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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
May. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
David A. Theisen, Hampstead, NC (US);
Assignee:
Marpac Corporation, Wilmington, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/1084 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/1084 ;
Abstract
An illuminated protective headgear is described that includes a safety helmet with a molded shell adapted to fit over a user's head, the shell having a rear section; a battery-powered light mounting bracket on the rear section of the shell; and a battery-powered light including an attachment clip adapted for releasable attachment to the light mounting bracket. The light mounting bracket may be an attachable bracket that can be secured to the rear section of an existing safety helmet, or a mounting bracket that is integrally molded as a part of the rear section of the helmet shell.