Patent Application
20220111790
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The disclosure relates to signaling devices and more particularly pertains to a new signaling device for communicating a wave to a proximate person at night.
The prior art relates to signaling devices. Prior art signaling devices may comprise flashing signs engageable to a rear windows of vehicles and devices with movable hands.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing, which has a first face that is substantially transparent. A fastener is engaged to the housing and is configured to selectively engage a rearview mirror or window of a vehicle so that the housing is removably engaged to the rearview mirror or the window, with the first face of the housing being visible through the window. A plurality of light emitting diodes is engaged to the housing and is positioned in an interior space defined thereby. The light emitting diodes are configured to selectively emulate a waving hand.
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 fastener 16 comprises at least one of a cup 18 and a coupler 20, which should be interpreted to mean only a cup 18, only a coupler 20, or a cup 18 and a coupler 20. The cup 18 has a stem 22 engaged thereto, which is complementary to a recess 24 positioned in the first face 14 of the housing 12. The stem 22 is selectively insertable into the recess 24 to removably engage the cup 18 to the housing 12. The cup 18 is resiliently compressible and thus is configured to be compressed between the housing 12 and the window to removably and suctionally engage the housing 12 to the window. The cup 18 comprises silicone, rubber, or elastomer.
The coupler 20 is engaged to a second face 26 of the housing 12 and is configured to selectively engage the rearview mirror to removably engage the housing 12 to the rearview mirror. The coupler 20 comprises an adhesive strip 28, as shown in
The adhesive strip 28 is configured to adhesively engage the rearview mirror to removably engage the housing 12 to the rearview mirror. A cover strip 36 is removably engaged to the adhesive strip 28, as shown in
A power module 38 and a plurality of light emitting diodes 40 are engaged to the housing 12 and are positioned in an interior space 42 defined thereby. The power module 38 is selectively operationally engageable to the plurality of light emitting diodes 40 to provide power thereto. The light emitting diodes 40 are configured to selectively emulate a waving hand. The power module 38 may comprises a battery 44 or an electrical circuit of the vehicle.
A cutout 46 is positioned in the housing 12 proximate to the battery 44, as shown in
A primary switch 50 is engaged to the housing 12 and is operationally engaged to the plurality of light emitting diodes 40 and the power module 38. The primary switch 50 is configured to be selectively switched to engage the power module 38 to the plurality of light emitting diodes 40. The primary switch 50 comprise a primary button 52, which is depressible, or other switching means, such as, but not limited to, toggles, slides, voice actuators, and the like. The primary button 52 is configured to be depressed a first time to engage the power module 38 to the plurality of light emitting diodes 40 and to be depressed a second time to disengage the power module 38 from the plurality of light emitting diodes 40.
The device 10 also may comprise a port 54, a cord 56, and a remote switch 58, as shown in
The remote switch 58 comprises a remote button 66, which is depressible, or other switching means, such as, but not limited to, toggles, slides, voice actuators, and the like. The remote button 66 is configured to be depressed a first time to engage the power module 38 to the plurality of light emitting diodes 40 and to be depressed a second time to disengage the power module 38 from the plurality of light emitting diodes 40.
In use, the housing 12 is affixed to either the rearview mirror or the windshield using the fastener 16 so that the first face 14 is visible through the windshield. When a user wished to send a wave in low ambient light conditions to a person proximate to the vehicle, they simply depress the first button or the remote button 66 a first time to actuate the plurality of light emitting diodes 40. The first button or the remote button 66 is depressed a second time to terminate the wave.
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, assembly 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 elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
