EP0086651A2 - Dispositif d'avertissement protable - Google Patents

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EP0086651A2
EP0086651A2 EP83300726A EP83300726A EP0086651A2 EP 0086651 A2 EP0086651 A2 EP 0086651A2 EP 83300726 A EP83300726 A EP 83300726A EP 83300726 A EP83300726 A EP 83300726A EP 0086651 A2 EP0086651 A2 EP 0086651A2
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B5/00—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied
    • G08B5/004—Reflective safety signalling devices attached on persons
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B5/00—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied
    • G08B5/22—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
    • G08B5/36—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission using visible light sources
    • G08B5/38—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission using visible light sources using flashing light

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  • This invention relates to a wearable warning device. It relates in particular to a warning device which can be worn by pedestrians and other road users during the hours of darkness to render said persons visually conspicuous and thereby reduce the danger of road accidents.
  • the invention seeks, among its objects, to safeguard the pedestrian at night by clearly visible warning means to the front and to the rear which are independent of incident light from vehicles or street lamps.
  • the invention accordingly provides a wearable device for pedestrians and other road users at night, which device comprises a battery-operated array of electric lamps mounted on a flexible carrier, means for switching the array on and off, circuit elements adapted to effect intermittent flashing on and off of the lamps while the array is switched on, and means for attaching the carrier to the body or clothing of a person.
  • the flexible carrier comprises a strap with a buckle or clasp, and the device can be worn around the waist as a belt or over one shoulder as a bandolier.
  • the lamps are light emitting diodes (LED's).
  • the flexible carrier comprises an arm band.
  • the array of lamps may be disposed in equally spaced apart formations along the length of the midline of the carrier.
  • Each lamp is desirably located in and partly protected by a perforation in the carrier and the carrier is preferably constructed from two or more layers of material with the necessary wiring located and concealed between the layers.
  • the array of LED's may be in a cluster of four, each LED being mounted on a corner of one side of a rectangularly shaped printed circuit board, the other side of the board having a suitable circuit for conveying electricity to the LED's etched thereon and means for connecting the circuit to the battery.
  • each arm band has at least two arrays of LED's thereon so that, in use, one array is directed forwardly of the wearer and the other array is directed rearwardly of the wearer.
  • the circuit elements adapted to effect intermittent flashing preferably comprise an electronic circuit breaker, but a conventional flasher bulb replacing one of the lamps may also be used.
  • a safety warning belt 10 comprises an elongate flexible strip 11 made from suitable plastics material and of sandwich construction consisting of two similar strips or layers lla, llb placed face to face and welded together along seams llc around their common periphery.
  • the belt 10 further comprises a conventional buckle 12 and co-operating perforations 13.
  • Six holes 14 are provided in the outer strip lla, each accommodating a screw-in bulb socket 15 for receiving a 1.5 V electric bulb 16.
  • the sockets 15 are connected in series by PVC-insulated conducting wires 17 in a circuit which includes an on/off switch 18, a flashing device 19 and terminals 20 for the reception of a 9 V electric battery 21.
  • the flashing device 19 and the battery terminals 20 are housed in a small purse 22 attached to the belt 10 adjacent the buckle 12.
  • the purse 22 also accommodates the battery 21 when present.
  • the on/off switch 18 is likewise housed in the purse 22 but its actuator protudes therefrom for convenience in switching.
  • Each socket 15 has a basal flange 15a of diameter greater than that of the associated hole 14 to permit secure retention of the socket 15 by the upper strip lla of the belt 10. Additionally, each socket 15 is adhesively secured by its base to the underlying strip llb of the belt 10.
  • the flashing device 19 is an electronic circuit breaker incorporating a time delay of about 1 second, and is effective to flash all the bulbs 16 simultaneously on and off at regular intervals. For economy in power usage, it is preferred that the off 9 time be longer that the on time, a ratio of about 3:1 between said times respectively being considered satisfactory.
  • the belt 10 is embellished on its outer strip lla by reflective patches 23 which improve the safety factor.
  • the bulbs 16 and the screw-in bulb sockets 15 may be replaced by LED's.
  • the six LED's may be mounted on three printed circuit boards each board having a suitable circuit etched thereon for conveying electricity from the power source 21 to the LED's.
  • the printed circuit boards are, of course, electrically interconnected so as to permit current to flow to each LED.
  • each printed circuit board would have two LED's thereon and the boards may be housed between the strips or layers lla, llb each LED protruding through holes 14.
  • the buckle 12 may be of the type wherein the buckling of the belt completes the electric circuit. Thus the switch 18 described above could be excluded.
  • a safety warning arm band 100 comprises a strip 101 made from a suitable plastics material of a sandwich construction similar to that described with respect to Figs. 1-4 of the drawings.
  • the ends of the strip 101 are joined by elastic material 102 so as to permit the arm band 100 to fit snugly on any sized arm.
  • Eight holes are provided in the outer layer of the plastics material 101 for accommodating respective LED's 103.
  • the LED's are in two arrays 120, 121 of four LED's per array.
  • Each LED 103 is mounted on one side of a printed circuit board 104, the reverse'105 of which has etched thereon a suitable circuit 106 for conveying electricity to each LED from a battery 110 via wires 107.
  • the LED's of each array 120, 121 are connected in series but each array 120, 121 is connected in parallel to an electronic circuit breaker 112 which is in turn connected to terminals 116 for connection to the battery 110.
  • the battery 110 shown in dotted outline in Fig. 5, is housed in a pocket on the inner wall of the plastics material 101.
  • the outer wall of the plastics material 101 has a flap 115 thereon in which is housed the terminals 116 for connection to the battery 110.
  • a switch 113 may be used if desired but this is not essential as the terminals 116 may be conncted or disconnected from the battery 110 by the use of the flap 115.
  • the outer wall of the plastics material 101 has eight holes therein for the reception of the LED's 103 of each array 120, 121.
  • each printed circuit board 104 having the LED's 103 therein is pressed against the inner face of the outer wall of the plastics material 101 so that the LED's 103 protrude through the holes.
  • the wires 107 are connected to the electronic circuit breaker 112 which also has wires 107 leading therefrom to the terminals 116.
  • the inner wall of the plastics material 101 is placed face-to-face and welded with the outer wall of the plastics material 101 to form a sandwich construction having the components sandwiched therebetween.
  • the arm band 100 when the arm band 100 is in use, it is * worn so that the elastic material 102 is inwardly facing, (that is facing the body of the wearer), one array, say 120, is facing forwardly of the wearer the other array, 121, is facing rearwardly of the wearer.
  • each array 120, 121 Located in the vicinity of each array 120, 121 is a reflective patch 123 which improves the safety factor. If desired, the entire plastics material 101 may be of the reflective type or have reflective material embellished thereon.
  • each printed circuit board 104 Although it is possible to incorporate just one LED on each printed circuit board 104, it has been found that the use of four LED's per printed circuit board is preferred with each LED being located at a respective corner of the printed circuit board. It will be appreciated that other array designs such as a triangle or a circle are also possible.
  • a suitable audible warning device may be incorporated into the safety wearing device.
  • the audible warning device may be powered from the same battery but is connected directly thereto via suitable wires and an on/off switch.
  • the audible warning device could be used if the wearer was attacked by a mugger and the wearer could switch on the audible warning device to attract attention.
  • the audible warning device should have a sufficient intensity or shrill so as to indicate that its sounding is a distress signal.

