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Illuminated article of wearing apparel

US5177812A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 10, 1992
Grant dateJan 12, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 10, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F21/02
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The including of an engaging recess with an article of human being wearing apparel, such as a cap, that has a specific exterior ornamental configuration. An elongated illuminatable light tube is to be snapped into an elongated groove formed on the wearing apparel and is to be snugly retained thereby. The light tube is to be flexible so as to accommodate to the specific shape of groove. The illuminatable tube includes a substance which is to be activatable which will cause the tube to glow for a period of time.

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