Safety blinker belt

Claim 2

A safety blinker belt intended to be worn about the waist of a cyclist or the like for warning oncoming traffic of the presence of the cyclist, the device comprising a body encircling strap adapted to be placed about the waist of a cyclist and secured thereto, a battery housing carried by said strap rearwardly thereof and adapted to contain an electrical dry cell type battery therein, light means disposed on each side of said battery housing and mounted to said belt, suitable electrical wiring means interconnecting said light means with said battery compartment to provide electrical energization thereof, an electrical switch mounted in said battery compartment and electrically interposed in said wiring and manually operable between an ''''on'''' and an ''''off'''' position for selectively energiZing and de-energizing said light means from said battery, an electrical sensing switch means mounted adjacent each of said light means and electrically interposed in the particular electrical circuit for the energizing of the particular light means and operable to sense the movement of a person wearing the belt in a manner to randomly complete and open the electrical circuit to said associated light means in conjunction with such person''s movements whereby a random blinking effect is provided to said light means.

Claim 3

The safety blinker belt device as set forth in claim 1 wherein said plate is of a substantially flat elongated rectangular configuration having a back surface and a front surface, said plate including dome portions formed therein and projecting outwardly of said back surface in the direction of said belt, each dome having mounted concentric thereof an electrical lamp socket mounted rearwardly of the dome and projecting therethrough to project slightly forwardly of the dome interior surface, a lamp bulb electrically connected in each socket and projecting forwardly of the face surface of each dome, each face surface of each dome defining a reflector circuit, each socket having affixed to the back projecting end thereof a strap loop defining an opening extending therethrough and adapted to receive the belt therethrough in a manner retaining said panel to said belt, a translucent dome shaped lens element associated with each of said panel domes and affixed to said front surface of said panel concentric with said domes and projecting outwardly of said panel in a direction opposite to said domes, and said battery housing being disposed intermediate said lens elements and affixed to said panel, said battery housing having a front surface with a vertical slot therein through which projects a manual actuating means for said electrical switch.

Claim 4

The safety blinker belt device as set forth in claim 2 wherein said means for controlling the random flashing of said light bulb comprises a pair of mercury operated switches, each switch disposed in one of said sockets of said lamp bulbs and electrically interconnected in the electrical circuit for said lamp bulb, said switches operable in conjunction with the tilting and moving motions of a person wearing the belt in a manner to make and break the electrical circuit to the lamp bulb to effect the blinking action thereof at random frequencies.