KR20200001939U - Necklace type lantern - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a necklace-type lantern. The present invention is a body that can be hung on the neck of the human body because a part of the body is opened; A battery mounted inside the main body; A plurality of lighting heads each connected to the battery and having a plurality of LEDs and a light-transmitting cover; And a flexible connection means that connects a plurality of lighting heads to both ends of the main body and can be bent and unfolded in an arbitrary direction. The lighting head consists of a diffused illumination head that has a convex lens to diffuse the light irradiated from the LED, and a condensing illumination head that condenses the light irradiated from the LED with a concave lens. Can be used. Each lighting head has a switch and operates independently. The battery is configured in a rechargeable type, and may be provided with a charging socket for connecting the charging means to the main body.
In the present invention, since the lantern can be easily hung around the user's neck, the degree of freedom of both hands can be maximized, and the irradiation direction can be adjusted freely to a desired position in any direction without regard to the position, and it can be accurately illuminated.

Description

Necklace type lantern{NECKLACE TYPE LANTERN}

The present invention relates to a lantern, and more specifically, by allowing the lantern to be easily used by hanging it around the user's neck, it is possible to maximize the degree of freedom of both hands, as well as to the desired location regardless of the location to be illuminated. It relates to a necklace-type lantern that can accurately illuminate by freely adjusting the irradiation direction.

As is well known, lanterns are used to brightly illuminate nighttime or dark places where light is blocked, and are widely used in a wide range of areas throughout society ranging from daily life as well as various leisure activities and industrial sites.

Such lanterns include, for example, flashlights mainly used in everyday life, camping lanterns for use in outdoor activities such as camping or fishing, head lanterns suitable for use in night work or fire sites in industrial sites, etc. There are many types and types of things available.

Flashlights are most commonly used because of the advantage of being able to freely and accurately illuminate any place to be illuminated, but in order to use them, they must be held with one hand, which is not only quite inconvenient, but also causes many restrictions on the user's behavior.

In particular, if you do any work outdoors at night, you cannot work efficiently because you have to rely only on the other hand except for the hand holding the flashlight, and there is no fear of occurrence of a safety accident.

Most camping lanterns are hung on the ceiling or mounted on a specific object, so both hands can be used freely. However, it is difficult not only to reliably illuminate a place to be illuminated, but also to illuminate a place outside the corresponding illumination area, it must be newly mounted.

In addition, for example, when walking at night, like a flashlight, there is a problem that must be gripped by hand, and it is difficult to grip it than a flashlight due to the structure.

On the other hand, the head lantern is used in a way that is integrally fixed to a firefighting helmet, for example, or worn on a helmet or head by a fixed band. As both hands can be used freely, it is very suitable for night work or night hiking in industrial sites. It is being used usefully.

However, in such a head lantern, it is difficult to clearly illuminate a desired position because the lighting is only illuminated from the front of the user's forehead, and there is an inconvenience in that the body or head must be turned in the direction to be illuminated.

In particular, in order to illuminate the lower part of a short distance, even if the head is lowered, there may be cases where it is not possible to accurately illuminate the desired place due to the nature of the human body.

In Patent Document 1, in order to solve the problems of the lanterns as described above, the entire light emitting part by an LED, the concentrated light emitting part by the concave lens, and the extended light emitting part by the convex lens are provided together and can be selectively used as needed. In addition, a multi-purpose head lantern has been proposed that can be used by being hung through a hook and a fastening screw groove or fixed to a tripod, as well as being able to accurately illuminate a desired direction by having a fastener at the rear side.

By the way, this Patent Document 1 contains several problems as follows.

First, since the centralized light emitting unit and the extended light emitting unit are provided on the left and right of the central part of the front, the central part of the lighting spot is relatively dark compared to the peripheral part when the entire light emitting part is illuminated, so the lighting effect is not good.

Second, the extended light-emitting unit is intended to illuminate the widest possible range by diffusing the light so that the illumination spot is formed as wide as possible, but it is composed of only a small part of the entire light-emitting unit, so it cannot actually perform its function. It acts as a cause that only drives up cost.

Third, it is possible to illuminate the desired position to some extent by the angle adjustment function, but it is also insufficient to freely illuminate the desired position because the angle can be adjusted only in the vertical direction while attached to the helmet or the user's head. .

