US 11,788,693 B2
Personal mobility assistance devices with light sets and light set kits
Leo A. Spriggins, Lucas, TX (US); and Charles D. Gavrilovich, Jr., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Assigned to BeDazzleit LLC, Lucas, TX (US)
Filed by Leo A. Spriggins, Lucas, TX (US); and Charles D. Gavrilovich, Jr., Chula Vista, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/261,938.
Application 16/261,938 is a continuation of application No. 15/634,948, filed on Jun. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,234,087.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/357,551, filed on Jul. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0195443 A1, Jun. 27, 2019
Int. Cl. F21S 4/10 (2016.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21S 9/02 (2006.01); F21V 19/00 (2006.01); A61G 15/00 (2006.01); B62B 9/00 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC F21S 4/10 (2016.01) [A61G 15/002 (2013.01); B62B 9/005 (2013.01); F21S 9/02 (2013.01); F21V 19/0025 (2013.01); F21V 23/001 (2013.01); A61G 2203/70 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A personal mobility assistance device comprising:
a frame having a plurality of openings and comprising, a linkage mechanism, a first rigid frame component, and a second rigid frame component connected to the first rigid frame component by the linkage mechanism and moveable relative to the first rigid frame component, the first rigid frame component having a first portion of the plurality of openings, the second rigid frame component having a second portion of the plurality of openings, the second rigid component movable relative to the first component through the linkage mechanism such that the apparatus is capable of being configured in a plurality of apparatus configurations comprising at least one operable device configuration for use of the personal mobility device;
a light set comprising:
a housing configured to at least partially enclose a battery;
a conductor comprising a first component conductor portion within the first rigid component and a second component conductor portion within the second rigid component; and
a plurality of light emitters electrically connected to the conductor, the light set non-detachably attached to the frame such that each of the plurality of light emitters is non-detachably mounted in one of the plurality of openings, the conductor configured to form, when the light set is in an active on state, an electrical connection between the battery and the plurality of light emitters to activate the plurality of light emitters to emit light to outline features of the frame such that a shape of the frame is discernable by observing a relative position of each of the plurality of light emitters to at least one other light emitter of the plurality of light emitters, the features including at least two curved portions of the shape, at least some of the plurality of light emitters positioned along the curved portions; and
a conductor connection mechanism within the linkage mechanism, the conductor connection mechanism comprising a plurality of contacts, the second component conductor portion electrically connected to the first conductor portion by the conductor connection mechanism through the plurality of contacts when the device is in the at least one operable device configuration.