Flashing flare warning device
View Patent ↗A light emitting diode warning device is provided capable of acting as a roadway warning flare or as a flashing warning marker the device being portable and rechargeable and presenting warning lights in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction with the horizontal illumination being observable over 360 degrees.
1. A warning marker kit comprising:
a plurality of warning markers each marker comprising:
a generally cylindrical body having a lower end and an upper end,
at least one LED in said upper end for emitting light in a direction generally coaxial to a longitudinal axis of said cylindrical body,
a plurality of circumferential bands of LEDs said bands spaced longitudinally on said body, each of said bands comprised of a plurality of LEDs circumferentially spaced about said body,
a battery connected to said body to power the LEDs,
a plurality of bases for supporting each of said markers, each of said bases having a receiver for frictional fit of a marker body lower end therein and a plurality of spaced apart legs radially extending from said receiver, said body being insertable into said base for frictional capture therein, and
a housing comprising a plurality of receptacles each receptacle adapted to receive therein one of said plurality of warning markers, electrical contacts in each of said receptacles for contacting electrical contacts on a marker received in said receptacle having a recharging base for receiving each of said plurality of markers, said housing further comprising a holder for receiving said plurality of bases therein.
2. The kit as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a power cable extending from said housing for connection to an electrical system to charge said battery.
3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of said bases further comprises:
a pair of opposed legs extending bilaterally from said receiver,
each of said pair of legs being split longitudinally into first and second leg portions, said first leg portions of each of said pair of legs being rotatable about said receiver between a closed position in which said first and second leg portions are in contact and an open position in which said first and second leg portions are spaced apart.