Abstract: A backlighted display system includes a liquid crystal display, a flat light guide behind the display, and light emitting diodes (LED's). The light guide is a molded slab of clear polycarbonate material with two planes depressed into its rear surface. Four segmented bordering surfaces are approximately arcuate in shape. The depressed planes, the segmented bordering surfaces, and the rear surface are coated with a reflective white paint. LED holders are integrally molded with the light guide. A central portion of the front surface is optionally textured. The display system provides thin construction with even light distribution across the width of the display, low power consumption, and good outdoor visibility at dusk or dawn.

Abstract: The light-emitting electronic jewelry of the invention includes a base item of jewelry having a light emitter and at least one light sensor mounted thereon and connected in an electrical circuit with other circuit elements which coact to intermittently interrupt the emission of light from the light emitter in response to changes in ambient light intensity sensed by the light sensor. Preferably a pair of light sensors are connected in series with the output to the light producing circuit taken between them.

Abstract: Bridal headdress apparatus includes a frame portion, a fastening portion, a supporting portion, an illuminating portion, a diffusing portion, a power supplying portion and a circuitry portion. The frame portion includes a face section formed with spaced generally parallel horizontal elongated upper and lower peripheral sections with end sections extending between the horizontal sections. The fastening portion includes at least one securing member extending from the lower horizontal section. The supporting portion includes an intermediate section extending between the horizontal upper and lower sections. The illuminating portion includes a plurality of spaced miniature incandescent lamps disposed along the length of the supporting portion. The diffusing portion includes a semi-transparent membrane over the lamps with the membrane being disposed on the side of the lamps adjacent the face section of the frame portion.

Abstract: A battery-powered, self-contained lighted novelty item incorporates a removable face plate. A square, transparent area formed on the center of the face plate is superimposed over a prism shaped lens within the novelty item. An electrical circuit including a light emitting diode is included within the novelty item to illuminate the transparent area on the face plate. A design or figure applied to the face plate, and in particular to the transparent area on the center of the face plate, will be illuminated when the electrical circuit is completed and the light emitting diode is energized.

Abstract: An electroluminescence visual device which works on the principle that when liquid mercury rollably moves along the smooth surface of glass is an partially evacuated atmosphere the mercury will emit flashes of light. This effect is intensified by the replacement of air with gaseous helium to increase the production of photons. The embodiments resulting take the form of flashing pendant earrings, flashing drumsticks, illuminated spheres and hemispheres and decorative blisters. The faster the relative motion of the mercury the more intense the light emitted. This light may be used for decorative purposes of for emergency illumination.

Abstract: A light-emitting novelty device having a heart-shaped convex-concave, light transmitting cover; a flat rear cover; and an electrical circuit including a lamp, a battery, and a momentary switch for turning on the lamp as long as the switch is continuously manually activated and turning off the lamp as the activation is discontinued.

Abstract: An illuminating earring includes a light-emitting diode (LED) mounted on a base. A battery-containing case is electrically and mechanically connected to the base through a hollow shaft and conductor coaxial arrangement dimensioned to pass through a hole in a pierced ear so that current flow between the LED and the batteries takes place only through the hole in the ear when the earring is worn and operational.

Abstract: A charm carries a battery operated light, which may be turned on and off.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrical earring for use on a pierced ear. The arrangement comprises a portable, electrical power source connected to a load by a pair of electrical connectors. The arrangement is such that one of the electrical connectors is adapted to project through the earlobe to both close the electrical circuit and, in co-operation with the power source, provide a clip to secure the earring in place on the ear.

Abstract: An ornamental article of jewelry having an internally lighted pendant housing suspended from a necklace or bracelet for free irregular movement with body movement of the wearer. The internally lighted pendant housing encloses small batteries at the bottom and thereabove a low current demand light emitting structure that is subject to intermittent jiggled tilting to complete the battery-light circuit.

Abstract: Light emitting electronic jewelry, an earring for example, includes an earring post having a light emitting diode supported thereon. The diode is connected in an electrical circuit including a battery means. In one form of the invention, the electrical circuit includes an integrated circuit and a capacitor electrically connected between the integrated circuit and light emitting diode such that the diode is caused to flash on and off. In another form of the invention, the electrical circuit includes a mercury switch electrically connected between the diode and battery so as to make and break the electrical connection therebetween in response to movements of the wearer. The battery and electrical circuit components may be supported within a casing suspended from the earring post.

Abstract: Ornamental articles of jewelry having a battery-light circuit extending through an articulating electrically conductive material interconnect link such as an ornamental multi-linked chain subject to intermittent circuit opening and closing with body movement.

Abstract: The method and apparatus for producing ornamental lighting displays utilizing electronic circuitry in the nature of a commutator which responds to binary signals produced from a plurality of orderly and/or random sources of energy and functions to illuminate one or more light sources depending on the binary combinations produced by the energy sources. The light sources may be light emitting diodes or other light sources depending on the power available and may be arranged in a variety of ornamental patterns.

Abstract: Disclosed herewith is a new necklace pendant combination of illuminated jewelry.

