Patent ID: 7857479
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: A42B,B60Q

Abstract:
1. A lighted helmet apparatus comprising, in combination: a helmet comprising a top spaced apart from a bottom and a front spaced apart from a rear; a hinged visor disposed on the helmet front; a pair of lighted signal reminders disposed within the helmet front adjacent to the hinged visor, the signal reminders comprising a left signal reminder and a right signal reminder; a circle of spaced apart brake lights disposed in the helmet rear most proximal to the bottom, the brake lights flushly mounted within the helmet; a plurality of spaced apart flushly mounted lights disposed in the helmet left rear proximal to and separated from the brake lights, the left rear lights forming a left signal; a plurality of spaced apart flushly mounted lights disposed in the helmet right rear proximal to and separated from the brake lights, the right rear lights forming a right signal; a running light disposed flushly within the helmet rear above the brake lights; a combined receiver/microprocessor disposed within the helmet rear, the microprocessor in communication with the signal reminders, the brake lights, the running light, and the left and right signals; a power source disposed within the helmet rear, the power source in communication with the receiver/microprocessor; a Bluetooth™ transmitter affixed to an existing vehicle, the transmitter in communication with an existing battery, brake signal actuator, left turn signal actuator, right turn signal actuator, and running lights of the existing vehicle.