Patent AU-2013202320-B2 (AU)
Title: Light-emitting systems for headgear
Inventor: BAKER JOHN MAXWELL
IPC: A42B3/04
Filed: 2013-02-27
Granted: 2014-11-27
Abstract: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date W O 2013/130640 A1 6 September 2013 (06.09.2013) W I PO I P CT (51) International Patent Classification: Northwest 61st Street, Seattle, WA 98107 (US). JOHN A42B 3/04 (2006.01) STON, Kyle, S.; 21819 Northeast 1st Street, Sammamish, (21) International Application Number: WA 98074 (US). SCHNEIDER, Clint, Timothy; 3449 PCT/US2013/028064 72nd Place Southeast, Mercer Island, WA 98040 (US). MATTINGLY, Evan, William; 4044 40th Avenue South (22) International Filing Date: west, Seattle, WA 98166 (US). KIRKWOOD, Keith, W.; 27 February 2013 (27.02.2013) 3979 El Cimo Lane Northeast, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 (US). HADLEY, Jonathan, Brandt; #341, 225 Lo (25) Filing Language: English gan Avenue, Renton, WA 98057 (US). (26) Publication Language: English (74) Agents: BARRETT, Jared, M. et al.; Seed Intellectual (30) Priority Data: Property Law Group PLLC, Suite 5400, 701 Fifth Avenue, 61/604,982 29 February 2012 (29.02.2012) US Seattle, WA 98104-7064 (US). (71) Applicant: ILLUMAGEAR, INC. [US/US]; #733, 1752 (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every Northwest Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107 (US). kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (72) Inventors: BAKER, John, Maxwell; #733, 1752 Northw- BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, est Market Street, Seattle, WA 98107 (US). ROYAL, An- DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, Fl, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, drew; 1813A 13th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122 (US). RI- HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KM, KN, KP, LEY, Raymond, Walter; 9625 Summerhill Lane North- KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, east, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 (US). RAMBERG, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, Mark, John; 2408 164th Avenue Northeast, Bellevue, WA NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, 98008 (US). BRINCKERHOFF, Chad, Austin; 18869 RW, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, Southeast 42nd Street, Issaquah, WA 98027 (US). TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, MURKOWSKI, John, R.; 403 18th Avenue East, Seattle, ZM, ZW. WA 98112 (US). WETHERBEE, Trent, Robert; 603 South Hawaii Street, Kennewick, WA 99336 (US). DIEN- (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every ER, Alex, Michael; 33313 12th Avenue Southwest, Feder- kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, al Way, WA 98023 (US). WILL, Kristin, Marie; 3043 GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, [Continued on next page] (54) Title: LIGHT-EMITTING SYSTEMS FOR HEADGEAR A 12 I-10 f30 ----- 36 -8 34 (57) Abstract: A light-emitting system (30) is provided which is removably attachable to headgear (10) for personal illumination to enhance visibility of the user to others. The light-emitting system (30) includes an annular housing (40) that defines a receiving aper f4 ture (42) and is configured to surround a portion (12) of the headgear (10) when the light-emitting system (30) is removably attached to the headgear (10) for use. The light-emitting system (30) further includes at least one lens (46) and a plurality of lighting elements (44) coupled to the annular housing (40) which are configured to selectively generate a halo (H) or at least a partial halo of light that radiates outwardly away from the annular housing (40) through the at least one lens (46) to provide enhanced personal illumination. W O 2 0 13 /13 0 6 4 0 A 1|l l l|l| llll ||| | |||||||| |||||||||||||||||||1|||||I|||||||||||||||||||||||||| UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, Published: TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK' - with international search report (Art. 21(3)) EE, ES, Fl, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG).