JPH082708Y2 - Luminous arm belt - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is intended to be mounted on the arm of a human body of a wearer, and a light emitter is turned on or off according to the motion of the wearer. In the above, the present invention relates to a light emitting arm belt in which a light emitting body is automatically turned on when a passerby wears it on an arm and raises the arm to cross a road.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Currently, many casualties are caused by traffic accidents. One of the causes is that a driver cannot confirm when a passerby crosses a road for some reason and loses sight. It is due to.

Further, traffic accidents occur not only in the dark state at night, but also in the bright state during the daytime, and the fact that it is bright does not always mean that it is safe.

That is, it is a very important factor to prevent a vehicle traffic accident before a driver can surely check when a pedestrian crosses a road.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] A driver can prevent a car traffic accident if he / she can always identify a pedestrian at an early stage.
Alternatively, it becomes difficult to distinguish the pedestrian from the surroundings due to the surroundings, etc., which often causes the pedestrian to lose sight for a moment.

As described above, a traffic accident occurs at the moment when the driver loses sight of the pedestrian.

[0007]

Therefore, as a result of earnestly researching to solve the above-mentioned problems, the inventor has found that the invention is a strip that can be worn on the arm of the wearer, and the strip. A light-emitting body that is appropriately arranged on one side and a switch that can be switched according to the up and down movements of the arm part of the wearer, and the light-emitting body, the switch, and the power supply section form a closed circuit. By using an arm belt, when a pedestrian crosses the road, the illuminator lights up by performing an action such as raising the arm upwards, and by lowering the arm to return to the original state The configuration can be turned off to solve the above problems.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The band 1 is made of synthetic resin or cloth and can be wound around a part of the human body of the wearer. As shown in FIG. 1, the end portions of the band 1 are provided with connecting tightening tools 2 and 2, which are wound around the arm by the connecting tightening tools 2 and 2. A button, a hook, or the like is used as a specific example of the coupling fasteners 2, 2.

A plurality of light emitting members 3 are provided on the surface of the band member 1 at 1 to appropriate intervals. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the light emitter 3 is composed of a light source 3a, a cover 3b, etc., and the light source 3a is covered and protected by the cover 3b. As an example of the light source 3a, Is
Generally, miniature bulbs are often used.

The cover 3b is for transmitting the light emitted from the light source 3a, and it is preferable that the cover 3b has a conspicuous color such as red or yellow in addition to being transparent. The cover 3b is made of a synthetic resin such as plastic and is formed in a circular shape as shown in FIG. 1 or a rectangular shape such as a rectangle or a square as shown in FIG.

One light source 3a may be installed in the cover 3b, or if the cover 3b has a rectangular shape, a plurality of light sources 3a, 3a, ... May be installed therein.

The light emitter 3 is appropriately arranged and fixed so that the band 1 can be easily wound around the arm of the human body. However, in the case where the cover 3b is formed in a rectangular shape, As shown in FIG. 5, the cover 3b is provided in the width direction of the strip 1.
The covers 3b and 3b are mounted at appropriate intervals so that the longitudinal direction of the covers 3b and 3b are parallel to each other.

As another embodiment of the light source 3a, a light emitting element such as a light emitting diode may be used.

The switch 4 opens and closes in accordance with the operation of the arm of the human body wearing the band 1 when the arm or the like performs a predetermined operation. In addition, the switch 4 is in the OFF state when the arm is lowered, and is in the ON state when the arm is raised.

As an example of the switch 4 which operates as described above, the sliding contact 4a and the fixed contact 4b are internally housed in a cylindrical outer casing 4c, and the sliding contact 4a slides in the outer casing 4c. , Contact with and separate from the fixed contact 4b.

As another embodiment of the switch 4, as shown in FIG. 6, a limit switch is used, and a contact lever 4e having a weight 4e for moving in the direction of gravity is provided on the contact point 4d in the case. Is.

