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Jacket with programmable lights
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-07-23
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Granted: 1986-07-22
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Expires: 2004-07-23
Abstract
Abstract A jacket with programmable lights in which apertures are provided in the garment through which tri-color light emitting diodes LED's protrude. The LED's are connected to a flexible printed circuit board which adheres to the inner surface of the garment by means of hook and loop pile type fastener material. The lights are fully programmable as to both their color and their activation. LED's may be provided in a fixed format or in a matrix form which permits alpha-numeric displays or graphic displays. The invention may be used for advertising purposes or entertainment purposes with either a stationary or moving display.
Inventors
- 👤 Xavier Davila
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 16:29
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F21/00; G09F21/02; G09F21/023; A; A41; A41D; A41D27/00; A41D27/08; A41D27/085; H; H05; H05K; H05K1/00; H05K1/18; H05K1/189; H05K3/00; H05K3/0058; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S362/00; Y10S362/80; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24008; Y10T428/24017
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
Jacket with programmable lights, comprising, in combination: (a) a garment, wherein said garment has apertures through which light emitting devices may protrude; (b) tri-color light emitting diodes defining diode packages emitting three different colors, arranged in any desired pattern, said tri-color light emitting diodes comprising two different colored diodes oppositely connected in parallel to each other, circuit means providing a current to the diodes whose direction is controllable to be either in a first direction wherein one color is emitted, a reverse direction wherein a second color is emitted, and an alternating direction wherein a third color is emitted which is the combination of the first two colors, and wherein said tri-color light emitting diodes protrude through said apertures in said garment, (c) at least one flexible printed circuit board to which said tri-color light emitting diodes are connected; (d) a circuit module which programmably controls the emission of said tri-color light emitting diodes, said circuit module comprising a logic control circuit with instructions contained in a program in a storage medium; and (e) means for temporarily affixing said flexible printed circuit board to the underside of said garment.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
Jacket with programmable lights, comprising, in combination: (a) a garment, wherein said garment has apertures through which light emitting devices may protrude; (b) tri-color light emitting diodes defining diode packages emitting three different colors, arranged in any desired pattern, said tri-color light emitting diodes comprising two different colored diodes oppositely connected in parallel to each other, circuit means providing a current to the diodes whose direction is controllable to be either in a first direction wherein one color is emitted, a reverse direction wherein a second color is emitted, and an alternating direction wherein a third color is emitted which is the combination of the first two colors, and wherein said tri-color light emitting diodes protrude through said apertures in said garment, (c) at least one flexible printed circuit board to which said tri-color light emitting diodes are connected; (d) a circuit module which programmably controls the emission of said tri-color light emitting diodes, said circuit module comprising a logic control circuit with instructions contained in a program in a storage medium; and (e) means for temporarily affixing said flexible printed circuit board to the underside of said garment.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
Jacket with programmable lights, as recited in claim 1, wherein said garment is a jacket.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
Jacket with programmable lights, as recited in claim 1, wherein said desired pattern is a fixed combination of numbers and letters.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
Jacket with programmable lights, as recited in claim 1, wherein said desired pattern is a matrix which can create any desired alphabetic or numeric pattern.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
Jacket with programmable lights, as recited in claim 1, wherein said desired pattern is a matrix with sufficient numbers of said tri-color light emitting diodes to create a graphic display.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
Jacket with programmable lights, as recited in claim 1, wherein said program is contained in an electronic read-only memory.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
Jacket with programmable lights, as recited in claim 1, wherein said program is contained on a magnetic medium.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
Jacket with programmable lights, as recited in claim 1, wherein said program is contained in an electronic random access memory which is programmed by a keyboard.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
71 words
Jacket with programmable lights, as recited in claim 1, further comprising a microphone, which drives an amplifier, which drives a frequency discriminator which divides the audio frequency spectrum into a discrete number of channels; wherein, the output of said frequency discriminator is used to drive said logic control circuit so that said tri-color light emitting diodes are activated in accordance with said output signals according to instructions supplied by said program.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
67 words
Jacket with programmable lights, as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for temporarily affixing said flexible printed circuit board to the underside of said garment comprises a region of hook and loop pile type fastener material bonded to the underside of said garment and a mating region of hook and loop pile type fastener material bonded to the top side of said flexible printed circuit board.
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