JP4552127B2 - Safety waistcoat - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention mainly relates to a safety waistcoat worn by a police officer or the like for traffic control, traffic accident handling, inspection, or the like.

Conventionally, for example, police officers who carry out traffic control, traffic accident handling, or inspections, etc. wear safety vests to inform their existence and ensure safety. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventional safety vests are generally known that have a reflective sign band on the front and back of a vest main body from the left and right shoulders to the skirt of the vest main body (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
The reflective marker strip reflects and emits light when irradiated with light. Therefore, by wearing the safety waistcoat, the sign band is reflected when receiving light from a car headlight, etc., so that the driver of the car can confirm the presence of the wearer. Can prevent the risk of encountering a traffic accident.

  In addition, as a conventional safety vest, there is also known one in which a light emitting diode (LED) is provided at a position of the reflective sign band of the above-described safety vest (for example, see Patent Documents 2 and 3). According to this safety waistcoat, since the predetermined part of the reflective marker band emits light spontaneously, the visibility becomes higher than that of the waistcoat of Patent Document 1, so that safety is improved.

  As described above, conventional safety waistcoats were developed and provided mainly to prevent the danger of a waistcoat wearer (police officer, etc.) encountering a traffic accident during traffic control, inspection or other work. Yes.

By the way, while a police officer or the like is conducting an inquiry at night, for example, the driver's license may be confirmed, or the inside of the vehicle or the trunk may be inspected. In such a case, police officers or the like perform the above-mentioned work using a flashlight. Therefore, police officers, etc. must always carry a flashlight. Further, when performing the above-described operations such as confirmation and inspection, since the flashlight is held with one hand, the operation may be hindered.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-19309 Registered Utility Model No. 3042116 Registered Utility Model No. 3038851

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a safety waistcoat that also has a lighting function.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a safety waistcoat provided with a reflective sign band provided on the front and back of the waistcoat body from the left and right shoulders of the waistcoat body to the hem, An arbitrary number of first light-emitting diodes provided at positions on the front side of the reflective marker band are provided, and each of the first light-emitting diodes emits light obliquely downward from the surface of the reflective marker band. It is characterized by being arranged so as to radiate.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, it can be worn and used as a safety vest in the same manner as before, and when the light emitting diode is turned on, light is emitted obliquely downward, and this light becomes illumination. . Therefore, the driver's license can be easily and satisfactorily confirmed without using a flashlight. In addition, since it is not necessary to use a flashlight as in the prior art, both hands are free for police officers and the like.

  In the present invention, the first light emitting diode can be composed of a white light emitting diode. In this specification, “white light emitting diode” means a light emitting diode (LED) that emits white or white light. White light emitting diodes are also referred to as “white LEDs”. The white LED has higher luminance than a light emitting diode (colored light LED) that emits red, blue, or other colored light. Therefore, when a white LED is used as the first light emitting diode, the illumination level is increased.

  In the present invention, it is possible to employ a configuration in which the light emitting diode is provided by being positioned in a protective transparent cover provided to bulge on the surface of the marker strip.

In this invention, the structure further provided with the arbitrary number of 2nd light emitting diodes provided in the position of each reflective marker belt | band | zone of the front surface and back surface of a waistcoat main body is employable.
As the second light emitting diode, a colored light emitting diode that emits red, blue or any other colored light can be adopted.

  In the present invention, the first light emitting diode group and the second light emitting diode group can be configured to be turned on and off by operating different switches. The first light-emitting diode group and the second light-emitting diode group can be configured to be selectively turned ON / OFF by operating a changeover switch.

  According to the present invention, when the first light emitting diode is turned on, light is emitted obliquely downward from the surface of the reflective marker strip, so that the license or the like can be accurately viewed by illumination of this light. it can. Therefore, it is possible to easily perform a license confirmation operation without using a flashlight. Moreover, since both hands are free, the wearer of the safety vest can perform the above-described confirmation work and the like smoothly and satisfactorily.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view (a) and a rear view (b) showing an embodiment of a safety vest of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing a part of a reflective sign band on the front side of the safety vest. (A) and longitudinal sectional view (b), FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an enlarged mounting portion of the first light emitting diode provided in the reflective marker strip, and FIG. 4 is a first light emission adopted in the safety vest. FIG. 5 is a side view showing an example of a second light emitting diode adopted in the safety vest, and FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram showing an example of an electronic circuit adopted in the safety vest.

