Patent ID: 9640096
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G09F

Claim:
1. A traffic direction assembly configured to be gripped by a user, said assembly comprising: a pole having an outer surface extending between each of a top end and a bottom end of said pole; a housing coupled to said pole such that said housing is configured to be elevated above the user when the user holds said pole such that said housing is visible to traffic, said housing having an outer wall extending between a front wall and a back wall of said housing, each of said front wall and said back wall having a translucent section extending laterally across an entire width of each of said front wall and back wall, said translucent sections being centrally positioned on each of said front wall and said back wall, each of said translucent sections having indicia printed thereon such that said indicia is configured to be visible to traffic; a control circuit positioned within said housing; a plurality of light emitters coupled to said housing, said light emitters illuminating said housing wherein said light emitters are configured to make said housing easily visible to the traffic, each of said light emitters being electrically coupled to said control circuit, said light emitters comprising a front set and back set of light emitters, each of said front and back sets of light emitters including a pair of light emitters, each of a first one and a second one of said front set of light emitters being coupled to an inside surface of said front wall such that said indicia on said front wall is illuminated, each of a first one and a second one of said set of light emitters being coupled to an inside surface of said back wall such that said indicia on said back wall is illuminated; a pair of lenses coupled to said housing such that said lenses are illuminated by said light emitters, each of said lenses being positioned on an associated one of said front wall and said back wall, each of said lenses being aligned with said second one of an associated one of said sets of light emitters; a pair of speakers coupled to said housing wherein said speakers are configured to emit an audible warning to the traffic, each of said speakers being electrically coupled to said control circuit; an actuator coupled to said pole, said actuator being electrically coupled to said control circuit; a power supply positioned within said pole, said power supply being electrically coupled to said actuator, said power supply comprising a plurality of batteries; and a plurality of photovoltaic cells coupled to said outer wall of housing wherein said photovoltaic cells are configured to be exposed to sunlight, each of said photovoltaic cells being electrically coupled to said power supply such that said photovoltaic cells charge said power supply.