The limit switch type switch 4 is
The lever 4e with a weight is configured to open and close by being lowered by gravity when the arm on which the belt 1 is mounted is raised.

Another embodiment of the switch 4 is as follows.
As shown in FIG. 7, a reed switch is used. Specifically, it is composed of an in-glass-tube contact part 4f and a magnetic body 4g, and the magnetic body 4g is slidable around the in-glass-tube contact part 4f along its longitudinal direction.

A state in which the magnetic body 4g slides around the contact point 4f in the glass tube and the magnetic body 4g surrounds the contact point 4f in the glass tube by the operation of raising and lowering the arm part of the human body wearing the band 1. When, the magnetism of the magnetic body 4g opens and closes the glass tube internal contact portion 4f.

The switch 4 and the light emitter 3 are provided in a closed circuit in the power supply unit 5, and the power supply unit 5 is provided in the strip 1 or separately from the strip 1. Exists. When a plurality of the luminous bodies 3 are provided,
It is connected in parallel to the power supply unit 5.

In the power supply unit 5, the battery 5a is the battery case 5b.
Specifically, a battery case 5b is provided in the strip 1, and the battery case 5b is the same as that shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the battery 5a is provided at the end of the strip 1.
Can be reliably accommodated.

Further, there is an embodiment in which the battery case 5b is not provided in the strip 1 but a retaining clip is provided in the battery case 5b when the battery case 5b is accommodated in a pocket or a belt of clothing.

[0024]

According to the present invention, the band 1 that can be worn on the arm of the wearer, the light-emitting body 3 appropriately arranged on one side surface of the band 1, and the upper and lower sides of the arm of the wearer. First, a passer-by uses a light-emitting arm belt that includes a switch 4 that can be switched in accordance with the operation of 1. When crossing, the driver can easily confirm the passerby, secondly, the passerby can automatically turn on and off the light emitting body 3 only by moving the arm, and thirdly, the structure is simple and low. It has various effects such as being provided at a price.

To describe these effects in detail, the light emitting arm belt of the present invention is provided with the light emitting body 3, the switch 4 which opens and closes following the movement of the wearer's arm, and the power supply section 5. The light-emitting body 3 is turned on by raising the arm when crossing the road.

Therefore, when the passerby (the wearer) crosses the road, the light emitting body 3 of the light emitting arm belt attached to the arm is turned on, and the driver is in the lighted state of the light emitting body 3 while the passerby is crossing the road. It will be strongly recognized that the traffic safety of pedestrians can be secured.

Especially, when it is worn by school children,
Since it is morning and afternoon, it is not useful to use the reflection of the luminous paint, but it is easy for the lighting of the light emitting body 3 to be conspicuous and it is possible to help ensure safety.

Next, in the light emitting arm belt of the present invention, the switch 4 opens and closes the power source in accordance with the operation of the arm equipped with the light emitting arm belt of the present invention. As shown in FIG.
For example, when the arm is raised upward, the switch 4 is turned on, and when the arm is lowered, the switch 4 is turned off.
Is automatically turned on, and the light emitter 3 is automatically turned off when the arm is lowered at the end of crossing the road.

Therefore, a pedestrian does not need to turn the switch on and off to turn on and off the light-emitting body 3, and there is no troublesome operation, and safety can be secured.

Next, the present invention has an extremely simple structure in which the light-emitting body 3, the switch 4, the power source section 5 and the like are provided on the strip 1 and can be provided at a relatively low price.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the present invention mounted on an arm.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing that the present invention is turned on and off.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing an operating state of a switch.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention.

6 and 7 are operation diagrams of another embodiment of the switch.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 1 ...... band 2 3 ...... light-emitting body 3 4 ...... switch 4 5 ...... power supply section

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A band that can be mounted on the arm of the wearer, a light-emitting body that is appropriately arranged on one side surface of the band, and can be switched following up and down movements of the arm of the wearer. A light-emitting arm belt, characterized in that a closed circuit is constituted by the light-emitting body, the switch, and the power supply section.