Patents

US 11149932 B1: Device with lighting, location and communication systems

Granted
2021-10-19
Filed
2020-06-01 application 16889364
Type
Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract

An illuminating pendant that includes a housing unit, one or more layers of translucent material connected to the housing unit, and control circuitry secured to the housing unit and electrically connected to one or more LEDs and to a power source. The control circuitry includes a receiver and a proximity detection device and detects a first signal location proximate to a first proximity beacon and illuminates one or more LEDs in a pattern associated with the first signal location. In one embodiment the illuminating pendant is affixed to a wearable band. In another embodiment, the illuminating pendant is magnetically secured to a user's clothing.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg211019.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
LIGHTUPTOYS.COM, LLC 24 patentsUS company or organizationSellersburg, INPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Christopher D. KellyNew Albany, IN29PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Joshua C. KellySellersburg, IN27PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Max Armendariz LalamaNotre Dame, IN15PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Ariel Macaulay BrutonLouisville, KY4PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
F21VFunctional features or details of lighting devices or systems thereof; structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided forF21V23/045PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
F21SNon-portable lighting devices; systems thereof; vehicle lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriorsF21S10/00PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
F21WIndexing scheme associated with subclasses f21k, f21l, f21s and f21v, relating to uses or applications of lighting devices or systemsF21W2121/06PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
F21YIndexing scheme associated with subclasses f21k, f21l, f21s and f21v, relating to the form or the kind of the light sources or of the colour of the light emittedF21Y2115/10PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2020-06-01Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
BRUTON, ARIEL MACAULAY signed 2020-06-01
KELLY, CHRISTOPHER D. signed 2020-06-01
KELLY, JOSHUA C. signed 2020-06-01
LALAMA, MAX ARMENDARIZ signed 2020-06-01
LIGHTUPTOYS.COM LLC SELLERSBURG, IN52803/423ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

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