A method of swing on a swing is disclosed, in which a user positioned on a standard swing suspended by two chains from a substantially horizontal tree branch induces side to side motion by pulling alternately on one chain and then the other.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7195370 | Rechargeable triangular light emitting wand A rechargeable triangular light emitting wand having a base tube (1) and a light tube (4). The base tube contains a rechargeable stored-energy unit (2) in addition to being a handle and a daytime signaler. The light tube (4) contains a li... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7186000 | Method and apparatus for a variable intensity pulsed L.E.D. light Improved method and apparatus for hand-held portable LED illumination. The illumination source includes a plurality of LEDs, and an electrical circuit that selectively applies power from the DC voltage source to the LED units, wherein the illumination source is suit... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7114840 | Exit sign illuminated by selective color LEDs An exit sign comprising a housing and a plurality of red and green color LEDs having the capability of being selectively activated to produce either red light or green light. The plurality of LEDs are mounted in a mutual lighting association in the housing. A switch... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7014466 | Primer selection for architectural coatings A method for selecting an architectural primer providing highest chromaticity and color development for a given topcoat color. A primer selection system comprising a plurality of selectable gray shade primers, having the capability to overlay a desired topcoat color... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994559 | Device for the electrical connection of contact pins to connecting pins of a plug-in connector formed from the device A device (10) has a locating face (22) offset laterally with respect to the pilot section (16) and extending substantially tangentially, which, when the pilot section (16) is inserted into a housing hole, interacts with a corresponding lo... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6567009 | Light control type LED lighting equipment An object of the invention is to provide a LED lighting equipment which can be simply perform lighting control of the light by any body and can obtain wide variety of tones in wide range by easy operation. A light control type LED lighting equipment compr... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6567010 | Traffic signal head with multiple LED illumination sources A traffic signal head uses a plurality of LED light sources mounted in one or more containment volumes in a housing. One version uses identical three-color LED light sources distributed through the containment volume: each source having a red light genera... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6072395 | Remote controlled classroom signalling device for behavior control A plurality of lights operated by timers and/or a radio frequency remote control device are used to direct students from one activity to another. The lights are preferably arranged in a housing to resemble a traffic signal, the housing also including elec... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6046679 | Method and indicator light for indicating the wind direction and wind velocity and the air pollution level The indicator light is constituted by a panel supporting juxtaposed and alternating neon tubes of blue, yellow, green and red color, these colors being assigned to the cardinal points north, east, south and west respectively. These tubes have voltage appl... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5619182 | Configurable color selection circuit for choosing colors of multi-colored leds in toys and secondary automotive flasher/brake indicators A multi-colored LED biasing circuit that allows users to selectively choose the colors for a given state or condition. A user will assign by use of switches which color of a multi-colored LED will light on the presence of an electronic signal representing... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5442338 | Miniature telltale module A miniature telltale module which combines a plurality of telltale functions into one unit and provides reduced cost per function. The module uses a miniature rotary actuator, a series of interconnected images and a single light source. The actuator allow... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5412492 | Electro-optical lens assembly A liquid crystal lens assembly that can be used to replace existing color lenses in traffic signals without the need for any special modifications to the traffic signal. The lens assembly utilizes a dichroic liquid crystal mixture that absorbs light when ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5365149 | Apparatus and method for producing a frequency based visual effect A variable lighting apparatus for visually simulating and translating the frequencies present in an input signal to a light, the characteristics of which may be varied in accordance to the properties of the input sound. The lighting apparatus may be fitte... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5097258 | Multicolor display lamp A multicolor display lamp used as a display element of a dot-matrix display device. comprises light sources having different emitting colors arranged in four areas of a square case so that their optical axes are parallel to each other, and an optical syst... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4965564 | Display apparatus with liquid crystal cells, preferably for motor vehicles A display apparatus for use in motor vehicle for displaying measured values, functions status and disturbance indications, and the like comprising at least one liquid crystal cell having areas (A, B) with different coloration of the indications. In order ... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4965561 | Continuously variable color optical device A variable color optical device comprises three light emitting diodes for emitting upon activation light signals of respectively different primary colors and means for blending the light signals to obtain a composite light signal of a composite color. The... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4940973 | Method and apparatus for displaying graphic and alphanumeric data A method and apparatus for displaying the graphic and alphanumeric data of the type utilizing pixel matrix panels with an outside light source. The method comprises reflecting the outside light on a preselected colored surface, rotatably housed within eac... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4845481 | Continuously variable color display device A variable color display device comprises a plurality of display areas arranged in a 7-segment font. Each display area includes at least two light emitting diodes for emitting upon activation light signals of respectively different primary colors and mean... