WEARABLE MESSAGE DISPLAY DEVICE

A wearable message display device for displaying a customizable message from one's person includes a panel having a top end, a bottom end, a front face, a back face, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side. A display screen is mounted on and faces away from the front face of the panel. The display screen is programmable to selectively display a message. A harness is attached to and extends between the top end of the panel, the first lateral side, and the second lateral side of the panel. The harness extends around the back face of the panel. A controller is operationally coupled to the display screen and includes an input for entering the message to be displayed on the display screen.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(1) Field of the Invention

The disclosure relates to wearable display devices and more particularly pertains to a new wearable display devices for displaying a customizable message from one's person.

The prior art relates to wearable display devices which utilize electronic display screens for displaying customizable or moving imagery on a user's person. However, the prior art does not disclose an upper body garment which is programmable by a remote device for displaying varying text messages on the garment.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a panel having a top end, a bottom end, a front face, a back face, a first lateral side, and a second lateral side. A display screen is mounted on and faces away from the front face of the panel. The display screen is programmable to selectively display a message. A harness is attached to and extends between the top end of the panel, the first lateral side, and the second lateral side of the panel. The harness extends around the back face of the panel. A controller is operationally coupled to the display screen and includes an input for entering the message to be displayed on the display screen.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular toFIGS.1through5thereof, a new wearable display devices embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral10will be described.

As best illustrated inFIGS.1through5, the wearable message display device10generally comprises a panel12having a top end14, a bottom end16, a front face18, a back face20, a first lateral side22, and a second lateral side24. A display screen26is mounted on and faces away from the front face18of the panel12and is programmable to selectively display a message. A “message” as used in this detailed description and the claims includes any visual indicia which communicates an idea and may be textual, symbolic, graphic or the like. A harness28is attached to and extends between the top end14of the panel12, the first lateral side22, and the second lateral side24of the panel12. The harness28extends around the back face20of the panel12so that when a user36wears the harness28, the display screen26faces away from the user36. The panel12and the display screen26may be flexible such that the panel12and the display screen26at least partially conform to a surface40of a torso38of the user36when worn.

The harness28comprises a waist strap30, a first shoulder strap32, and a second shoulder strap34. The waist strap30is attached to and extends between the first lateral side22and the second lateral side24of the panel12. The first shoulder strap32is attached to and extends between the top end14of the panel12adjacent the first lateral side22of the panel12and the waist strap30, and the second shoulder strap34is attached to and extends between the top end14of the panel12adjacent the second lateral side24of the panel12and the waist strap30.

A controller42is operationally coupled to the display screen26and includes an input44for entering the message to be displayed on the display screen26. The input44comprises a plurality of buttons46but may be a touch screen or the like. The controller42includes a message display48for showing the message to be displayed on the display screen26. The controller42may be electrically coupled to the display screen26or communicate wirelessly. In a first embodiment, a power source is electrically coupled to the controller42and the display screen26and comprises a battery mounted in a housing of the controller42. The panel12may have a charging port50in the first embodiment for charging the power source. In a second embodiment, a first power source is electrically coupled to the controller42, and a second power source is electrically coupled to the display screen26. In the second embodiment, the panel12may have a charging port50for charging the second power source.

In use, the user36wears the harness28on the torso38of the user36so that the display screen26faces away from the user36. The user36may wear the harness28with the display screen26facing forwardly from the user36or with the display screen26facing rearwardly from the user36. The user36enters the message via the input44of the controller42and may view the message on the message display48of the controller42before sending the message to the display screen26. Then the user36sends the message via the input44of the controller42to the display screen26.