Cold-light emitting frisbee

• US 6,402,342 B1
• Filed: 05/02/2001
• Issued: 06/11/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kuo-Pin Chiang
• Original Assignee: Kuo-Pin Chiang
• Inventors: Chiang, Kuo-Pin
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, Y MY QUACH
• Application Number:
  US09/846,299
• Time in Patent Office: 405 Days
• Field of Search: 362/184, 362/253, 362/267, 362/806, 362/84, 362/234, 446/46, 446/47, 446/242, 446/485, 273/424, 273/428, 473/570, 473/588
• US Class Current: 362/253
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/18 Throwing or slinging toys, e.g. flying disc toys discs used in athletics A63B65/10as part of a game A63F9/02; sling weapons F41B3/00; spring toy guns F41B7/08
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/008 Leisure, hobby or sport articles, e.g. toys, games or first-aid kits; Hand tools; Toolboxes
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2111/00 Light sources of a form not covered by groups F21Y2101/00-F21Y2107/00

Abstract

A cold-light emitting Frisbee mainly includes a transparent round top cover, a round base covered by the top cover, and a cold-light emitting means. The round base is provided at a central area with open-bottomed battery compartments to accommodate batteries therein, and at an upper surface with radially spaced recesses. The cold-light emitting means includes a control plate and some cold-light strips connected to the control plate via flat cables and fitly positioned in the radial recesses. The control plate is fixed to the upper surface of the base to electrically connect to the batteries in the battery compartments. A user may push a watertight sealing member from a bottom of the base to actuate a pressure switch on the control plate, causing the cold-light strips to emit cold light when the Frisbee is thrown out to fly and turn in the air.

Claims

1. A cold-light emitting Frisbee, comprising a top cover, a base, and a cold-light emitting means;

said top cover being a transparent round member having an upward protruded central area;

said base being a round member having a central recess, said base being provided at an upper surface outside said central recess with a plurality of radially spaced recesses and at predetermined positions with fixing bars, said central recess having a predetermined number of open-bottomed battery compartments and a through hole, each said battery compartment being provided around a bottom opening thereof with a packing strip, allowing a battery to be sealed in each said battery compartment with said bottom opening closed with a covering plate, and said through hole being sealed with a watertight sealing member; and

said cold-light emitting means including a control plate and a plurality of cold-light strips electrically connected to said control plate via flexible flat cables, said control plate being provided at two ends with downward extended conductive plates and at an underside with a pressure switch;

whereby by screwing said control plate to said fixing bars on said base with said pressure switch facing and aligning with said through hole provided on said base, said conductive plates downwardly extended from said control plate to said battery compartment and electrically connecting said control plate to said batteries in said battery compartments, and said cold-light strips fitly disposed in said radial recesses on the upper surface of the base, and then closing and connecting said transparent top cover onto the upper surface of said base, said cold-light emitting Frisbee is completed for use.

2. The cold-light emitting Frisbee as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base is provided with one battery compartment.

3. The cold-light emitting Frisbee as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base is provided with more than one battery compartment.

4. The cold-light emitting Frisbee as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said battery compartment is provided at two ends with two slots via which said conductive plates of said control plate are extended into said battery compartment to electrically connect said control plate to said battery in said battery compartment.