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A deployment pack containing a number of electric road flares is provided. The pack is attached to an emergency vehicle. The pack is adapted to deploy a single flare at a time. Each flare includes two, battery-operated, light emitting diodes (LEDs), pulsed at a predetermined rate. Each LED is placed

A deployment pack containing a number of electric road flares is provided. The pack is attached to an emergency vehicle. The pack is adapted to deploy a single flare at a time. Each flare includes two, battery-operated, light emitting diodes (LEDs), pulsed at a predetermined rate. Each LED is placed adjacent reflective material to extend or direct the light pulsing from the LED. The pack provides battery charging means to each electric road flare while contained in the pack interior. The pack also provides means for activating each flare before it is deployed from the pack. Each flare contains two metallic roads providing means for flare retrieval by a magnetic pick-up tool.

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1. An electric road flare kit, comprising: a plurality of electric road flares, each flare comprising: a top edge, a bottom edge, two opposite side edges, an upper planar surface, and an opposite under planar surface, said edges and surfaces defining a flare interior, wherein said upper and under su

1. An electric road flare kit, comprising: a plurality of electric road flares, each flare comprising: a top edge, a bottom edge, two opposite side edges, an upper planar surface, and an opposite under planar surface, said edges and surfaces defining a flare interior, wherein said upper and under surfaces each have an annular central transparent area;wherein said flare interior contains two generally annular, concave reflectors, centrally located, each reflector opening onto a said surface central transparent area;wherein each said reflector has a light emitting diode (LED) positioned at a reflector vertex;wherein said LEDs are electrically connected to a flasher circuit within said flare interior, said flasher circuit adapted to pulse the LEDs at a predetermined rate, said LEDs and flasher circuit being electrically connected through a switch at the flare bottom edge to a rechargeable battery located within said flare interior;wherein the battery also has two leads connected to two external metal elements attached externally to the flare bottom edge, said external metal elements providing means for externally charging the battery;wherein the flare interior also contains two parallel, metallic rods, parallel to and near to said flare opposite side edges, said metallic rods provide means for flare retrieval by a magnetic pick-up tool;a case for holding said plurality of electric road flares, said case being generally rectangular with a pivotal, lid top, a bottom, a rear side, a front side, two opposite sides interconnecting said front and rear sides, said top, bottom and sides defining a case interior, said case front side having a generally rectangular aperture formed therein, said front aperture extending from opposite side to opposite side, near to the bottom toward the top a predetermined distance;wherein said case interior has two parallel conductive strips along one of said opposite sides, extending from near the case bottom toward the case top, each of said conductive strips having an electrical lead attached thereto and extending through an aperture in the case rear side;wherein said case interior has a switch activation strip along the same side as the conductive strips, said switch activation strip being located between said conductive strips and extending from near said case bottom a predetermined distance toward the case top;wherein the case pivotal top has a spring attached thereto, said spring extending downward into the case interior; said spring terminating in a flat element flat element, said case top having a latch mechanism to hold the top lid in closed position;wherein said case interior has two, elongated parallel rotating elements contained therein near to the case bottom, said rotating elements each having a longitudinal axis extending from case side to case side, each said rotating element longitudinal axis being parallel to the case front and rear sides;wherein said case is adapted to hold a plurality of electric road flares within the case interior resting on said rotating elements and held in position by the lid flat element, wherein an electric road flare at a bottom of the stacked flares is adjacent the front side aperture. 2. An electric road flare kit as recited in claim 1, wherein: the case rear has a hitch attachment element fixedly attached thereto, said hitch attachment element adapted to attach said case to a tow hitch on a rear end of an emergency vehicle;the electrical leads from the case attach to a battery in the emergency vehicle. 3. An electric road flare kit as recited in claim 2, wherein: each flare has a generally rectangular shape and is generally flat having a uniform thickness between upper and under surfaces. 4. An electric road flare kit as recited in claim 3, wherein: the rotating element nearest the case rear is free wheeling; andthe rotating element nearest the case front has an electrical drive element electrically connected by a lead interconnected through the case rear to said emergency vehicle. 5. An electric road flare kit as recited in claim 4, wherein: each flare is positioned in the case interior so that a flare bottom edge is positioned against the case opposite side with the conductive strips, wherein the flare bottom edge metal elements are electrically engaged with the conductive strips, wherein each flare battery receives a charge from the emergency vehicle battery through the electrical leads and conductive strips. 6. An electric road flare kit as recited in claim 5, wherein: the rotating element with the electrical drive element is adapted to sliding a bottom most flare out through the case front aperture onto an emergency site;wherein the switch activation strip is adapted to activating a flare switch before a flare is ejected from the case.