Patent Application
20170273418
The disclosure relates to light emitting devices and more particularly pertains to a new light emitting device for illuminating an interior of a bag.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a bag that may contain items. A lighting unit is coupled to the bag and the lighting unit selectively illuminates the items thereby facilitating the items to be retrieved from the bag. The lighting unit is touch sensitive such that the lighting unit turns on when the lighting unit is touched. The lighting unit has a pair of intersecting arms such that the lighting unit has a cruciform shape.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure 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 additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The lighting unit 16 comprises a housing 20 that includes the pair of intersecting arms 18. The intersecting arms 18 are oriented perpendicular to each other. Thus, the housing 20 has the cruciform shape. In an alternative embodiment as shown in
A processor 30 is positioned within the housing 20 and the processor 30 may comprise an electronic processor or the like. A plurality of light emitters 32 is provided and each of the light emitters 32 is coupled to the front surface 22. The light emitters 32 are spaced apart from each other and distributed on each of the intersecting arms 18. Thus, each of the light emitters 32 may emit light outwardly from the front surface 22 thereby facilitating the items 14 to be located in the bag 12. Each of the light emitters 32 are electrically coupled to the processor 30.
Each of the light emitters 32 comprises a photodiode. Each of the light emitters 32 may detect light reflected from a finger when the finger touches the front surface 22. Thus, each of the light emitters 32 detects when the front surface 22 is touched. The processor 30 turns each of the light emitters 32 on when the front surface 22 is touched.
Additionally, the processor turns 30 each of the light emitters 32 off after a pre-determined duration of time.
A plurality of decorations 34 is provided and each of the decorations 34 is coupled to the front surface 22 of the housing 20. Each of the decorations 34 enhances an ornamental appearance of the housing 20. The decorations may comprise jewels or the like. Indicia 36 may be printed on the front surface 22. The indicia 36 may comprise a word such as “Blessed” or other word(s) conveying an inspirational message.
A switch 37 is movably coupled to the rear surface 24 and the switch 37 may be manipulated. The switch 37 is electrically coupled to the processor 30 such that the switch 37 turns the light emitters 32 on and off. A power supply 38 is positioned in the housing 20 and the power supply 38 is electrically coupled to the processor 30. The power supply 38 comprises at least one battery 40. A battery cover 42 is removably coupled to the rear surface 24. The power supply 38 is positioned beneath the battery cover 42.
In use, the fastener 26 is coupled to the inner surface 28 of the bag 12 and the switch 37 is turned on. The front surface 22 of the housing 20 is touched to turn on the light emitters 32. The light emitters 32 illuminate the interior of the bag 12. Thus, a selected item 14 may be retrieved from the bag 12. The light emitters 32 turn off after the pre-determined duration of time.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, system and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
