Sound and illumination device for bicycles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11976803-B2
Application number	US-202217986670-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2022
Priority date	Feb 3, 2021
Publication date	May 7, 2024
Grant date	May 7, 2024

Abstract

A sound and illumination device including a sound-making portion, an illumination portion, and an attachment portion for mounting on a bicycle. The sound-making portion including a lever, a spring, a striking portion, and a metal portion, wherein the metal portion covers the lever, the spring, and the striking portion. The lever may include a magnet. The illumination portion including a cover portion, an electrical circuit, a switch, a light emitting source and a power source. Actuation of the lever of the sound-making portion results in the activation of the light emitting source of the illumination portion resulting in the concurrent emission of light and sound.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A sound and illumination bicycle device comprising:
a sound-making portion;
an illumination portion; and
an attachment portion;
wherein the sound-making portion is coupled to the illumination portion,
wherein the illumination portion is coupled to the attachment portion,
wherein the sound-making portion comprises a lever and a magnet configured to activate the sound-making portion when actuated,
wherein the illumination portion comprises a cover portion, an electrical circuit, a switch comprising a magnetically sensitive component, a light emitting source, and a power source,
the power source configured to power the light emitting source via the electrical circuit in response to the switch being activated, and
the cover portion enclosing the electrical circuit, the switch, the light emitting source, and the power source, and

wherein actuation of the lever causes the magnet to activate the magnetically sensitive component of the switch to trigger activation of the light emitting source of the illumination portion.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the magnetically sensitive component of the switch of the illumination portion is a reed switch.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the magnetically sensitive component of the switch of the illumination portion is a Hall effect sensor.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light emitting source of the illumination portion comprises at least one light emitting diode (LED).

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the power source of the illumination portion comprises a cell battery.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , the illumination portion further comprising a printed circuit board (PCB) electrically coupled to and mechanically supporting the light emitting source.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cover portion of the illumination portion comprises a translucent material.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 , the cover portion of the illumination portion comprising two removably attached portions.

9. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the attachment portion couples the device to a bicycle handlebar.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the switch comprises a conductive portion configured to be actuated by the lever such that the conductive portion moves with the lever and contacts a terminal of the electrical circuit causing energy from the power source to activate the light emitting source of the illumination portion.

11. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sound-making portion comprises a striking portion and a metal portion, wherein:
the metal portion covers the lever, a spring, and the striking portion,
the striking portion is coupled to the lever,
the striking portion comprises a rotational element and at least one hammer element, and
when the lever is actuated, the at least one hammer element strikes the metal portion thereby generating sound.

12. The device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein activation of the light emitting source of the illumination portion is concurrent with activation of the sound-making portion.

Assignees

• Brightz Ltd

Inventors

• Anderson Brent

Classifications

• F21S9/02 Primary

  the power supply being a battery or accumulator · CPC title

• B62J3/04

  activated by the rider, e.g. bells or horns · CPC title

• B62J6/26

  warning or informing other road users, e.g. police flash lights · CPC title

• F21V33/008

  Leisure, hobby or sport articles, e.g. toys, games or first-aid kits; Hand tools; Toolboxes · CPC title

• B62J11/00

  Supporting arrangements specially adapted for fastening specific devices to cycles, e.g. supports for attaching maps · CPC title