Patent ID: 6789925
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: B62J,Y10S

Abstract:
A bicycle with an incorporated lighting apparatus comprising:(a) a bicycle frame, (b) a pair of wheels, a front wheel and a rear wheel, the front wheel and the rear wheel attached to the bicycle frame, (c) a plurality of spokes attached to each of the wheels; each spoke having two sides, a first side and a second side, (d) a pair of bicycle pedals, a left pedal and a right pedal, (e) a gear assembly, the gear assembly attached to the bicycle frame, the gear assembly connected to the pair of bicycle pedals, the gear assembly also attached to the rear wheel of the bicycle, (f) a bicycle seat attached to the bicycle frame, (g) a plurality of lights located on two of the spokes on the front wheel, the two spokes having lights being one hundred eighty degrees from each other, the two spokes each having lights on the first side and the second side of each spoke, (h) a plurality of lights located on two of the spokes on the rear wheel, the two spokes having lights being one hundred eighty degrees from each other, the two spokes each having lights oil the first side and the second side of each spoke, and (i) power means for providing power to the plurality of lights located on the front wheel and rear wheel, the power means further comprising (i) a generator mounted on the frame, the generator being located underneath the bicycle seat, (ii) a cam rotatably mounted to the generator, the cam being placed so as to be in contact with the rear tire, the cam designed to rotate when the rear tire of the bicycle would be in motion, (iii) a pair of discs; a front disc and a rear disc, the front aluminum disk being mounted on a first central axle, the first central axle located near the attachment of the front tire to the bicycle frame, the first central axle designed to not rotate when the front wheel on a bicycle would be in motion, the rear aluminum disk being mounted on a second central axle, the second central axle located near the attachment of the rear tire to the bicycle frame, the second central axle designed to not rotate when the rear wheel on a bicycle would be in motion, each disc having two sides, an inner side and an outer side, (iv) a pair of wires, a front wire and a rear wire, the front wire having two ends, a first and a second end, the first end of the front wire being connected to the generator, the second end of the front wire being connected to the front disc, the rear wire having two ends, a first and a second end, the first end of the rear wire being connected to the generator, the second end of the rear wire being connected to the rear disc, (v) at least a pair of electrical contacts on the inner side of each disc, all of the electrical contacts located on the inner side of each disc being equidistant from the central axle of that disc, (vi) a first pair of electrical reception contacts, a first electrical reception contact and a second electrical reception contact, each of the electrical reception contacts being located on the inward-facing side of each spoke on the front wheel that would include a plurality of lights, each of the electrical reception contacts being located the same distance from the first central axle as each electrical contact is away from the first central axle, each of the electrical reception contacts being connected to all the lights on that particular bicycle spoke to which the electrical reception contact would be attached, (vii) a second pair of electrical reception contacts, a first electrical reception contact and a second electrical reception contact, each of the electrical reception contacts being located on the inward-facing side of each spoke on the rear wheel that would include a plurality of lights, each of the electrical reception contacts being located the same distance from the second central axle as each electrical contact is away from the second central axle, each of the electrical reception contacts being connected to all the lights on that particular bicycle spoke to which the electrical reception contact would be attached, (viii) wherein rotation of the rear tire would cause the generator to produce power, further wherein the power would be transferred to the front disc and rear disc via the front wire and the rear wire, respectively, and further wherein all the on each bicycle spoke including a plurality of lights would briefly illuminate each time an electrical reception contact at the end of a bicycle spoke on a bicycle tire would come in contact with an electrical contact located on the inner side of a disc.