LED display for protective helmet and helmet containing same

Claim 1

A light-emitting-diode display strip affixable to a curved surface of a helmet or the like, the display strip comprising: (a) an elongated flexible support strip, the flexible support strip being generally conformable to the curved surface; (b) affixation means for affixing the flexible support strip to the curved surface, the affixation means extending along approximately the entire length of a side of the support strip which defines a backing side of the support strip and being generally conformable to the curved surface for affixing the support strip to the curved surface in a backing-side-to-curved-surface lengthwise-extending, generally curved-surface-conforming relationship; (c) a plurality of at least three light-emitting diodes mounted at spaced-apart locations along the support strip and visible from a display side of the support strip defined to be opposite to the backing side of the support strip; (d) LED-lighting timing circuitry mounted on the support strip, the LED-lighting timing circuitry being adapted to provide electrical signals for separately lighting a plurality of at least three light-emitting diodes in a timed sequence; (e) a power-source connector mounted on the support strip, the power-source connector being connectable to an electric power source; and (f) interconnection wiring extending along the support strip and connected to the light-emitting diodes, the LED-lighting timing circuity, and the power-source connector so that in operation, with an electric power-source connected to the power-source connector, the at least three light-emitting diodes mounted on the support strip are separately lighted in a timed sequence.