Fourth, the configuration is quite complex, and it is not free from the troublesome problem of having to provide various accessories such as fasteners, bands, and clips, and the pressure of cost increase.

) Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1719271

The present invention was devised in consideration of the above-described problems in the related art, and the lantern can be easily hung on the user's neck, thus maximizing the degree of freedom of both hands, and the irradiation direction can be freely moved to the desired position regardless of the position. Its purpose is to provide a necklace-type lantern that can be accurately illuminated while adjusting.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a necklace-type lantern that can illuminate a wide area or focus a specific location as needed, and that can illuminate a large area while at the same time clearly intensively illuminating a part of the area. To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a necklace-type lantern that can be easily hung on the ceiling or used by being mounted on the floor without a separate binding means, and can be easily gripped and used by hand if necessary.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a necklace-type lantern that has a very simple structure and is easy to manufacture, as well as cost reduction.

A necklace-type lantern according to the present invention in order to achieve these objects includes: a body that can be hung on the neck of the human body by opening a part of the body; A battery mounted inside the main body; A plurality of lighting heads each connected to the battery and having a plurality of LEDs and a light-transmitting cover; It characterized in that it comprises a; flexible (flexible) connecting means that connects a plurality of lighting heads to both ends of the main body, and is bent and unfolded in an arbitrary direction.

According to such a preferred feature of the present invention, the lighting head may be a diffusing lighting head that has a convex lens to diffuse the light irradiated from the LED, or a concave lens to condense the light irradiated from the LED. It may be a condensing illumination head that makes it possible.

Or according to a preferred feature of the present invention, one of the lighting heads is a diffused lighting head that has a convex lens to diffuse the light irradiated from the LED, and the other is provided with a concave lens and is irradiated from the LED. It consists of a condensing lighting head that condenses light and can be used for any purpose.

Accordingly, it is preferable that the plurality of lighting heads each have a switch and operate independently.

According to another preferred feature of the present invention, the flexible connecting means is composed of a spiral metal tube that can be freely bent and unfolded by processing a metal strip in a spiral shape, and a flexible synthetic resin coating covering the outside of the metal tube, and the battery and It can also function as a wire path connecting the LEDs provided in the lighting head.

According to another preferred feature of the present invention, the battery is configured as a rechargeable, and a charging socket for connecting a charger to the main body may be provided.

Here, as the rechargeable battery, a lithium-ion battery that is light, high-capacity, and easy to charge may be used.

In addition, it is preferable that the lantern body has an approximately horseshoe shape to be easily hung on the user's neck.

According to such a necklace-type lantern according to the present invention, the main body of the lantern is configured in a horseshoe shape, so it can be easily hung on the user's neck, so both hands can be used freely, and the lighting head that irradiates light is connected flexibly. Since it is connected to the body by means, it is possible to accurately illuminate while freely adjusting the irradiation direction to any desired position regardless of the position.

Therefore, regardless of the purpose of use, the convenience of use of the lantern is greatly improved, and, for example, an increase in work efficiency can be expected during night work.

In particular, as a plurality of lighting heads are provided, each consists of a diffused lighting head that diffuses light and a condensing lighting head that concentrates light, and each operates independently. It is selective to illuminate a wide range or focus a specific location depending on the purpose. Can be used as

In addition, if necessary, it is possible to illuminate a large area while simultaneously illuminating a part of the area more clearly, as well as illuminating several locations at the same time.

In addition, since the main body of the necklace-type lantern according to the present invention has a horseshoe shape, it can be easily hung on the ceiling or used without a separate binding means, or can be used by mounting it on the floor, and it can accurately illuminate the desired location.If necessary, it can be held by hand. It is also fairly easy to use.

In addition, the structure is very simple compared to the conventional lantern, so it is not only easy to manufacture, but also has the advantage of reducing manufacturing cost accordingly.

1 is a perspective view showing a necklace-type lantern according to the present invention,
2 is a partially enlarged plan view of a necklace-type lantern according to the present invention,
3 is a partially enlarged side view taken along line III of FIG. 2;
Figure 4 is a plan view showing the removal of the upper casing from the body of the necklace-type lantern according to the present invention,
5 is a cross-sectional view of a diffused illumination head taken along line V-V of FIG. 2;
6 is a cross-sectional view of the condensing illumination head taken along the line VI-VI of FIG. 2.

