Patent ID: 7055978
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: A45C,A45F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for lighting a wearable item, comprising: a lighting arrangement made up of a flexible cable-like electroluminescent wire, a flexible cable-like electroluminescent wire attaching means, a power source, a control driver, and a connecting wire, said flexible cable-like electroluminescent wire having an electrode covered by an electrically insulating dielectric layer, said dielectric layer being surrounded by an electroluminophor layer, said electroluminophor layer being surrounded by a thin transparent electrode, said thin transparent electrode being covered by a barrier layer consisting of a transparent viscous substance, and said barrier layer being surrounded by a transparent flexible polymer, said control driver having a switch to turn the flexible cable-like electroluminescent wire on and off, and a circuit means, said connecting wire connecting the control driver and power source to the flexible cable-like electroluminescent wire, thereby allowing for electrical current from the power source to reach the flexible cable-like electroluminescent wire, said lighting arrangement being attached to the item, said item having an outer portion and a plurality of seams, wherein the flexible cable-like electroluminescent wire is attached to the outer portion of the item with the flexible cable-like electroluminescent wire attaching means.