Visibility-enhancing belt for use by cyclists, pedestrians etc.

摘要

The visibility-enhancing device, for use by cyclists, horse riders, runners and other pedestrians etc., has a housing 1 comprising an illuminable display panel, a location for a power supply 8 for the panel and a stowage means 9 for stowing a belt 4 for securing the device around the waist of a user, with the stowage means acting so that the belt can be moved between a deployed configuration where it is substantially outside the housing and a stowed configuration where it is located substantially within the housing. The stowage means preferably comprises a spring-loaded reel that urges the belt in to the housing. The display panel may be formed using incandescent bulbs 7 or light emitting diodes, is connected to the power supply via a switch 6 and may include retro-reflective material 2. The belt may be luminous and the housing may include a clip with which the housing can be secured to a belt etc. when not in use. The belt may be deployed from a single side of the housing and have its free end secured to a securing mechanism 5 which forms part of the housing or alternatively the belt may be deployed simultaneously from opposite sides of the housing with both free ends including inter-engaging securing mechanisms with which they may be secured together. The panel may not be lite but instead be purely reflective.