Patent ID: 8646938

Claim:
A portable distress light comprising: a housing holding a power source and a circuit; a light assembly disposed on one end of said housing, said light assembly including: at least one first circuit illuminating element coupled to a first illuminating circuit, wherein said circuit operates said at least one first circuit illuminating element in accordance with a first circuit waveform; the first circuit waveform comprising a series of first waveform pulse cycles, each first waveform pulse cycle comprising a first light emitting shared illumination contribution pulse, a first light emitting shared illumination passive pulse, and a first light emitting shared off pulse, wherein operation of said at least one first circuit illuminating element presents a first circuit illuminating element illumination pattern; at least one second circuit illuminating element coupled to a second illuminating circuit, wherein said circuit operates said at least one second circuit illuminating element in accordance with a second circuit waveform; the second circuit waveform comprising a series of second waveform pulse cycles, each second waveform pulse cycle comprising a second light emitting shared illumination passive pulse, a second light emitting shared illumination contribution pulse, and a second light emitting shared off pulse, wherein operation of said at least one second circuit illuminating element presents a second circuit illuminating element illumination pattern, wherein said a first light emitting shared illumination contribution pulse overlaps said second light emitting shared illumination contribution pulse, said first light emitting shared illumination passive pulse overlaps said second light emitting shared illumination contribution pulse and said first light emitting shared off pulse overlaps said second light emitting shared off pulse; the first circuit illuminating element illumination pattern and said second circuit illuminating element illumination pattern combine to form a combined light emitting illumination waveform comprising a series of combined light emitting illumination waveform pulse cycle, each comprising a combined light emitting illumination wave segment and a combined light emitting passive wave segment, wherein said combination of said first light emitting shared illumination contribution pulse, said second light emitting shared illumination contribution pulse, said first light emitting shared illumination passive pulse and said second light emitting shared illumination contribution pulse collectively form said combined light emitting illumination wave segment and said combination of first light emitting shared off pulse and said second light emitting shared off pulse form said combined light emitting passive wave segment.