Patent ID: 6030106
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A63C,B60Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A combination vehicular wheel assembly and lighting device, the combination comprising:a vehicular wheel assembly comprising a wheel rim and a tire mounted onto the wheel rim, the wheel rim providing an annular wheel rim edge;a lighting device comprising:a) a wireless signal receiver;b) an electrical switch;c) a portable power source;d) a plurality of lamps, each of the lamps providing a clip for mounting the lamp onto the annular wheel rim edge; ande) electrical interconnection means joining the wireless signal receiver and the plurality of lamps for electrical current flow;a remote control means including a portable wireless signal transmitter;the signal receiver, portable power source and electrical switch, all being fixedly positioned on the wheel rim and enclosed by the tire, the plurality of lamps fixed to the annular wheel rim edge by the clips, such that the lamps are visible from one side of the vehicular wheel, the remote control means functionally enabled for signaling the signal receiver for enabling the application of a current flow to illuminate the plurality of lamps.