Illumination – With wearing apparel or body support
Patent
1994-12-30
1996-04-30
Gromada, Denise L.
Illumination
With wearing apparel or body support
362253, 362 61, 280 1123, 280811, F21L 1508
Patent
active
055130801
ABSTRACT:
A lighting kit that provides indirect lighting for roller skates or skateboards by mounting a lighting assembly under the shoe section of the skate or underside of the skateboard and providing a light directed down from the bottom of the shoe section of the skate or underside of the skateboard to the floor under the user. The color of the lighting system can be altered by placing a color filter in front of the lamp. In an alternative embodiment the conventional lamps used in the first embodiment are replaced by electroluminescent (EL) lamps. The EL lamps provide a flat structure which is relatively unnoticeable to observers when the skate is in use and the lamps turned off because they are positioned flat against the bottom of the skate or skateboard. When the lamps are activated, they illuminate the floor beneath the skate but are not directly seen. The third embodiment provides flat EL lamp panels which removably attach to the sides of the skates or skateboards such that they can be used not only for aesthetic reasons but also to provide an effective safety measure. The kit can be manufactured with the skate or skateboard as an integral component.
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Earney Richard
Magle Thomas O.
Basichas Alfred
Gromada Denise L.
Smith John C.
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