Directional hands-free wrist illumination device
View Patent ↗A lighting device designed to for attachment around the wrists of a user. The device is a material band equipped with a plurality of forward facing lights to illuminate an area in front of the user's hands. Further, the device is equipped with a clasp to allow securing to the wrist. An on off switch is used to control an illumination, while an internal battery powers the lights. The lighting device provides adequate lighting for manual work such as car repairs as well as for vision during nighttime excursions.
1. A wrist-strap illuminating device comprising:
a wrist band having first and second ends;
said wrist band having an attachment means to removably secure said first end to said second end;
light sources mounted within a plurality of housing units protruding upward from and staggered along an upper surface of said wrist band wherein said housing units have a flat upper surface and a plurality of sidewalls;
a directional covering disposed on said upper surfaces of said housing units, having an opening at one end of said directional covering and partially obscuring said light sources thereby directing emitted light out of said opening;
wherein all of said directional coverings are oriented in the same direction;
a battery power supply electrically connected to said light sources;
and switch for controlling said electrical power to said light sources.
2. A device as in claim 1 , further comprising housing constructed to be waterproof.
3. A device as in claim 1 , wherein said light sources are Light Emitting Diodes.
4. A device as in claim 1 , wherein said switch controls the illumination intensity of said light sources.
5. A device as in claim 1 , wherein electrical connections between said housings and said battery power supply are routed along said wrist band.