These specific features and other advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the description of the following preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIGS. 1 to 6, the necklace-type lantern 1 according to the present invention includes a main body 10 that can be hung on a user's neck, a battery 20 mounted inside the main body 10, and a light It is configured to include two lighting heads 30 to irradiate the light, and a flexible connector 50 for connecting the two lighting heads 30 to the main body 10.

The main body 10 may be of any shape as long as it can be hung on the neck of the human body, and, for example, a part of the body is opened as shown to take the shape of a horseshoe to facilitate hanging on the neck of the human body. Accordingly, the necklace-type lantern 1 of the present invention greatly improves the convenience of use by allowing the user to freely use both hands.

The main body 12 may be made of a synthetic resin material, and may be composed of an upper casing 11 and a lower casing 12 that are mutually assembled so that the battery 20 or the like can be easily mounted therein. The upper and lower casings 11 and 12 are provided with a plurality of fastening bosses 13 and 14 and may be integrally assembled by screws 15.

Inside the main body 12, a plurality of baffles (16) for providing a space for accommodating the battery 20 are formed at intervals, and a circuit board (PCB: 19) for driving the lantern 1 on one side Is fitted.

The circuit board 19 may be provided with a charging socket 19a through which an external charger (not shown) can be connected for charging the battery 20 configured as a rechargeable type as described later. Accordingly, a charging slot 17 is provided on one side of the main body 10 to correspond to the charging socket 19a of the circuit board 19.

On the other hand, such a main body 10 is to hang on the neck of the human body, it would be desirable to be designed ergonomically so as not to strain the human body when worn. To this end, both sides of the bottom of the lower casing 12 of the main body 10 may have concave portions 18 having a predetermined curvature so that they can be comfortably seated on the trapezius of the shoulder.

The battery 20 may be stably mounted between the baffles 16 provided in the main body 10, and connected to the circuit board 19 and each of the lighting heads 30 and 40 by wires 21, respectively. Supply the necessary power to

Preferably, the battery 20 used in the present invention may be configured as a rechargeable type that can be charged by simply receiving necessary power from the outside. The rechargeable battery 20 may be adopted in various ways, and it would be preferable to be composed of a lithium ion battery that is light and has a large capacity and is easy to charge.

Since two lighting heads 30 and 40 are provided, they may be formed of only the same lighting type or different lighting types. To this end, one lighting head 30 is composed of a diffused lighting head that diffuses the irradiated light to the surroundings, and the other lighting head 40 is a concentrated lighting head that concentrates the irradiated light to the central part. It is configured and can be appropriately selected and used depending on the purpose of use of the lantern 1.

As shown in FIG. 5, the light diffusion type illumination head 30 includes an LED module 33 inside the cylindrical housing 31 with an open top, and a plurality of convex lenses 34 in the opening of the housing 31. ) Is provided with a light-transmitting cover 32 arranged in a predetermined shape.

The housing 31 and the transparent cover 32 may be integrally assembled with each other by screwing or adhesive bonding.

The convex lens 34 may be configured and mounted separately, but it may be desirable to be integrally configured when forming the transparent cover 32 made of a transparent synthetic resin material.

On the upper surface of the LED module 33, a plurality of LEDs 35 are arranged to correspond to the convex lens 34 of the transparent cover 32, and operate by receiving power from the battery 20. Preferably, a switch 36 for individually turning on/off the LED module 33 may be provided together with the lower surface of the LED module 33.

The operation button (36a) of the switch (36) is drawn out through the button hole (31b) formed in the housing (31). Accordingly, it may be preferable that a button cap 37 made of a flexible material such as rubber or silicone is provided in the button hole 31b of the housing 31.

In addition, it may be preferable that a light blocking fence 38 for properly blocking light irradiated from the LED module 33 is provided at a predetermined height around a part of the circumference of the housing 31 located on the main body 10 side. This is to prevent excessive glare caused by light irradiated from directly under the user's face to the front, etc. due to the characteristic of the lantern 1 of the present invention being hung on the user's neck.

Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 6, the condensing type lighting head 40 also includes an LED module 43 in the cylindrical housing 41 with an open top, and a plurality of concave lenses in the opening of the housing 41. It includes a light-transmitting cover 42 arranged in a predetermined shape (44).

The housing 41 and the transparent cover 42 may also be integrally assembled with each other by screwing or adhesive bonding.

The concave lens 44 may also be separately configured and mounted, but it may be desirable to be integrally configured when forming the transparent cover 42 made of a transparent synthetic resin material.

On the upper surface of the LED module 43, a plurality of LEDs 45 are arranged to correspond to the concave lens 44 of the light-transmitting cover 42, and operate by receiving power from the battery 20. Preferably, a switch 46 for individually turning on/off the LED module 43 may also be provided on the lower surface of the LED module 43.

The operation button 46a of the switch 46 is drawn out through a button hole 41b formed in the housing 41. Accordingly, it may be preferable that a button cap 47 made of a flexible material such as rubber or silicone is provided in the button hole 41b of the housing 41.

And, like the light diffusion type lighting head 30, a light blocking fence 48 is provided at a predetermined height on a part of the circumference of the housing 41 located on the main body 10 side to properly block the light irradiated from the LED module 43. It may be desirable to be. It goes without saying that this is also to prevent excessive glare caused by light irradiated from directly under the user's face to the front, etc., due to the characteristic that the lantern 1 of the present invention is hung on the user's neck.

Here, it has been described that the lighting heads 30 and 40 of the present invention are provided with both a diffusing type and a condensing type illumination head, but this is for illustrative purposes only, and the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, both of the two lighting heads 30 and 40 may be configured as a light diffusion type or a light condensing type, and this may be appropriately selected as necessary.

The flexible connector 50 is a coating made of a flexible synthetic resin material on the outer periphery of the flexible metal tube 51 that can be freely bent and unfolded in an arbitrary direction by spirally processing a band-shaped metal plate as shown enlarged in FIG. 2 ( 52) can be achieved. As shown in the operating state (refer to the arrow) of the flexible connector 50 in FIG. 3, when the user bends the flexible connector 50 in a desired direction and angle, the flexible connector 50 maintains its shape, and as a result, the desired direction As a result, light irradiation by each of the lighting heads 30 and 40 becomes possible.

Accordingly, the necklace-type lantern 1 of the present invention can easily adjust the irradiation direction of the lighting heads 30 and 40 so that each lighting head 30 and 40 can accurately illuminate a desired arbitrary position.

And since the flexible connector 50 has a tube shape, an electric wire 21 connecting each of the lighting heads 30 and 40 to the battery 20 and the circuit board 19 is connected through the inside of the flexible connector 50. You can easily connect.

10: main body 11, 12: upper and lower casing
17: charging slot 18: recess
19: circuit board 19a: charging socket
20: battery 21: wire
30, 40: Diffusion type and condensing type lighting head
31, 41: housing 32, 42: flood cover
33, 43: LED module 34: convex lens
35: 45: LED 36, 46: switch
37: button cap 38, 48: shading fence
44: concave lens 50: flexible connector
51: flexible metal tube 52: synthetic resin coating

Claims (5)

The body is partially opened so that the body can be hung on the neck of the human body;
A battery mounted inside the main body;
A plurality of lighting heads each connected to the battery and having a plurality of LEDs and a light-transmitting cover;
And a flexible connecting means that connects the plurality of lighting heads to both ends of the main body and is bent and unfolded in an arbitrary direction. The method of claim 1,
The illumination head comprises a convex lens to diffuse light irradiated from the LED, and a condensing illumination head to condense light irradiated from the LED by providing a concave lens. Necklace type lantern, characterized in that. The method of claim 2,
The lighting head is a necklace-type lantern, characterized in that each provided with a switch to operate independently. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The flexible connecting means comprises a spiral metal tube that can be freely bent and unfolded by processing a metal strip in a spiral shape, and a flexible synthetic resin coating that surrounds the outside of the metal tube to serve as a wire passage. Lantern. The method of claim 1,
The battery is composed of a rechargeable, and a necklace-type lantern, characterized in that provided with a charging socket for connecting the charging means to the main body.

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