Patent ID: 8654616

Claim:
A visual alert device comprising: at least one illuminable identifier having at least three different color segments; a controller coupled to said illuminable identifier to control the illumination of said color segments, said controller including a timer; a numeric keypad coupled to said controller to enter a predetermined primary follow-up time period, said controller computing at least a preliminary and final follow-up time value; a housing to carry said at least one illuminable identifier, such that said illuminable identifier maintains a primary illuminating surface on the front of said housing that continuously extends at a substantially right angle to a lateral illuminating surface on a side of said housing; and a start/stop button coupled to said controller; wherein said timer counts down the predetermined primary follow-up time period; wherein when said start/stop button is actuated, said first color segment is illuminated and said timer is started, such that when said timer reaches said preliminary follow-up time value, said second color segment is illuminated, when said timer reaches said primary follow-up time period, said second color segment is pulsed, and when said timer reaches said final follow-up time value, said third color segment is illuminated.