Toys with a battery powered light emitting diode lighted by movement

• US 5,482,493 A
• Filed: 02/22/1994
• Issued: 01/09/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Carmen C. Rapisarda
• Original Assignee: Carmen C. Rapisarda
• Inventors: Rapisarda, Carmen C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Carlson, Jeffrey D.
• Application Number:
  US08/199,586
• Time in Patent Office: 686 Days
• Field of Search: 446/409, 446/438, 446/439, 446/441, 446/484, 446/485, 273/58 E, 273/58 G
• US Class Current: 446/438
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 17/28 Electric lighting systems

Abstract

An assembly mounted in a toy containing a light emitting diode and a battery. The light emitting diode lights when the module is moved. The assembly may be mounted in a toy such as a toy truck with rough tires and the vibration caused by rolling the truck on a flat surface causes the light emitting diode to go on and off. The diode is energized by a movable weight positioned above a wafer battery in the assembly.

Claims

1. An amusement device having an assembly positioned in a toy, said amusement device comprising:

a toy;

an assembly frame held by said toy, said assembly frame having a floor, a right side and a left side and a front;

a wafer battery held by said assembly frame having an upper face and a lower face and having a positive terminal on one face and a negative terminal on the other face;

a light emitting diode held by said frame having a light emitting portion from which an upper and a lower metallic lead extend in a generally horizontal manner, said upper and lower leads having end termini and a space between them and said light emitting diode being positioned so that the wafer battery is held in said space between the leads so that the upper metallic lead is above the wafer battery and the lower metallic lead is below and in contact with the lower face of the wafer battery; and

a movable weight movably held by said assembly frame so that it can move up and down, said movable weight being positioned so that it is resting on without attachment and supported by said upper metallic lead and its weight is not sufficient to move the upper metallic lead into contact with the upper face of the wafer battery but when the amusement device is moved upwardly, the inertial force on the movable weight, causes the weight to push the upper lead into electrical contact with the upper face of the wafer battery thereby completing a circuit and lighting the light emitting diode.

2. The amusement device of claim 1 wherein the movable weight is a hinged movable weight.

3. The amusement device of claim 1 wherein said toy is a toy with wheels which have a roughened surface.

4. The amusement device of claim 3 wherein the toy is a toy vehicle.

5. The amusement device of claim 1 wherein said assembly frame holds one light emitting diode.

6. The amusement device of claim 1 wherein said assembly frame holds a plurality of light emitting diodes.

7. The amusement device of claim 1 further including a transparent light path leading from the light emitting part of the light emitting diode to a remote location.

8. An amusement device having an assembly mounted in a toy, said amusement device comprising:

a toy;

an assembly frame held by said toy, said assembly frame having a floor, a right side and a left side and a front;

a wafer battery held by said assembly frame having an upper face and a lower face and having a positive terminal on one face and a negative terminal on the other face;

a light emitting diode having a light emitting portion held by the front of said assembly frame, an upper and a lower metallic lead extending from the light emitting portion in a generally horizontal manner, said upper and lower leads having end termini and a space between them and said light emitting diode being positioned so that the wafer battery is held in said space between the leads so that the upper metallic lead is above the wafer battery and the lower metallic lead is below and in contact with the lower face of the wafer battery; and

a freely hinged movable weight having a hinged end and a movable end and positioned so that its movable end can move up and down, said hinged movable weight being positioned so that its movable end is supported on and above without attachment said upper metallic lead and the weight of the movable end is not sufficient to move the upper metallic lead into contact with the upper face of the wafer battery when the weight is at rest but when the amusement device is moved upwardly, the inertial force on the movable end of the movable weight causes the weight to push the upper lead downwardly into electrical contact with the upper face of the wafer battery thereby completing a circuit and lighting the light emitting diode.

9. The amusement device of claim 8 wherein said assembly is mounted in a toy having wheels.

10. The amusement device of claim 9 wherein said wheels have a knobby exterior surface so that the assembly vibrates up and down as the toy is rolled along on its wheels.

11. The amusement device of claim 8 wherein said hinged movable weight is metal loop.