Illumination – With wearing apparel or body support
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-09
2001-05-29
Sember, Thomas M. (Department: 2875)
Illumination
With wearing apparel or body support
C362S276000, C362S802000, C362S394000, C036S137000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06238056
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The field of the invention is lighted articles and the invention relates more particularly to devices which include footwear, toys and novelty items having a battery and a switch held by the device and which intermittently, either by motion or by an electric circuit, cause the light in the device to blink on and off or to stay on. Such devices have enjoyed widespread commercial success in footwear. One of the earlier designs is shown in applicant's U.S. Pat. No. 5,732,486. Other lighted footwear is shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,848,009; 5,408,764; 5,419,061; 5,430,621; 5,490,338; 5,644,858; and 5,477,435.
The most popular lighted shoes utilize one or more LEDs turned on and off by a motion sensitive switch. Typically, such LEDs are mounted behind a transparent or translucent window in the sole or upper portion of the shoe, and there is always a desire to provide a more spectacular and attention-getting lighting system.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a light module useful in toys, clothing or footwear which light moves as the object in which it is mounted moves.
The present invention is for a light module having a battery. At least one electrically conductive spring is electrically connected to one terminal of the battery and LED or other light source is electrically connected to the other end of the spring. The second terminal of the light and the second terminal of the battery are connected by a second flexible conductor which is preferably a second electrically conductive spring. Alternatively, a light is mechanically connected to a spring which is not electrically conductive and the light is ngaged by a pair of highly flexible wires. Preferably, a motion sensitive switch is added to the circuit so that when the assembly is placed in the heel of a shoe or in the body of a toy and the wearer is walking or the toy is being moved, the light is not only blinking on and off from the motion sensitive switch, but the lamp is also moving.
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Averill, Jr. Edgar W.
Sember Thomas M.
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