoulder strap is donned. The elongated and slender waist belt has a buckle end, a free end, an outer surface, and a right portion with a shape and extends along the right side of the waist of the user when the illuminated safety shoulder strap is donned. The right portion of the elongated and slender waist belt has a front and a back. The plurality of light bulbs extend longitudinally along, and outwardly from, the elongated and slender shoulder strap. The generally semi-cylindrically-shaped power supply housing is attached to the outer surface of the elongated and slender waist belt, at the front of the right portion of the elongated and slender waist belt. The generally semi-cylindrically-shaped power supply housing has a concave-shaped waist surface that conforms to the shape of the right portion of the elongated and slender waist belt when the illuminated safety shoulder strap is donned so as to provide greater comfort for the user. And, the generally semi-cylindrically-shaped power supply housing further has a convex-shaped outer surface that provides a smooth surface so as to prevent injury to the arm of the user and to any person coming in contact therewith.
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Miller P.E. Richard L.
Sember Thomas M.
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