US20100095435A1

US20100095435A1 - Decorative Object Connectable to a Connected Object

Info

Publication number: US20100095435A1
Application number: US12/255,434
Authority: US
Inventors: Jung-Chou Yang
Original assignee: MENG YI-PIN
Current assignee: MENG YI-PIN
Priority date: 2008-10-21
Filing date: 2008-10-21
Publication date: 2010-04-22

Abstract

A decorative object connectable to a connected object includes a connecting member connected to the connected object, a stylish decorative member fixed to an end of the connecting member, and a light emitting device installed in the stylish decorative member. Another end of the connecting member has a positioning portion, and the positioning portion includes a passage with an opening on both ends. The stylish decorative member has a top surface and a bottom surface, and the bottom surface is used for connecting the connecting member. A corresponding internal side of the top surface of the stylish decorative member has a contact portion. The light emitting device has a power switch installed corresponding to the contact portion, such that when an external force is exerted onto the stylish decorative member, the contact portion is in contact with the power switch to turn on the power of the light emitting device.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a decorative object connectable to a connected object, and more particularly to a decorative object that can be installed to and removed from a string type connected object.
2. Description of the Related Art
With reference to FIG. 9 for a light emitting decorative object 2 connected onto a connected object 1 such as a shoe, a hat, a backpack, or a cloth for the decoration purpose, the light emitting decorative object 2 comprises a connecting member 3, a stylish decorative member 4 and a light emitting device 5 installed in the stylish decorative member 4, wherein the connecting member 3 includes a fixing end 6 and a stop end 7, and the connecting member 3 is connected with the stylish decorative member 4 through its fixing end 6, and the stop end 7 is provided for connecting a through hole 8 on the connected object 1. The light emitting device 5 includes a light emitting element 91, a vibration sensor 92 and a battery 93 for supplying a power source. When the vibration sensor 92 detects a vibration, the light emitting element 91 will produce a light source.
However, the light emitting decorative object 2 with the aforementioned structure does not comes with a power switch capable of controlling the battery 93, so that after the light emitting decorative object 2 is assembled, the battery 93 will remain in an electrically connected state and keep on consuming power, and the level of the battery power will be low when consumers buy the product with the light emitting decorative object 2 after some time of transportation or sales. In the worst situation, the battery power is exhausted, and the light emitting decorative object 2 can no longer produce the light source.
Further, the stop end 7 is embedded into the through hole 8 for the connection, and the connection is made at the connected object having an opening, but the application is limited to such arrangement, and the decorative object 2 cannot be installed onto a string or strip type connected object.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Therefore, it is a primary objective to provide a decorative object connected to a connected object and a function of providing a long using time of a battery.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide a decorative object connected to a connected object, having a passage of a positioning portion of a connecting member for facilitating the installation of the connected object onto a string or a strip, such that the stylish decorative member can be installed easily and securely onto connected object to achieve the decoration effect.
To achieve the foregoing objectives, the present invention provides a decorative object connected to a connected object, comprising: a connecting member connected to the connected object, a stylish decorative member fixed to an end of the connecting member, and a light emitting device installed in the stylish decorative member.
The connecting member has a fixing portion disposed at an end of the connecting member, and a positioning portion disposed at another end opposite to the fixing portion, and the connecting member is coupled to the connected object by the positioning portion, and the positioning portion has a passage radially penetrated through the fixing portion, and the passage forms an opening disposed separately on both sides of the positioning portion.
The stylish decorative member comes with a three-dimensional form, and a closed space disposed in the stylish decorative member, and the stylish decorative member includes a top surface and a bottom surface, and the bottom surface is connected to a fixing portion of the connecting member, and the stylish decorative member has a contact portion disposed on a relative internal side of the top surface.
The light emitting device has at least one battery for supplying electric power, and the light emitting device includes a light emitting element and a power switch, and the power switch is installed corresponding to the contact portion, such that when an external force is exerted onto the stylish decorative member, the contact portion is in contact with the power switch to turn on the power of the light emitting device.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a using status showing that a force is exerted onto the stylish decorative member to contact the contact portion with the power switch in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of installing a decorative object onto a shoe lace in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 5 is schematic view of a structure with a decorative object installed onto a shoe lace in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a second preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a using status in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of fixing a decorative object onto a shoe lace in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a conventional light emitting decorative object.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 for the description of preferred embodiments of the present invention, these embodiments are provided for the purpose of illustrating the invention only, but not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
A decorative object connected to a connected object in accordance with a preferred embodiment comprises a connecting member 11 connected to the connected object, a stylish decorative member 21 connected to an end of the connecting member 11 and a light emitting device 31 installed in the stylish decorative member 21.
