Electronic wand

• US 4,282,681 A
• Filed: 11/30/1979
• Issued: 08/11/1981
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert E. Mccaslin
• Original Assignee: Robert E. Mccaslin
• Inventors: McCaslin, Robert E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Application Number:
  US06/099,186
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 46/229, 46/228, 46/227, 46/226, 46/232, 200/DIG. 1, 200/DIG. 2, 307/157, 307/116, 362/295, 362/802, 340/321, 340/331, 272/8 N, 272/8 R, 84/477 B, 324/62
• US Class Current: 446/484
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2452 as a signal
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2477 Tone generators, oscillators
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2494 Battery, e.g. dry cell
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2250/265 by skin resistance
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/24 Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for video games A63F13/00; computerized gaming systems G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/26 Magnetic or electric toys electric drives A63H29/22 ; indoor games played with small balls using magnetic power A63F7/0088, A63F7/068
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 200/02 Body attached switches

Abstract

A wand adapted to be held in the hand and provided with a rod-like body provided with a handle having a base at one end and a visual indicator at the opposite end. The base defines a handle for grasping the wand and the base is hollow to house an electronic circuit and a battery for operating the circuit. The circuit is a multivibrator whose output signal oscillates at a given frequency, such as 120 Hz. The visual indicator is coupled with the circuit and is caused to flash at the operating frequency of the circuit when the circuit operates. The base has a pair of spaced terminals thereon which are bridged by the palm of the hand when the base is grasped, and the palm therefore provides a resistance forming part of the circuit to cause the frequency of flashing of the visual indicator to change depending upon the extent to which hand pressure is applied to the base. For increased frequency, greater hand pressure is applied to decrease the resistance accordingly. Conversely, by decreasing the hand pressure the frequency will decrease.

Claims

1. An electronic wand adapted to be held in the hand comprising:

a rod-like body provided with a hollow base at one end thereof and a light emitting diode at the opposite end thereof, said base defining a handle capable of being grasped by the hand; and

an electronic circuit in said base and electrically coupled with said light emitting diode, said circuit including a multivibrator having an output signal capable of oscillating at operating frequency to cause the light emitting diode to flash, said base having a pair of spaced terminals thereon coupled to the circuit, said terminals being bridged by the palm of the hand when the handle is grasped so that the palm provides a resistance forming part of the circuit, said resistance being variable as a function of hand pressure to cause a change in the frequency of flashing of the light emitting diode.