LAYERED REFLECTIVE STRIP, ARTICLE, AND/OR GARMENT, AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING ELECTRONIC AND/OR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FOR IMPROVING AWARENESS, SAFETY, AND/OR VISIBIITY

摘要

The disclosure provides for a visibility safety strip device, articles, garment, and applications thereof. The disclosure also provides for a lightweight and ultra-bright visibility safety strip and associated methods of promoting the visibility of the wearer, for example, in low-light environments. The disclosure provides for a safety garment that utilizes a specific performance fabric structural under layer, overlaid with a technical retroreflective film to indicate a passive visibility. In an aspect the disclosure also provides for an embedded custom color and functionality light emitting diode (“LED”) and/or organic light-emitting diode (“OLED”) to refract light through the retroreflective film to indicate an active visibility.

主权项

1. An article comprising:
a) a material under layer; b) a retroreflective material, optionally comprising a structural backing outer layer to reflect oncoming light for increased visibility; c) an LED(s) and/or OLED(s) light source between said material underlayer and said retroreflective film layer; wherein said LED(s) and/or OLED(s) light source refracts light through said retroreflective material and increases active visibility; d) optionally a single-color lighting or color fluctuation lighting; e) optionally an LED(s) and/or OLED(s) light source connected to a mobile power source comprising a battery pack or connection to a power supply of a transportation device; f) optionally a portable controller or bluetooth receiver to allow for user inputs to control one or more of the following features selected from the group consisting of power-on, blinking mode-on, power-off, dimming, and flash/blink speed; g) optionally a pre-programmed or customizable custom color combination; and h) optionally importing inputs from an electronic sensor, transportation device, mobile device and/or application, GPS, clock and/or timer, and/or some health, positioning, sound, and/or visual monitoring device to auto-determine individual or a string of diode power on/off, color, flash/blink speed, and/or brightness.