Safety equipment for rescue workers, traffic policemen and the like

Abstract

Abstract Safety equipment is herein described for usage by rescue workers, traffic policemen and the like. The equipment includes a piece of head gear which may comprise a conventional hard hat having a continuous, horizontally extending brim disposed thereabout. The brim may be formed with bubble-like recesses opening downwardly toward the user of the head gear. White light sources may be operatively mounted within each bubble-like recess and so disposed with respect thereto that light is directed downwardly upon the user of the head gear but, is shielded from other parties having a line of vision extending generally horizontally or downwardly toward the head gear. A second light source may be operatively mounted on top of the head gear and provided with a red lens for indicating ''''danger.'''' Electrical conductors may be provided to extend between a disconnectable source of electrical power and the various lights provided on the head gear. A transistorized flasher component may be connected within the circuitry, presented by the electrical conductors, and may be disposed on a negative side of the second light source in order to permit proper flashing thereof while minimizing interference with the remaining steady light sources. The light source on top of the hard hat may be supported by means of a tubular bolt member extending to a base portion of the light source through an aperture formed in an upper surface of the head gear. The conductors extending between that light source and the source of electromotive power may be extended through the cylindrical space defined by the tubular bolt. A clamping member may be actuated by tightening down a nut member on the tubular bolt to clampingly engage the transistorized flasher member between the clamping member and an interior surface of the hard hat.

Inventors

• 👤 J Drew

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