← Back to Patent Explorer
US4035630A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Article of jewelry

Assignee: Individual
•
Filing: 1975-06-26
•
Granted: 1977-07-12
•
Expires: 1995-06-26
📄 Original PDF 🌐 Google Patents 🔄 Sync Now

Abstract

Abstract A decorative article for wearing on the clothing and having light emitting diodes thereon, which alternately flash on and off. A button with a decorative design on its face has two or more light emitting diodes mounted for display on the forward face of the button. The button has attached thereto a pair of pins which project through the clothing of the wearer and are received in a pair of female tie tack clasps. Each tie tack clasp is electrically connected to one of a pair of insulated wires which lead to a battery-powered oscillator circuit carried out of sight on the person of the wearer. The pair of light emitting diodes are connected electrically in parallel between the pins with the anode of one diode connected to the cathode of the other diode and the cathode of the one diode connected to the anode of the other.

Inventors

  • 👤 John G. Burke

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 22:20
CPC Classifications
A; A44; A44C; A44C15/00; A44C15/0015

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 259 words
A decorative article for wearing on the clothing comprising: (a) a pair of light emitting diodes connected electrically to one another with the cathode of one diode connected to the anode of the other diode and the anode of the one diode connected to the cathode of the other diode; (b) a button for display on the clothing, said light emitting diodes being mounted for display on said button; (c) a pair of pins attached to and projecting from said button for mounting said button on the clothing, one of said pins being electrically connected to the cathode of the one diode and the other of said pins being electrically connected to the anode of the one diode; (d) a pair of conductive, female fastener members both adapted to receive and to electrically connect with either of said pins for attaching said button to the clothing, said fastener members being separate from one another and capable of being moved toward and away from one another; (e) a pair of flexible, insulated electrical wires, each of said wires being electrically connected to a respective one of said female fasteners; and (f) means for providing an electrical signal to said pair of wires for transmission of the signal through said female fastener members and said pins to said light emitting diodes, which signal causes a first of said members to have a positive voltage relative to a second of said members and then causes the second of said members to have a positive voltage relative to the first of said members.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 259 words
A decorative article for wearing on the clothing comprising: (a) a pair of light emitting diodes connected electrically to one another with the cathode of one diode connected to the anode of the other diode and the anode of the one diode connected to the cathode of the other diode; (b) a button for display on the clothing, said light emitting diodes being mounted for display on said button; (c) a pair of pins attached to and projecting from said button for mounting said button on the clothing, one of said pins being electrically connected to the cathode of the one diode and the other of said pins being electrically connected to the anode of the one diode; (d) a pair of conductive, female fastener members both adapted to receive and to electrically connect with either of said pins for attaching said button to the clothing, said fastener members being separate from one another and capable of being moved toward and away from one another; (e) a pair of flexible, insulated electrical wires, each of said wires being electrically connected to a respective one of said female fasteners; and (f) means for providing an electrical signal to said pair of wires for transmission of the signal through said female fastener members and said pins to said light emitting diodes, which signal causes a first of said members to have a positive voltage relative to a second of said members and then causes the second of said members to have a positive voltage relative to the first of said members.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 49 words
The article of claim 1 wherein said means for providing an electrical signal comprises: a battery; and an oscillator circuit powered by said battery, each of the wires of said pair of flexible insulated electrical wires leading to and from said oscillator circuit to one of said female fasteners.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US3508041A Cited
US3521049A Cited
US3624384A Cited
US3737647A Cited
US3901121A Cited
US3795830A Cited
US3818209A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1980-07-11 1981-01-10 1981-07-12 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1984-07-11 1985-01-10 1985-07-12 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1988-07-11 1989-01-10 1989-07-12 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

Assigned Categories & Tags

No categories assigned to this patent yet.

Assign Category Tag