The connecting member 11 has a fixing portion 12 at an end of the connecting member 11, and the connecting member 11 has a positioning portion 13 at another end of the corresponding fixing portion 12. The positioning portion 13 has a passage 14 penetrating radially through the fixing portion 12, and an opening 141, 142 is formed separately on both ends of the passage 14 of the positioning portion 13. In this embodiment, a circular wall 15 is extended upward from the periphery of the fixing portion 12 of the connecting member 11, and provided for forming a groove 16 in the wall 15, and the groove 16 is provided for installing the light emitting device 31, and the positioning portion 13 is extended radially along the fixing portion 12 to form a tubular body, and the passage 14 is axially penetrated through the positioning portion 13.
The stylish decorative member 21 is made of a soft material and in a 3D transparent form, and the stylish decorative member 21 includes a closed space 24 therein, a top surface 26 and a bottom surface 22, and the bottom surface 22 has an opening 23 for embedding the fixing portion 12 of the connecting member 11 on the wall 15 into the stylish decorative member 21 from the opening 23, such that the stylish decorative member 21 is coupled to the fixing portion 12 of the connecting member 11, and a contact portion 25 is substantially protruded downward and disposed on the top surface 26 of the stylish decorative member 21 and corresponding to an internal sidewall.
The light emitting device 31 is installed in a groove 16 of the connecting member 11, such that when the connecting member 11 and the stylish decorative member 21 are connected, the light emitting device 31 can be situated in the stylish decorative member 21, and the light emitting device 31 has at least one battery 32 for supplying electric power, and the light emitting device 31 comprises a circuit control board 33, a vibration sensor 34, a light emitting element 35 and a power switch 36, and the circuit control board 33 has a top surface 331 and a bottom surface 332, and the light emitting element 35 and the power switch 36 are installed on the top surface 331 of the circuit control board 33, and the power switch 36 is installed corresponding to the contact portion 25 of the stylish decorative member 21, and the light emitting element 35 is controlled by the vibration sensor 34 to produce a light source, and the battery 32 is installed at the bottom surface 332 of the circuit control board 33 and disposed at the bottom of the groove 16, wherein the light emitting element 35 is a light emitting diode in this preferred embodiment.
With reference to FIG. 3, when a user wants to turn on or off the power of the light emitting device 31, it is necessary to apply an external force to a top surface 26 of the stylish decorative member 21 only, in order to force the contact portion 25 in the stylish decorative member 21 in contact with the power switch 36 to turn on or off the power of the light emitting device 31. If the power of the light emitting device 31 is turned on, the vibration sensor 34 can detect a vibration to control the light emitting element 35 to blink. Since the light emitting element 35 of the light emitting device 31 is installed in the stylish decorative member 21 and the stylish decorative member 21 is transparent, therefore the light source produced by the light emitting element 35 is transmitted through the light emitting device 31, such that the decorative object provides a decoration effect, a warning light for nighttime, and give more fun and practical use.
With the design of the power switch 36 and the contact portion 25 of the invention, the battery 32 is selectively connected and disconnected, so that the power of the light emitting device 31 can be turned off during the transportation or selling process to extend the using life of the battery 32 effectively.
During use, the decorative object is connected onto a connected object by using the connecting member 11 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. In this embodiment, the connected object is a shoe lace 42 of a shoe. When the shoe lace 42 is passed, the shoe lace 42 is passed into the passage 14 through the opening 141 at an end of the positioning portion 13 of the connecting member 11, and then passed out of the opening 142 at another end of the passage 14, and finally connected onto the shoe 41, such that the connecting member 11 is coupled to the shoe lace 42, and the stylish decorative member 21 is disposed at an external side of the shoe lace 42 of the shoe 41 for improving the decoration effect of the shoe 41.
If it is necessary to remove or change the decorative object of the shoe 41, a user simply separate the shoe lace 42 from the passage 14 of the positioning portion 13 of the connecting member 11 in order to remove the decorative object or change the decorative object to another decorative object with a different shaped stylish decorative member 21.
With reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 for a second preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second preferred embodiment is characterized in that:
The positioning portion 13 of the connecting member 11 has a dent 143 disposed radially along the passage 14, and extended to an opening 141, 142 on both ends of the positioning portion 13. In this embodiment, the dent 143 is disposed away from the axis of the passage 14, such that the shoe lace 42 or other string or strip type connected object can be stuffed into the passage 14 from the dent 143, and the connecting member 11 can be installed onto or removed from the connected object easily and quickly.
Since the dent 143 is disposed away from the axis of the passage 14, therefore the decorative object will not fall off easily due to up-and-down vibrations or back-and-forth movement in a walk or an activity, but it can fix the decorative object on the shoe lace 42 securely.
If the string or strip type connected object cannot be removed as shown in FIG. 8, wherein the connected object is a fixing string 52 on a backpack 51, and the fixing string 52 is fixed on the backpack 51, the dent 143 of the passage 14 fixed onto the fixing string 52 expose the stylish decorative member 21 from the exterior of the backpack 51 to improve the decoration effect. In the meantime, if it is necessary to remove or change the decorative object on the connected object, a user simply separate the positioning portion 13 of the connecting member 11 from the fixing string 52 by using the dent 143 in order to remove the decorative object or change the decoration object to a decorative object with a different shaped stylish decorative member 21.
In summation of the description above, the structure of the positioning portion of the invention can couple the decorative object to a string or strip type connected object to provide a very flexible changeability, and the design of the light emitting device not only provides more fun to the decoration and a warning lamp for nighttime, but also allows users to selectively connect and disconnect the battery to extend the using life of the battery effectively.