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4794391 | Display matrix incorporating light-conducting fibers and light-occulting shutters A display matrix incorporates optical fibers to transmit light from light sources to the front of the display. An occulting device is associated with an assembly of fibers to modify the character of the light emitted to the front of the matrix, and a devi... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4754272 | Three aspect signalling device using no moving parts A three color aspect light signalling system that displays one color at a time without producing phantom signals. The apparatus utilizes three sources of collimated white light, a filter and two dichroic mirror/filters are used to produce three colored as... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4754202 | Multicolor comparison display A multicolor display is disclosed including a plurality of multicolor display areas arranged in rows and columns for simultaneously displaying two display patterns in a comparative fashion. The two patterns are displayed such that portions that appear onl... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4752771 | Electronic instrument panel In a color liquid crystal type electronic instrument panel, the quantity of light to be radiated from a background light source is changed in accordance with a color to be displayed. The color liquid crystal type electronic instrument panel is of the type... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4734619 | Display device with variable color background A variable color display device includes a plurality of variable color display areas arranged in a pattern and substantially surrounded by a variable color background area. The color of the background area is controlled to be substantially complementary t... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4727353 | Monitor display system A monitor display system for giving warning of the existence of an undesirable state of one or more of a plurality of monitored operating conditions of an engine-powered vehicle. The system comprises a self-contained logic circuit which energizes both mas... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4723119 | Large-sized color display device A display device is disclosed which is capable of providing display image of high quality and resolution without flickering of picture cells and black lines on the image. The display device includes a reflector having a plurality of reflecting openings fo... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4720709 | Color display system utilizing a matrix arrangement of triads A color display system for use in stadiums, arenas or streets has a matrix of three-primary triads of light-emitting elements controlled by electric signals for displaying images, characters, and/or other patterns in colors. The color display system compr... | 01/19/1988 |
| 4665394 | Color selection apparatus The present invention relates to a color selection apparatus for aiding in the selection of colored paints having regard to a preselected color and a particular chromatic relationship. The apparatus, briefly stated, comprises an array of pre-selected colo... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4578672 | Color liquid crystal display device A color liquid crystal display device of the invention has a number of liquid crystal panels (10) which are connected, in matrix form, to one another to provide a large screen, each panel having a plurality of groups of liquid crystal cells (102, 103 and ... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4509046 | Indicating method and apparatus for digitizer menu portions The proposed method comprises a step of indicating the menu portions which must be operated in any processing step in computer processing, wherein the indication is desirably performed by means of light sources of different colors some of which are select... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4464648 | Display panel for aircraft parking Visual displays for aircraft parking, particularly a composite signal light display having red, yellow and green lights and an adjacent parking light display for signalling aircraft alignment or misalignment with respect to an aircraft terminal passenger ... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4399434 | Line indicating apparatus A line indicating apparatus for visually monitoring changes of physical constants or functions occurring in a dynamic process. The apparatus has a plurality of units or modules which are associated with the monitoring of a corresponding plurality of varia... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4384268 | Marine navigation assisting apparatus Two tri-color light emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted in spaced apart relationship and are supplied via a switch with appropriate potentials to illuminate one LED in one color (red) and the other in another color (green) and vice versa to indicate to a b... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4280122 | Optical fibers Free parallel ends of optical fibers are spaced apart between a viewing window of the one way type disposed to provide an inner reflective surface and a rear facing mirror in back of which the fibers are bundled against which light of constantly changing ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4278966 | Visual signaling system A visual signaling system including at least two light sources. Graphic indicators positioned adjacent to the light sources for identifying the light sources. The indicators including codes for identifying a particular light source with which it is associ... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4255737 | Traffic signal with time duration indicator and mechanical synchronization A traffic signal having a four sided housing, each side of which contains red and green areas which can be illuminated. Furthermore, each side contains a rotating semi-circular mask which simultaneously, progressively covers one portion of one of the colo... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4167001 | Stepping switch controlled traffic signal devices A plurality of horizontally extending rows of alternately green and red signal lights are provided in a signal display grid in each of two respective traffic signal devices. Each traffic signal device includes a STOP-GO indicator and a street indicator po... | 09/04/1979 |
| 4056805 | Programmable electronic visual display systems The present invention provides electronic visual display systems which operate on an input signal to provide visual outputs having patterns, colors and motions which may be varied in accordance with a predetermined scheme. The amplitude, tempo and frequen... | 11/01/1977 |
| 3970988 | Conveyor-type traffic signal device A traffic signal device, capable of being suspended from an overhead support, includes red colored and green colored lamps secured to an endless conveyor mounted about a pair of spaced sprocket wheels so as to effect movement of the lamps from the top to ... | 07/20/1976 |
| 3962702 | Optical fiber display device In order to confine radiation from an optical fiber display device within a specified angle, a light-transmitting cone is provided either at the input or output end of a set of fibers. The cone can be solid or constructed of conical fibers. The input can ... | 06/08/1976 |