  1 to 6, the safety waistcoat of this embodiment includes a waistcoat body 1 formed so as to be worn on the body. The waistcoat body 1 has left and right shoulders (upper end portions) of the waistcoat body 1 on the left and right sides of the front surface of the body 1, that is, on the left and right sides of the front body 11 and the right front body 12 and the back body 13. ) To the hem (lower end) and provided with reflective marker bands 2 and 3 attached by sewing or the like. Further, the waistcoat body 1 of the embodiment is provided with a reflection marker band 4 attached by sewing or the like over the entire skirt, and a waist belt portion 14 is formed by the skirt.

The vest main body 1 is made of mesh fabric or the like, and is a flat fastener (for example, trade name Velcro or Velcro, both of which are registered trademarks) or a hook or the like provided on an appropriate portion (in this embodiment, a waist belt portion). It is configured so as to be attached to the upper body of the body from the top of the clothes by engaging with the tool. In this embodiment, a structure in which planar fasteners (not shown) are provided at both ends of the body belt portion 14 is employed as a stopper.
Of course, other than the above, for example, a slide-type fastener or any other structure can be used as the stopper.

The reflective marker strips 2, 3 and 4 are made of a reflective material such as a retroreflective sheet material or a reflective cloth material and have an appropriate width. In the embodiment, a retroreflective sheet material (for example, a trade name, a reflexite, a registered trademark) is adopted as the reflective marker strip. In addition, the reflective marker strip 2 of the embodiment (same for 3 and 4) is a retroreflective film sheet on a base sheet 21 such as vinyl chloride as shown in FIGS. 2 (b) and 3 (c), for example. It is composed of a retroreflective sheet material in which the material 22 is polymerized and processed by a high-frequency welder or the like, and both side edges of both 21 and 22 are welded.
The retroreflective film sheet material 22 includes a non-colored one (generally referred to as white) and a red-colored color close to yellow or orange. it can.

  The vest main body 1 includes an arbitrary number of first light emitting diodes 5a... 5f provided at positions of the left and right reflection marker bands 2 and 3 on the front side. In the embodiment, there is disclosed an example in which three marker bands 2 and 3 are provided addressed to each other at an appropriate interval in the vertical direction. The number of the diodes can be arbitrarily increased or decreased. As the light emitting diodes 5a to 5f, white light emitting diodes (white LEDs) are employed in the embodiment.

Each of the light-emitting diodes 5a... 5f according to the embodiment has lead wires 53a, 5a and 5f extending from the base end of a colorless transparent or semi-transparent cylindrical body 52 having a distal end formed on a spherical surface 51 as shown in FIG. A configuration is adopted in which 53b is taken out and light is emitted in the axial direction from the tip of the cylindrical body 52.
Each of the light emitting diodes 5a... 5f (white LEDs) is electrically connected in series as will be described later, and is turned on (ON) and turned off (OFF) at the same time by operating the switch ON / OFF. It is constituted as follows.
In the embodiment, the white LED is used as the first light emitting diode as described above. However, this is disclosed as an example and is not limited to the above. For example, instead of a white LED, a colored light emitting diode that emits light having a high brightness (high illumination) such as light blue or yellow can be used.

  Each of the light-emitting diodes 5a ... 5f is arranged so as to emit light at an appropriate angle from the surface of each of the marker bands 2 and 3 obliquely downward. The radiation angle of the light is not particularly limited and is appropriately determined.

  In this embodiment, holes 23 having an appropriate size and shape (substantially elliptical in the drawing) are formed in the both marking bands 2 and 3 with appropriate intervals in the vertical direction. A protective transparent cover body 24... 24 for closing is provided. Each of the cover bodies 24 is formed of transparent plastic or the like, closes the hole 23 so as to bulge on the surfaces of the marker bands 2 and 3, and the periphery of the cover body 24 is surrounded by the high-frequency welder or the like. The marker band is welded to the peripheral edge. As a result, a storage portion 25 is formed by the cover body 24 in both the marker bands 2 and 3. Each of the light emitting diodes 5a.

  Each of the light emitting diodes 5a... 5f of the embodiment is attached to a substrate 30... 30 formed in an appropriate size. As shown in detail in FIG. 3, each substrate 30 of the embodiment has four electric circuits 32 a, 32 b, 32 c, and 32 d made of a copper plate or the like provided in parallel on one surface of an insulating plate 31. . The circuit 32a of each board 30 is connected to one wire 6a of the electric cord 6 by soldering or the like, and the circuit 32d is connected to the other wire 6b of the electric cord 6 by soldering or the like.

