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Portable visual emergency signal device
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Inventors: Weed, Leonard E.; Weed, Ronald J.; Call, Dwight V.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Crosland; Donnie L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fulwider Patton Lee & Utecht, LLP
A portable visual emergency signal device for generally indicating caution and for providing a beacon to guide emergency vehicles or personnel to an emergency site. The emergency signal device is sectioned into a plurality of wedges, each wedge having a translucent faceted face and a distinct color. The emergency signal device also contains a plurality of sequentially fired lamps and at least one reflective surface cooperating with the lamps to facilitate propagation of light energy. The emergency signal device further includes a battery and an alarm cooperating with the battery to indicate a low battery. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION Briefly, and in general terms, the present invention provides a novel portable visual emergency signal device.
Basically, the present invention is directed to a signal device for generally indicating caution and for providing an initial beacon to guide emergency vehicles or personnel to the site of an emergency.
The portable visual emergency signal device of the present invention embodies a generally triangular shape that is internationally recognized as indicating caution.
The signal device further incorporates the colors of red, amber and blue, which are internationally recognized as indicating an emergency.
Additionally, the triangular signal device includes a transparent faceted face that is sectioned into three wedges, each wedge having one of the colors of red, amber and blue.
Within each wedge is a sequentially fired lamp and at least one reflective surface for facilitating the propagation of the light provided by the lamps.
The lamps may be timed to flash sequentially every half second and may have a designed visibility range of 500 ft.
during the day (unobstructed) and 2,000 ft.
at night (unobstructed).
The signal device also includes a rechargeable battery for supplying power and an alarm in communication with the battery for indicating a low battery charge.
The signal device will operate continuously for at least 2 hours on the rechargeable battery.
The signal device is further designed to be either freestanding, mounted on its tripod base or suspended by an eye molded into its structure.
Moreover, the signal device incorporates a lighting system utilizing a high-voltage circuit composed of a single pole, single throw, rotary type switch, a capacitor charging unit to fire the lamps and three integrated circuit timers to control the capacitor charging unit.
In other embodiments of the present invention, the overall shape of the emergency signal device may vary.
In particular, the emergency signal device may embody a circular or oval shape as well as other multiple sided shapes such as a quadrilateral, a pentagon and a hexagon or other irregularly shaped multiple sided figures
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