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Human powered vehicle safety lighting structures
   
Document Number
US Patent 7001051
Issued Date
February 21, 2006
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A plurality of lighting structures is provided for enhancing the visibility of a human powered vehicle at night. The visibility enhanced human powered vehicle has a frame with attached wheels having tires including sidewalls. The safety lighting structures include at least one photo-luminescent section and at least one reflective section being located on at least one of the wheels. A light source is attachable to the human powered vehicle to direct light against the photo-luminescent sections.
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Owner
Heli, LLC (Greenville, NC)
Published
February 21, 2006
Application Number
10/812,372
Filed
March 29, 2004
US Classification
362/473   362/42 362/500 362/84
Int'l Classification
F21V   33/00   (20060101)  
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This application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/459,395, filed on Apr. 1, 2003, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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362/473   362/500   362/84   362/396   362/42   362/806   362/217 D   12/500   313/502   313/505   313/511   152/523   152/524   152/525   250/461.1   40/543  
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