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EP83300726A 1982-02-12 1983-02-14 Dispositif d'avertissement protable Withdrawn EP0086651A3 (fr)

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IE184581A IE811845L (en) 1982-02-12 1982-02-12 Wearable warning device
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GB2159647A (en) * 1984-05-31 1985-12-04 Raymond Keith Hunter Direction indicating means
FR2565665A2 (fr) * 1983-01-20 1985-12-13 Carne Henri Brassard a feux clignotants de securite pour la nuit.
GB2172724A (en) * 1985-02-14 1986-09-24 Charles Jack Lewis Location device
FR2612670A1 (fr) * 1987-03-16 1988-09-23 Griffon Andre Dispositif electronique lumineux perfectionne de securite
WO1989008902A1 (fr) * 1988-03-15 1989-09-21 Griffon Andre Dispositif de signalisation lumineux de securite tel que brassard
EP0364915A2 (fr) * 1988-10-17 1990-04-25 Maurizio Vegezzi Dispositif d'avertissement à lumière intermittent pour piètons
EP1536390A1 (fr) * 2003-11-21 2005-06-01 Robert Stahl Dispositif d'éclairage et de signalisation
GB2421421A (en) * 2004-12-24 2006-06-28 Colin Appleby Turn signal indicator on wristband
FR2904402A1 (fr) * 2006-07-28 2008-02-01 Dominique Pierre Galea Appareil autonome de signalisation portable de securite (individus et materiel)
KR101098355B1 (ko) 2009-01-23 2011-12-26 송민기 동작하는 팔찌
FR2966901A1 (fr) * 2010-10-29 2012-05-04 Tmc Innovation Dispositif de balisage de mat d'eclairage
KR20170018989A (ko) * 2015-07-31 2017-02-21 주식회사 무한 웨어러블 조명장치
GB2562445A (en) * 2016-11-23 2018-11-21 thomson Paul Indicator
US10264764B1 (en) * 2016-09-27 2019-04-23 David Michael Seroski Impact-activated illuminating leg wrap
GB2611570A (en) * 2021-10-08 2023-04-12 Burgess Kim A wearable safety device

