Patent ID: 8562166

Claim:
A headgear comprising an outer shell, an energy absorbing support structure operationally coupled to said shell, an electronic lighting display unit supported by a substrate, a light-transmissive window disposed over the lighting display unit so as to permit viewing of the lighting display unit and any graphical representation that is disposed on at least one of, said light-transmissive window, said lighting display unit, and the substrate of said lighting display unit, wherein said graphical representation is illuminated by said lighting display unit to be observed externally of the headgear; and wherein an improvement comprises: said outer shell including an opaque portion over most of an extent of said outer shell and the outer shell having at least one window of light-transmissive material; said lighting display unit being mounted underneath a top surface of the window so as to be visible through the window but not through the opaque portion of the shell; and wherein the lighting display unit is disposed such that the lighting display unit is operationally coupled to the window, the window being integrated with the shell and the lighting display unit being supported by the window and not by the energy absorbing support structure; and wherein the lighting display unit is attached within a cavity formed behind the light-transmissive window and wherein the lighting display unit at least partially fills the cavity.