Luminous toy

• US 4,208,701 A
• Filed: 03/10/1978
• Issued: 06/17/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Schock B. Dwain
• Original Assignee: Schock B. Dwain
• Inventors: Schock, B. Dwain
• Primary Examiner(s): Tudor, Harold J.
• Application Number:
  US05/885,338
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• Field of Search: 362/103, 362/32, 362/120, 362/252, 362/806, 362/810, 362/811, 362/102, 362/202, 46/228, 46/227, 46/229, 40/555, 40/563, 313/113
• US Class Current: 362/202
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/009 Toy swords or similar toy weapons; Toy shields
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 2/00 Systems of electric lighting devices systems employing both electric and non-electric light sources or exchangeable light sources F21L27/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/806 Ornamental or decorative

Abstract

A luminous toy, including a light source and an elongated hollow member formed of translucent material extending therefrom for receiving light longitudinally through the member, and an elongated sinuous strip of light-reflecting material mounted interiorly of the member in position for receiving and reflecting light from the source.

Claims

1. A luminous toy comprising:

a light source;

an elongated hollow member having a translucent side wall connected at one end to said light source for transmission of light longitudinally through said member; and

an elongated sinuous strip of light-reflecting material mounted interiorly and longitudinally of said member and having at least one substantially complete and substantially wall-to-wall cyclic undulation whereby incident light rays from said source will be reflected at a multiplicity of angles through said side wall.

2. The toy of claim 1, said strip having a plurality of said cyclic undulations.

3. The device of claim 2, said strip comprising a length of translucent plastic material having metallic light-reflecting particles thereon.

4. The toy of claim 3,

said member being of conical shape having its larger normally proximal end connected to said source;

and

a plug mounted in and closing the smaller normally distal end of said member, said plug having in internally projecting tongue securing the distal end of said strip.

5. The device of claim 4, said light source having a tubular battery-receiving housing providing a rigid handle for said toy and having an externally threaded end, and a parabolic light reflector mounted internally of said housing with its axis co-incident with the axis of said chamber and having an outer rim extending to adjacent said housing end;

and

the larger end of said member being internally threaded for threaded connection to said housing end and having an internal flange confining said reflector rim between said flange and housing end.