Patent ID: 6830363
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: B62J,Y10S

Abstract:
A glow illumination device for making a bicycle more visible in low light conditions, the bicycle which includes a plurality of support tubes forming a main frame rotationally supporting a rear wheel, a handle bars connected to a front fork rotationally supporting a front wheel, the handle bars and front fork being pivotally connected to the main frame, the glow illumination device being connectable to a power supply device which supplies electrical energy to power the glow illumination device, the glow illumination device comprising:a glow tube which permits light to pass therethrough, said glow tube having an inner diameter which is larger than an outer diameter of an associated support tube of the bicycle and being adapted to be disposed in a coaxial, radially spaced position about the associated support tube such that an elongate doughnut-shaped annular glow chamber is formed therebetween to permit light propagation therethrough; a pair of end caps each having an end wall with a central hole of a size sufficient to receive the associated support tube and an outer periphery adapted to retain said glow tube coaxially disposed about the support tube engaged between said end caps; and at least one light emitting device retained to said end wall of one end cap and operatively connected to the power supply device.