Portable light generating belt device

Claim 1

A portable light generating belt device comprising: a housing including a wall with an aperture formed therethrough, a shaft fixed in said housing, and a retaining unit disposed on an outer surface of said housing; a pulley including a pulley body rotatably disposed on said shaft of said housing and having an annular groove formed in an outer surface thereof, and a cavity formed in side walls of said pulley body, and a torsion spring received within said cavity of said pulley body and secured at one end portion thereof to said shaft of said housing and at side walls end portion thereof to said pulley body; a light generating belt wound on said pulley and provided with an electroluminescent strip that is capable of being powered to generate light, said light generating belt having an inner end portion secured to said pulley, and an outer end portion extending through said aperture of said housing and having an enlarged end which is located outside said housing and which is sized so that said enlarged end of said belt cannot pass through said aperture into said housing, said spring biasing said pulley body to rotate in a direction so as to wind said belt on said pulley, said enlarged end of said belt being capable of being retained on said retaining unit of said housing when moved away from said aperture of said housing when said device is in use; and a battery operated power supply unit mounted in said housing and connected electrically to said strip on said belt, said power supply unit capable of being actuated so as to supply electrical current to said strip, thereby lighting said strip on said belt; whereby, by pulling said belt, a portion of said belt is extracted from said housing when in use, and when pull on said belt is released, said portion of said belt can be retracted into said housing except for said enlarged end of said belt.