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Portable object having a fastening band illuminated by a super thin lighting element
| Details |
Inventors: Chien, Tseng Lu;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Cariaso; Alan
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Bacon & Thomas
A portable object having a display and a fastening band includes, on the fastening band, a super thin lighting element. The portable object could, for example, be a wrist watch, heart monitor, or compass, and could be permanently or removably attached to the band. A power pack for the super thin lighting element is provided either in the object itself, with the super thin lighting element having centrally located contacts, or in a buckling member to thereby allow the band to be removed from the object. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is accordingly an objective the invention to provide an illumination arrangement for an object having a fastening band, which is relatively low in cost and provides greater versatility than prior arrangements.
It is a further objective of the invention to provide an illumination arrangement for the fastening bands of objects such as wrist watches and other timers, and also heart monitors, pedometers, compasses, children's jewelry, and the like, which heretofore have not been illuminated.
It is a still further objective of the invention to provide an illumination arrangement for the fastening bands of objects intended to be worn for purposes other than warning motorists of the presence of the wearer, and for which attractive in both darkness and light is an important consideration.
These objectives are accomplished, in accordance with various preferred embodiments of the invention, by providing a portable object with a fastening band having affixed thereon a super thin lighting element for carriage by a person or animal.
Optionally, the fastening band has provided thereon, or forms, an at least partially transparent optical element capable of creating a light emission pattern to illuminate the entire band as well as the object to which the band is attached.
In an especially preferred embodiment of the invention, the power pack for the super thin lighting element is situated near a center of the lighting element, and the super thin lighting element emits light toward the face of the main object.
Preferably, the invention makes use of the electro-luminescent strip structure disclosed in U.
S.
patent application Ser.
No.
08/186,291.
In this embodiment, an electro-luminescent strip having an area of less than 38 cm.
sup.
2 includes input power contacts near the center of the strip.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, the super thin lighting element has end terminals or contacts, and the power pack is provided in the buckle or loop at the end of the adjustable band by which the portable object is fastened to the wearer
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