Claims
- 1. A battery-powered beacon for hailing taxis comprising:(i) a tubular handle portion having a contact strip inside said tubular handle portion, said tubular handle portion essentially comprising an open ended tube; (ii) a bottom, said bottom having a contact means that is positioned so as to make electrical contact between a first terminal of said power means and said contact strip; (iii) a top shell having a lens portion on a radial surface, the shell further comprising a plurality of annular bands about the front face of the shell; (iv) a light element positioned so that the axis of said light element is aligned with said lens, said light element being in electrical contact with a second terminal of said power means and said contact strip; (v) a switch means for opening and closing the electrical circuit comprising said power means, said contact strip, said first terminal contact, said second terminal contact and said light means; and (vi) a flashing means that is effective to turn said light element on and off between about 1 and 30 times per second.
- 2. A battery-powered beacon for hailing taxis comprising:(i) a tubular handle portion having a contact strip inside said tubular handle portion, said tubular handle portion essentially comprising an open ended tube; (ii) a bottom, said bottom having a spring that is positioned so as to make electrical contact between a first terminal of said power means and said contact strip; (iii) a light element positioned so as to make electrical contact between a second terminal of said power means and said contact strip; (iv) a switch means for opening and closing the electrical circuit comprising said power means, said contact strip, said first terminal contact, said second terminal contact and said light element; (v) a flashing means effective to create an on/off cycle of between about 1 and 30 per second; and (vi) a light element covering shell, said light element covering shell adapted to transmit the light emitted by said light element through a radial portion of the shell between about 5 and 120 degrees of the circumference of the shell, the shell further comprising a plurality of annular bands about the front face of the shell.
Parent Case Info
This application is a C-I-P of Ser. No. 08/588,126 filed Jan. 18, 1996, U.S. Pat. No. 5,642,931.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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