Patent ID: 8113677

Claim:
A circumferential illuminated band to be attached to a bicycle helmet worn by a user of a bicycle; comprising: the circumferential illuminated band made of elastic material for flexibly attaching and detaching said illuminated band to said bicycle helmet; said band having a front segment, opposing side segments and a rear segment; a set of white light emitting diodes supported and incorporated within said front segment for providing white light in a forward direction of said bicycle; a set of yellow, orange or green light emitting diodes supported and incorporated within said each opposing side segment for indicating a turning direction of said bicycle; a set of red light emitting diodes supported and incorporated within said rear segment for providing red light in a rearward direction of said bicycle to warn observers behind the bicycle of the bicycle's position or location; said LED sets supported on the front, opposing sides and rear segments are positioned around the entire circumference of said band so as to provide 360 degrees of illumination and visibility; said band further comprising wiring and control circuitry mounted within the band for controlling the front, side and rear sets of lights with different modes of lighting, said lighting modes selected from “all on”, “all blinking”, “partially on”, “partially blinking”, sequential or any combination thereof; and a battery pack electrically connected to the band of LED's via an on/off switch.