Patent ID: 8474994
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: F21L,F21V,F21Y,G08B

Abstract:
1. A multi purpose visual and audible signaling baton, comprising: a hollow tubular structure having a rear tubular part with a pair of receiving slots and a front tubular part, and a gasket member positioned between said front and rear tubular parts; a plurality of buttons mounted on said rear tubular part, near said gasket member, for switching between a plurality of modes, and said plurality of modes being an on/off mode, an illumination mode, and an audible sound generating mode; a slip resistant plastic vinyl member, abutting the gasket member, for enclosing around said rear tubular part and providing a handgrip area for said hollow tubular structure; a whistle and LED assembly, positioned in the front tubular part of said hollow tubular structure away from said gasket member, said assembly having a semi-hemispherical concave shaped surface forming an outer opening for providing lighting and sound out the outer opening; a bridge bar mounted on said semi-hemispherical concave shaped surface of said whistle and LED assembly to extend across the outer opening, and said bridge bar for providing a holding and securing member in the outer opening of said semi-hemispherical concave shaped surface; a lighting member mounted in said holding and securing member of said bridge bar so as to be positioned in the outer opening of said whistle and LED assembly, and a female electrical plug electrically connected to and extending from said lighting member into said front tubular part of said hollow tubular structure; a tubular shaped front cap, positioned away from the gasket and at a front end of said hollow tubular structure, for surrounding said semi-hemispherical concave shaped surface around the outer opening and securing said whistle and LED assembly at said front tubular part of said tubular structure; a controller circuit board having a pair of ear shaped members extending perpendicularly from said controller circuit board for mounting in said rear tubular part with each said ear shaped member aligning and securely mating with each said slot of said rear tubular part at a rear distal end of said tubular structure; an audio voice button, attached to said controller circuit board between said pair of ear shaped members of said controller circuit board, for activating audio and voice signaling; at least two LEDs, mounted on said controller circuit board near said gasket member and plurality of buttons away from said pair of ear shaped members and said audio voice button, for emitting tubular light in said front tubular part of said tubular structure when activated; a removable rear cap, positioned away from said gasket and at the rear distal end of said tubular structure, for sealing said rear tubular part of said tubular structure around said receiving slots and said securely mated ear shaped members of said controller circuit board, said removable rear cap having an outward protrusion for receiving said audio voice button positioned between said pair of ear shaped members of said controller circuit board; and a controller and power assembly mounted on said controller circuit board for controlling and providing power to said multi purpose visual and audible signaling baton, said assembly being electrically connected to said plurality of buttons mounted on said rear tubular part and directly responding to the switching between said plurality of modes and the audible sound generating mode and electrically connected to said audio voice button and said at least two LEDs to respond to said audio voice button and power said at least two LEDs, said controller and power assembly having an electrical connecting member extending into the front tubular part past said at least two LEDs with a male electrical plug attached to said electrical connecting member for electrically mating to said female electrical plug extending from the lighting member and facilitating power and sound to said lighting member at said whistle and LED assembly when activated to function based on said plurality of buttons and said audio voice button.