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That's a great idea. There's much more
surface area on a biker's back than you could
ever place on a little tail light.
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Plain Awesome! I need one!, perfect since I
don't usually wear a backpack.
I'd suggest you cast the LillyPad in some
paraffin wax in order to protect it from the
elements... its melt point is much lower than
that of the components and so you'll be able
to easily remove the wax by heating the board
in a oven at around 60°C for a few seconds.
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Wow! Perhaps put that on a reflective jacket?
How do you operate it? RF?
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that's a great idea !
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Wouldn't it be easier to make a small
umbilical cord in the jacket to connect right
to the bike's normal blinker lines? maybe on
a jack that cuts out the normal blinkers when
the jacket's plugged in so they still blink
at the normal rate? Is this wireless? What
does the lilypad do?
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Very cool! Although, something like this
already exists. Coincidentally, we also
happen to own the patent.
US Patent No. 6,834,395
Check it out and feel free to contact me if
you have any questions :)
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Cool.
 Looked up your patent. I'd love to see
photos of your implementation, too.
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riquif: I read your patent.
You have got nothing, nothing and more
nothing on this jacket, and you damn well
know it. Troll somewhere else.
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riquif: If you wanted to just "put it
out there" and phrase it without the implication, you could have done so.
I didn't call you a troll, I just called
out your particularly fine example of subtle
trolling-- You don't need to make this
personal, and if you want to discuss this
further, let's do it privately, please.
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That is so cool!
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riquif: If you weren't trying to assert some
claim to the idea, you chose a poor way to
introduce yourself.
I'd have said (were I in your position) ,
something along the lines of "that's
cool, co-incidentally there's already
something like this on the market."
It was the inclusion of, "we also
happen to own the patent", which raised
hackles (I, who have no dog in this fight,
took it much as oskay did). It implied that
this jacket was infringing your patent, and
the creator was at risk of legal action if
she should try to market it.
That may not have been your intent, but the
use of "we" and the "feel free
to contact me if you have any
questions," certainly gave the
appearance of a sort of restrictive
injunction.
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very cool! I want one!
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I would sugest, lower on the back for
bent-over roadies. Cool idea.
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I looked at the patent as well.
It seems overly broad, and I think that it
would be a interesting proposition to see
which set of lawyers would be granted payment
of fees from the other side.
Especially since the patent claims that the
garment is meant as a "novelty, "
and not as a workable and utility garment.
One of the problems with the current
administration is that they have consistently
kept underfunding the patent office, so that
items that are overly broad, nebulous, with
no working prototype and clearly conflicting
with prior art, have been granted patents.
The patent office has been constrained to
award the patents, and are counting on the
courts to actually do the determination of
prior claim.
I also seem to recall seeing gimmicked turn
signals on bicycle-rider jackets in the
1960s. I also have see a good number of
people at MIT who have arranged LEDs into
signboards woven into their garments over the
years.
There is also the determination that a
patent is invalid if the idea is really only
.trivially non-obvious.
And I don't think this would patent would
pass the smell test.
Now, if you had actually been marketing a
working garment, you might have had a case
under trade dress restrictions, if you had
bothered to trademark the look-and-feel.
If not, bye bye.
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genius!
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...siempre he pensado que las señaleticas,
reflectantes o luces que pide la ley de
transito pueden ir incorporadas a la ropa del
ciclista... inclusive un simple gorro puede
llevar una luz intermitente atras... pero la
ley no valida esto aquí en Chile a menos que
se cambie, muy interesante y creativa esta
propuesta...
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Hola, soy el administrador de un grupo
llamado Facilidades para ciclistas y peatones y nos encantaría agregar tu foto al grupo.
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Quiero 7 !!
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Can't believe you didn't decide to call it
TurnCoat! Sheesh!
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"Turn Coat" Ha ha! Brilliant!
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I like it ;-)
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crmcdonough1952, the patent says
"novel" not "novelty".
That said, it seems like #6,558,016 would be
more applicable.
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I want everyone to stop arguing over patent
law long enough to tell me who is planning to
sell me some of these :)
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you have to make your own ;-)
www.cs.colorado.edu/~buechley/LilyPad/index.h
tml
I'll post plans as soon as I get a chance.
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tutorial now up here:
www.cs.colorado.edu/~buechley/LilyPad/build/t
urn_signal_j...
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