  Each of the light emitting diodes 5a... 5f has one lead wire 53a connected to the circuit 32a of the substrate 30 by soldering or the like, and the other lead wire 53b connected to the circuit 32d of the substrate 30 by soldering or the like. One piece is attached to the substrate 30. As a result, the light emitting diodes 5a... 5f are connected in series. As shown in FIG. 6, the switch 33 is connected to the battery 34 via the electric cord 6, and the switch 33 is turned ON / OFF (open / close). Thus, it is configured to turn on (ON) and turn off (OFF) at the same time.

  Each of the light emitting diodes 5a... 5f is attached to each substrate 30 as described above, and the cover body 24 is configured to emit light at an appropriate angle obliquely downward from the surfaces of the two marker bands 2 and 3. Are located in the receiving portion 25 and arranged one by one. In this embodiment, both the lead wires 53a and 53b are bent so that the respective diodes 5a... 5f are inclined at an appropriate angle with respect to the plate 31 so that the respective diodes 5a. Further, an elastic protection member 54 made of a sponge material or the like is provided between the surface of the substrate 30 and the cylindrical body 52 of each light emitting diode 5a... 5f. Each light-emitting diode 5a... 5f is accommodated in the cover body 24 in a predetermined direction, and each substrate 30 is fixed to the back surfaces of both marker bands 2 and 3 by an adhesive tape 35 or the like. Thus, when the switch 33 is closed (ON), the respective light emitting diodes 5a... 5f are turned on at the same time, and light (white light in the embodiment) is emitted obliquely downward from the surfaces of the two marker bands 2 and 3. It is comprised so that it may do.

The safety waistcoat of this embodiment further includes an arbitrary number of second light emitting diodes 7a... 7n provided at positions of the reflective marker bands 2 and 3 on the front and back of the waistcoat body 1. In the embodiment, there is disclosed an example in which seven marker bands 2 and 3 are provided in a suitable manner in the vertical direction with 7 spaces. Further, in the embodiment, three second light emitting diodes are provided for both the marking bands 2 and 3 on the front side of the vest body 1 and four for the marking bands 2 and 3 on the back side. Examples have been disclosed. Of course, the number of the second light emitting diodes can be arbitrarily increased or decreased.
As the light emitting diodes 7a... 7n, red light emitting diodes (red LEDs) that emit red light are used in the embodiment. However, colored light emitting diodes other than red can also be employed.

  Each of the light emitting diodes 7a... 7n according to the embodiment has a configuration in which the lead wires 72a and 72b are taken out from both sides on the back surface side of the diode body 71 formed in a square shape, as shown in detail in FIG. Adopted. Of course, the second diodes 7a... 7n may have the same configuration as the first diodes 5a.

  The second light emitting diodes 7a... 7n are electrically connected in series as will be described later, and are configured to be flashed simultaneously by being controlled by the electronic circuit 40 by turning on / off the switch. It is.

Among the second light emitting diodes 7a ... 7n of the embodiment, the light emitting diodes 7a ... 7c and 7l ... 7n arranged in the reflective marker bands 2, 3 on the front side of the vest main body 1 are the first light emitting diodes. One is attached to each of the substrates 30... 31 to which 5 a.
As shown in FIG. 3, the circuit 32 b of each substrate 30 is connected to one wire 8 a of the second light emitting diode electric cord 8 by soldering or the like, and the circuit 32 c is connected to the electric cord 8. It is connected to the other wire 8b by soldering or the like.

  Each of the light emitting diodes 7a... 7c and 7l... 7n arranged on the front side of the waistcoat body 1 connects one lead wire 72a to the circuit 32b of the substrate 30 by soldering and the other lead wire 72b. Each circuit board 30 is connected to the circuit 32c by soldering or the like and attached to each board 30 one by one. Each of the light emitting diodes 7d... 7k arranged on the back side of the waistcoat body 1 has one lead wire 72a connected to one wire 8a of the electric cord 8, and the other lead wire 72b connected to the other of the cord 8. 8b and a substrate (not shown) or directly connected to each other, and as shown in FIG. 6, the switch 41 is connected to the battery 34 via the switch 41 with the electric cord 8, and the switch 41 is turned ON / OFF. By operating (opening / closing), the electronic circuit 40 is controlled to blink.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of the electronic circuit. The electronic circuit 40 uses three transistors 42a, 42b and 42c, and the transistors 42b and 42c are flip-flops connected in a Darlington connection to improve the amplification factor. A circuit is constructed. In the figure, reference numerals 43a and 43b denote capacitors, and 44a to 44d denote resistors. Therefore, when the switch 41 is turned on (closed), the transistors 42b and 42c operate in a flip-flop circuit, so that the second light emitting diodes 7a.

