Night Light Balls

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-02-16
DE SORT JACK WILLIAM
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[0013]It is an object of the night light ball for the ball to have grip ridges to allow small to large hands to easily grip the ball and throw a spiral. The ridges on a beach ball further give the user a good grip when ball is wet.
[0014]It is an object of the night light ball, when configure

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For many athletic events that require an object to be thrown the play time is limited to daylight hours or when external artificial lighting is available.
While these patents disclose a method that allows the ball to be visible when it is dark, the illumination does not pr

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[0028]FIG. 1 shows an external view of a football. The ball 20 made of self-skinning flexible urethane foam 42, or elastomer. The ball can be formed in a variety of colors or color combinations. The ball 20 has a plurality of grip ridges 41 located around the ball and arranged along the elongated body of the ball 20 or may be arranged in a swirled pattern along the body of the ball 20. A plurality of electroluminescent (EL) lighting elements 30 and 31 are placed in recess of the ball 20. The electroluminescent exist in different colored strips extending from pointed end to pointed end of the football 20. The electroluminescent ribbons 31 and 31 are located in slight recessed to protect the ribbons from being accidentally lifted or peeled from the ball 20. The ball 20 is designed to accommodate the thickness of the electroluminescent wire and has grooves embedded into the skin of the ball 20 to accommodate the wires 30 and 31. The ball 20 works with or without lights, but the object ...

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Improvements in a football and beach ball to allow the balls to be used at night. The illumination from the “EL” lights gives the ball an exciting kaleidoscope of color as it spirals, adding a new and exciting twist to an old game in addition to adding safety to night play. The ball is made of various colored self-skinning flexible urethane foam, or elastomer and has grip ridges between electroluminescent lighting that surrounds ball. The ball is formed with grip ridges to allow small to large hands to easily grip the ball and throw a spiral when wet or dry. At least two different colors of EL lights are equally spaced and glued to the outside of the ball to allow spin on a ball to be more visible. The ball has a compartment that holds a power supply on/off switch and the EL driver.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application Ser. No. 61 / 372,599 filed Aug. 11, 2010 and Provisional Application Ser. No. 61 / 323,783 filed Apr. 13, 2010 the entire contents of which is hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein.STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]Not ApplicableTHE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT[0003]Not ApplicableINCORPORATION-BY-REFERENCE OF MATERIAL SUBMITTED ON A COMPACT DISC[0004]Not ApplicableBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Invention[0005]This invention relates to improvements in illuminated sports equipment. More particularly, the present night light balls includes footballs, baseball, soccer balls, Disks, field markers and gloves with one or more colored electroluminescent (EL) lighting elements.[0006]Description of Related Art including information disclosed under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98:[0007]For many athletic events that require an...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B43/06
CPCA63B43/06A63B67/002A63B71/06A63B2243/007A63B2207/02A63B2225/60A63B71/141A63B2225/74
Inventor DE SORT, JACK WILLIAM
Owner DE SORT JACK WILLIAM
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