Patent ID: 9488325
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A01K,F21K,F21L,F21S,F21V,F21Y,G02B

Claim Text:
1. A light transmitting device comprising: a flexible elongated light transmitting element comprising high clarity translucent or transparent thermoplastic polymeric material having first and second ends; at least one LED; at least one battery for powering said LED; and at least one positioning element which positions the LED so that it is immediately adjacent but not embedded in said first end of said light transmitting element so that light is efficiently transmitting from said LED along said light transmitting element; wherein said positioning element comprises a housing having first and second ends and operatively connected through flexible thermoplastic material end caps at said first and second ends thereof to said first and second ends, respectively, of said light transmitting element; a printed circuit board including circuitry which operatively connects said LED to said battery, and an electrical switch in said circuitry which ultimately, through circuitry, connects or disconnects said LED to/from said battery; wherein said printed circuit board mounts said LED, battery, and switch together in an integral module, and wherein said module is mounted in said housing; and wherein said housing is of hard plastic and has first and second openings formed therein between said first and second ends thereof, said first opening providing for ingress and egress of said module, and said second opening allowing access to said electrical switch for operation thereof.