Abstract: Illuminated jewelry, such as an earring, is disclosed having a light emitting diode (LED) attached to a hearing aid type battery and a clip or like structure for attaching the jewelry to the wearer. The LED is attached to the battery by soldering the anode lead to the positive terminal and forming the cathode lead in such a manner that it bears against the negative battery terminal. The LED is thus normally on, and is turned off by inserting an insulating storage card between the cathode lead and the negative terminal.

Abstract: A novelty button is provided with electronic circuitry comprising an oscillator, a switch and a battery connected to the input terminals of the oscillator and two (2) light-emitting diodes connected to the output terminals of the oscillator. The circuitry is enclosed within a housing having apertures therein through which the light-emitting diodes and the switch extend. The two (2) light-emitting diodes form the eyes of a facial design provided on the housing which when activated by the circuitry appear to repeatively wink or blink.

Abstract: A piece of jewelry which comprises an elongated length of fiberoptic material, prewound into a multilooped coil and cut at one radial point, each open end of the loop being clamped to a shell containing a source of illumination in such manner that the cut ends of the various loops are exposed to the source of illumination, whereupon the individual loops extending from the shell are cut at varying lengths to present a jewelry piece, which clings to the wearer by reason of the prewound stresses in the loops, and which emits multiple dots of light as the light is transmitted through the fiberoptic material to the unclamped ends thereof.

Abstract: A piece of jewelry for indicating mood and usable as a pendant or the like in the form of a miniature traffic light having three apertures of substantially the same size spaced in vertical alignment with one another and having a cylindrical inner surface. A carrier having a mating cylindrical surface is fitted inside of the housing. The carrier includes three vertically stacked sections colored red, amber and green which are relatively movable with respect to the housing and indexably arranged for selective individual viewing through the respective top, middle and bottom apertures. For moving the carrier it has an operator which extends through the housing for convenient fingertip manipulation to a color condition which depends upon the mood of the wearer. In the preferred embodiment of the invention the selected color is brought into register with the corresponding aperture by peripheral shifting, whereas in an alternate embodiment the desired color is brought into a condition of register by axial shifting.

Abstract: A flexible lighting strip including a circuit of modular construction formed thereon, light emitting diodes connected to said circuit, and the circuit being connectable to control circuitry which provides selected energization to said circuit and the light emitting diodes for effecting a moving light display.

Abstract: An article of jewelry consists of first and second lengths of electrically conductive wire with a light emitting diode connected across a first set of the free ends of the wire lengths. A restraining diode is connected across the lengths of wire in close proximity to but inwardly of the first set of free ends. The restraining diode is electrically connected in opposition to the current flow through the light emitting diode. A linear integrated oscillator circuit and a low voltage power source are connected across the other set of free ends of the lengths of wire to provide the flashing circuit for the light emitting diode.

Abstract: There are disclosed herein various forms of ornamental devices such as jewelry and the like, including a plurality of light sources, the light sources being illuminated in a random or substantially random fashion. An exemplary belt buckle is illustrated, including a circle of light sources of two different colors. Several suitable electronic circuits for driving the sources are disclosed, and any one of the circuits can be physically attached to or form an integral part of the ornamental device. Each circuit includes one or more oscillators along with logic elements, such as logic gates and/or registers, for providing electrical signals for turning on and turning off the light sources. Typically, the light sources are light emitting diodes. In one particularly useful form of circuit disclosed herein, the light sources are turned on and off one at a time in a random fashion and the frequency of the on/off cycle varies.

Abstract: An illuminated display is presented on an ornamental article through a lens carried by the article. The article has a case in which the lens is mounted which contains a miniature incandescent lamp adjacent to the lens providing the light for illuminating the display. The case also defines a battery compartment configured to hold a miniature electric battery which provides the energy for illuminating the lamp. The case also has mounted therein an externally accessible switch for selectively energizing and de-energizing the lamp.

Abstract: A new article of jewelry such as a pendant with a necklace for being worn around a person's neck, the pendant including an ornamental case containing a dry cell battery and switch in circuit with one or more incandescent lamps each with its own blinker circuit breaker, the lamps being behind variously colored lens on a front side of the case so that when the switch is closed various colored lights are intermittently flashed producing a pyschodelic effect.

Abstract: An ornamental finger ring consists of a transparent cylindrical body having a colored liquid center, an incandescent light, a battery and a switch for causing illumination of the ring.

Abstract: An assembly for causing a piece of jewelry to emit a flashing light in which a miniature circuit board has a pair of sockets presenting spaced pin-receiving openings. Cooperating with the openings is a jewelry mounting plate having a light-emitting diode mounted on the face thereof and having a pair of sharp stiff pins of small diameter connected to the diode and spaced to coincide with the socket openings. Mounted upon the circuit board is a module in the form of an integrated oscillator circuit having its input connected to a battery and its output connected to the sockets. The sockets provide frictional retention of the pins so that upon entry of the pins into the sockets, with a layer of clothing in between, the circuit board and mounting plate are mutually captive, with the pins completing a circuit between the light-emitting diode and the output of the oscillator for periodic flashing. The piece of jewelry is mounted upon the mounting plate integrated with the light-emitting diode.

Abstract: This invention provides an article of chemiluminescent jewelry, preferably having provision for separately releasably sealed compartments containing chemiluminescent components or replacement means for replaceably providing a chemiluminescent material.