Patent ID: 7121676

Claim:
A headgear comprising: an inner core of impact-reducing material, said core having cavities therein; an outer shell overlying said core, said outer shell having a substantially opaque outer surface except for at least two windows that are disposed over said cavities; a plurality of planar-shaped light sources each supplying a plurality of lighting elements, said planar-shaped light sources being disposed in said cavities, so as to be viewed through the respective windows; timing circuitry included within at least one of the planar-shaped light sources for timing the on-off operation of the lighting elements, so as to create an effect of motion of the illumination within each light source; and at least one image that is disposed in alignment with each of said windows, said image being disposed on at least one of: said windows, said light sources, and substrates supporting said light sources; and wherein said image is illuminated by said light sources so as to be viewed externally to said headgear.