  The battery 34 is housed in a case, and is housed in a pocket 35 provided in an appropriate portion of the waistcoat body 1 (in the embodiment, the back side of the left front body 11). The electronic circuit 40 is also housed and provided in an appropriate part of the waistcoat body 1 (between the left front body 11 and the reflective marker band 2 in the embodiment).

  The safety waistcoat of the embodiment is provided with a switch button 36 for turning on / off the switch 41 of the second light emitting diode at an appropriate part of the front body of the waistcoat body 1 (the lower part of the left front body 11 in the figure). . In addition, a switch button 37 for turning on / off the switch 33 of the first light emitting diode is provided at an appropriate portion of the front body (the lower portion of the right front body 12 in the drawing).

The safety waistcoat according to the embodiment is configured as described above, and is worn on the upper body of the body from the top of the clothing, like the conventional safety waistcoat. When the switch button 36 is operated to turn on (close) the switch 41, the second light emitting diodes 7a... 7n are turned on, thereby improving the visibility of the waistcoat wearer.
When the switch button 37 is operated to turn on (close) the switch 33, the first light-emitting diodes 5a... 5f are turned on, and light is emitted obliquely downward from the surface of the both reflective marker bands. Therefore, this light becomes illumination light, and for example, a license or the like can be clearly seen. Therefore, it is possible to easily check the license and the like without using a flashlight as in the prior art. In addition, since both hands are free, the waistcoat wearer can smoothly and satisfactorily perform the above confirmation work and the like.
Furthermore, when the first light emitting diodes are turned on, the effect of the illuminating lamp when the waistcoat wearer walks is exhibited.

  In the embodiment, the first light emitting diode group and the second light emitting diode group are disclosed to be turned ON / OFF by separate switches 33 and 41, respectively. However, a changeover switch is provided, and this switch is turned on. A configuration may be adopted in which the first light emitting diode group and the second light emitting diode group are selectively turned on and off by operating.

Further, the above-described embodiment is disclosed as an example, and the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be arbitrarily changed without departing from the technical idea described in the claims. Is.
For example, the configuration of the vest main body can be changed to a configuration as described in, for example, registered utility model Nos. 30000926 and 3038851, and any other configuration.

It is a figure which shows one Embodiment of the safety waistcoat of this invention, Comprising: The figure (a) is a front view, The figure (b) is a rear view. It is the front view (a) and longitudinal cross-sectional view (b) which expand and show a part of reflective sign belt | band | zone of the front side of a safety vest same as the above. It is explanatory drawing which expands and shows the attachment part of the 1st light emitting diode provided in the same reflective sign belt | band | zone, The same figure (a) is a front view which shows the state which attached the 1st and 2nd light emitting diode to the board | substrate. (B) is a side view, and (c) is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a mounting portion of the light emitting diode. It is a side view which shows an example of the 1st light emitting diode employ | adopted as the safety vest same as the above. It is a side view which shows an example of the 2nd light emitting diode employ | adopted as safety vest same as the above. It is a circuit diagram which shows an example of the electronic circuit employ | adopted as a safety vest same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Vest body 2,3 Reflective sign band 5a ... 5f First light emitting diode

Claims (3)

On the front and back of the waistcoat body is a safety waistcoat with reflective sign bands provided on the hem from the left and right shoulders of the waistcoat body,
A first light-emitting diode that is located at a position of the both reflection marker bands on the front side of the waistcoat body and is addressed to each of the waistcoat bodies at intervals in the vertical direction;
A plurality of second light emitting diodes located at the front and back portions of the vest body and each of the reflective marker strips, and a plurality of second light emitting diodes provided at intervals in the vertical direction of the vest body;
Each of the first light emitting diodes is composed of a white light emitting diode or other light emitting diodes with high brightness ,
Each of the second light emitting diodes is composed of red light or other colored light emitting diodes,
Each of the first light emitting diodes is disposed and provided so as to radiate light obliquely downward from the surface of the reflective marker strip ,
The first light emitting diodes are provided one by one while being positioned in a protective transparent cover provided to bulge on the surface of the reflective marker strip,
Each of the second light emitting diodes is provided so as to be individually addressed in each cover body.
Safety vest characterized by that . 2. The safety waistcoat according to claim 1 , wherein the first light emitting diode group and the second light emitting diode group are configured to be turned on and off by operating different switches, respectively. The safety waistcoat according to claim 1 , wherein the first light emitting diode group and the second light emitting diode group are configured to be selectively turned on and off by operating a changeover switch.

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