Intermittently and selectively illuminated ball

• US 3,304,651 A
• Filed: 04/23/1964
• Issued: 02/21/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Herman F. Deyerl
• Original Assignee: Herman F. Deyerl
• Inventors: Deyerl, Herman F.
• Application Number:
  US04/362,009
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• US Class Current: 446/439
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/12 specially adapted for children
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/06 with illuminating devices ; with reflective surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/802 Position or condition responsive switch
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/809 Terrestrial globe

Claims

1. AN INTERMITTENTLY ILLUMINATING DEVICE COMPRISING A HOLLOW HOUSING HAVING SECTIONS WITH LIGHT TRANSMITTING PROPERTIES IN ITS OUTER SURFACE, PARTITIONS WITHIN SAID HOUSING SEPARATELY ENCLOSING EACH OF SAID SECTIONS AND DEFINING WITH SAID SECTIONS A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE ENCLOSURES, ELECTRIC LAMPS POSITIONED IN EACH OF SAID ENCLOSURES, A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY CARRIED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, A MERCURY SWITCH DEVICE SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, AND ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT MEANS SEPARATELY INTERCONNECTING SAID SOURCE WITH EACH OF SAID LAMPS RESPECTIVELY THROUGH SEPARATE PAIRS OF SPACED CONTACTS IN SAID SWITCH DEVICE, SAID SWITCH DEVICE INCLUDING A CLOSED CASING IN WHICH A GLOBULE OF MERCAURY CAN MOVE FREELY, SAID PAIRS OF SPACED ELECTRICAL CONTACTS EXTENDING INTO SAID CASING AND BEING ADAPTED TO BE BRIDGED SELECTIVELY BY SAID GLOBULE OF MERCURY FOR SELECTIVELY ENERGIZING THE LAMP ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRIDGED PAIR OF CONTACTS.