Silhouette illuminating solar powered regulatory buoy

Abstract

A silhouette illuminating solar powered buoy with a protected illumination source such as a solar lighting unit. The buoy body can be shaped, colored, and formed to various and or necessary buoy standards or regulations. The buoy body has an accessible opening to allow the solar lighting unit to be placed in a manor which allows it to internally illuminate the buoy body. Reflective sticker messages and symbols may be placed on the buoy to convey important information to boaters. When the illumination source is turned on at night, the stickers block the emitting light projected from the buoy body, and thus create a highly visible and legible silhouette image of the message and symbol content. The illuminating buoy and silhouette image of the message and symbol content makes the buoy easily visible at night from all angles and thus adds to the safety of person and watercraft operating at night.

1 . a silhouette illuminating solar powered buoy comprising a body where an embodied illumination source can emit light within said body which illuminates through said body then further emitting and projecting said light outward from said body wherein various stickers may be placed on said body which block said emitting and projecting light to create an area of darkness where said stickers are placed. 
     
     
         2 . a silhouette illuminating solar powered buoy as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said body may be shaped, formed, or colored to comply with standards or necessary buoy requirements and or regulations. 
     
     
         3 . a silhouette illuminating solar powered buoy as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said stickers create a silhouette image on said body at night when said illumination source is on. 
     
     
         4 . a silhouette illuminating solar powered buoy as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said body is formed of opaque light translucent material. 
     
     
         5 . a silhouette illuminating solar powered buoy as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said illumination source and said solar panel are recessed from said body to protect them from collisions said body may encounter. 
     
     
         6 . a silhouette illuminating solar powered buoy as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said illumination source may illuminate different colors. 
     
     
         7 . a silhouette illuminating solar powered buoy as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said illumination source can be steady on or flash to convey maritime flash codes and or morris code. 
     
     
         8 . a silhouette illuminating solar powered buoy as set forth in  claim 1  wherein a solar lighting unit may exist within said body providing a method for said illumination source emitting and projecting said light. 
     
     
         9 . a silhouette illuminating solar powered buoy as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said illumination source is said solar lighting unit, comprising:
 (a.) a solar panel 
 (b.) a storage cell 
 (c.) a circuit board 
 (d.) a light emitting diode 
 (e.) wherein said solar panel is electrically connected to said circuit board which is further electrically connected to said storage cell and said light emitting diode. 
 
     
     
         10 . a silhouette illuminating solar powered buoy as set forth in  claim 1  wherein said solar lighting unit is removable securable to said body and allows serviceability without removing said body from its environment.