Claims

1. A decorative object connectable to a connected object, comprising a connecting member connected to the connected object, a stylish decorative member fixed to an end of the connecting member, and a light emitting device installed in the stylish decorative member, wherein:

an end of the connecting member has a fixing portion, and a positioning portion disposed at another end opposite to the fixing portion, and the connecting member is connected to the connected object by the positioning portion, and the positioning portion has a passage penetrated axially along the fixing portion, and the passage form an opening disposed separately on both sides of the positioning portion;

the stylish decorative member is in a three-dimensional form, and includes a closed space disposed in the stylish decorative member, a top surface and a bottom surface, and the bottom surface is coupled to a fixing portion of the connecting member, and the top surface of the stylish decorative member has a contact portion disposed on a corresponding internal side;

the light emitting device has at least one battery for supplying a power source, and the light emitting device includes a light emitting element and a power switch, and the power switch is installed corresponding to the contact portion, such that when an external force is exerted onto the stylish decorative member, the contact portion is in contact with the power switch to turn on or off the power of the light emitting device.

2. The decorative object connected to a connected object of claim 1, wherein the contact portion is extended towards the power switch to form a protruded shape.

3. The decorative object connected to a connected object of claim 1, further comprising a wall extended upward from the periphery of the fixing portion of the connecting member, and provided for forming a groove in the wall, and the groove being provided for installing the light emitting device, and the stylish decorative member having an opening provided for embedding the wall of the fixing portion of the connecting member into the stylish decorative member through the opening, and situating the light emitting element of light emitting device in the stylish decorative member.

4. The decorative object connected to a connected object of claim 3, wherein the light emitting device installed in the groove of the fixing portion of the connecting member further includes a circuit control board, and the light emitting element of the light emitting device is installed on the circuit control board, and the circuit control board further includes a vibration sensor, for controlling the light emitting device to produce a light source.

5. The decorative object connected to a connected object of claim 1, wherein the passage includes a dent disposed radially along the passage, and extended to the openings on both ends of the passage.

6. The decorative object connected to a connected object of claim 5, wherein the dent is disposed away from the axis of the passage.