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BE654545A (fr) * 1964-10-19 1965-02-15 Madigan Electronic Corp Dispositif lumineux portatif
US4164008A (en) * 1977-02-24 1979-08-07 Stanley M. Meyer Illuminated article of clothing
US4231079A (en) * 1979-03-28 1980-10-28 Heminover Stephen R Article of wearing apparel
US4283756A (en) * 1979-06-15 1981-08-11 Beamon Turan M Flashing-light belt
FR2480972A1 (fr) * 1980-04-16 1981-10-23 Cohen Micheline Sonnerie a signal audiovisuel et a signal visuel clignotant
US4308572A (en) * 1977-06-20 1981-12-29 Sidney Davidson Articles having light-emitting elements energizable in sequences to provide desired visual displays
DE3026627A1 (de) * 1980-07-14 1982-02-04 Rockwell's Jeans Vertrieb GmbH, 7907 Langenau Bekleidungsstueck mit beleuchtungseinrichtung
GB2101288A (en) * 1981-05-21 1983-01-12 Raymond Paul Lloyd Russell Safety apparel

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BE882041A (fr) * 1980-03-03 1980-07-01 Desaar Rene Dispositif de securite personnelle

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BE654545A (fr) * 1964-10-19 1965-02-15 Madigan Electronic Corp Dispositif lumineux portatif
US4164008A (en) * 1977-02-24 1979-08-07 Stanley M. Meyer Illuminated article of clothing
US4308572A (en) * 1977-06-20 1981-12-29 Sidney Davidson Articles having light-emitting elements energizable in sequences to provide desired visual displays
US4231079A (en) * 1979-03-28 1980-10-28 Heminover Stephen R Article of wearing apparel
US4283756A (en) * 1979-06-15 1981-08-11 Beamon Turan M Flashing-light belt
FR2480972A1 (fr) * 1980-04-16 1981-10-23 Cohen Micheline Sonnerie a signal audiovisuel et a signal visuel clignotant
DE3026627A1 (de) * 1980-07-14 1982-02-04 Rockwell's Jeans Vertrieb GmbH, 7907 Langenau Bekleidungsstueck mit beleuchtungseinrichtung
GB2101288A (en) * 1981-05-21 1983-01-12 Raymond Paul Lloyd Russell Safety apparel

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2565665A2 (fr) * 1983-01-20 1985-12-13 Carne Henri Brassard a feux clignotants de securite pour la nuit.
GB2159647A (en) * 1984-05-31 1985-12-04 Raymond Keith Hunter Direction indicating means
GB2172724A (en) * 1985-02-14 1986-09-24 Charles Jack Lewis Location device
GB2172724B (en) * 1985-02-14 1989-06-14 Charles Jack Lewis Location device
FR2612670A1 (fr) * 1987-03-16 1988-09-23 Griffon Andre Dispositif electronique lumineux perfectionne de securite
EP0286479A1 (fr) * 1987-03-16 1988-10-12 André Griffon Dispositif de signalisation lumineux de sécurité tel que brassard
WO1989008902A1 (fr) * 1988-03-15 1989-09-21 Griffon Andre Dispositif de signalisation lumineux de securite tel que brassard
EP0364915A2 (fr) * 1988-10-17 1990-04-25 Maurizio Vegezzi Dispositif d'avertissement à lumière intermittent pour piètons
EP0364915A3 (fr) * 1988-10-17 1990-12-12 Maurizio Vegezzi Dispositif d'avertissement à lumière intermittent pour piètons
EP1536390A1 (fr) * 2003-11-21 2005-06-01 Robert Stahl Dispositif d'éclairage et de signalisation
GB2421421A (en) * 2004-12-24 2006-06-28 Colin Appleby Turn signal indicator on wristband
GB2421421B (en) * 2004-12-24 2009-04-08 Colin Appleby Turn signal indicator
FR2904402A1 (fr) * 2006-07-28 2008-02-01 Dominique Pierre Galea Appareil autonome de signalisation portable de securite (individus et materiel)
KR101098355B1 (ko) 2009-01-23 2011-12-26 송민기 동작하는 팔찌
FR2966901A1 (fr) * 2010-10-29 2012-05-04 Tmc Innovation Dispositif de balisage de mat d'eclairage
EP2450628A1 (fr) * 2010-10-29 2012-05-09 TMC Innovation Dispositif de balisage de mât d'éclairage
KR20170018989A (ko) * 2015-07-31 2017-02-21 주식회사 무한 웨어러블 조명장치
US10264764B1 (en) * 2016-09-27 2019-04-23 David Michael Seroski Impact-activated illuminating leg wrap
US10588294B1 (en) * 2016-09-27 2020-03-17 David Michael Seroski Impact-activated illuminating leg wrap
GB2562445A (en) * 2016-11-23 2018-11-21 thomson Paul Indicator
GB2611570A (en) * 2021-10-08 2023-04-12 Burgess Kim A wearable safety device
EP4163892A1 (fr) * 2021-10-08 2023-04-12 Kim Burgess Dispositif de sécurité portable

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