Light-up toy

• US 9,132,360 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2011
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Joel Rosenzweig, Martin Barry Abrams
• Original Assignee: Joel Rosenzweig, Martin Barry Abrams
• Inventors: Rosenzweig, Joel, Abrams, Martin Barry
• Primary Examiner(s): LEGESSE, NINI F
• Application Number:
  US13/293,220
• Publication Number:
  US 20120135666A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,405 Days
• Field of Search: 446/242, 446247-254, 446/397, 446/484, 446/485
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 1/32 Whirling or spinning discs driven by twisted cords
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/22 Optical, colour, or shadow toys puzzles with optical elements A63F9/0613; kaleidoscopes G02B27/08

Abstract

The invention is a light up toy with two or more lights manipulated by one or more strings to create patterns of light and light shows. The lights have covers to protect the lights from breaking and can protect the user or a bystander from the impact of the lights as well. The toy can be made with battery sections so that a dead battery can be changed and the toy can continue to be used with fresh batteries.

Claims

1. A light up toy comprising:

a one piece molded device having one or more lights;

a string threaded through the device;

a handle on one end of the string;

a second handle on the other end of the string;

a battery section in the device; and

a transparent cover for each of the one or more lights to protect the lights from breaking, to disperse the light for a different look, and/or to protect the user,

wherein the light up toy makes different patterns of light when the device and string are moved in different ways; and

the device is precision balanced to spin on its axis when the string is moved, each of the lights projecting the same or different colors, or having an integrated circuit board to change the color and/or the patterns of light and/or turn the lights on or off.

2. The light up toy of claim 1, wherein the device has 2, 3, or 4 lights.

3. The light up toy of claim 1, wherein the handles are sized to fit one or more fingers or an entire hand, wrist, arm, leg or other body part or stationary item to hold the string.

4. The light up toy of claim 1, further comprising a music player and/or speakers in the handle and/or in the device, the music player is a recorded chip, a memory chip or an MP3 player;

a manual or automatic switch for turning on and off the music player and/or speakers, the music player and/or speakers being manually or automatically turned on when the light unit is in motion and manually or automatically turned off when the motion of the light unit stops.

5. The light up toy of claim 1, further comprising a microphone in the device or in the handle.

6. The light up toy of claim 1, further comprising additional lights of any shape that are symmetrical and balanced.

7. The light up toy of claim 1, further comprising an additional string or strings threaded through the device.

8. The light up toy of claim 1, wherein the string measures 850 mm from one end of the string to the other.

9. The light up toy of claim 1, wherein the handle measures 50 mm from one end to the other.

10. The light up toy of claim 1, wherein tension and movement of the string or device are obtained by selectively winding up, pulling, twisting the string and/or swinging the string around to create tension and movement.

11. The light up toy of claim 1, wherein the light covers are the shape of a soccer ball, heart, diamond, clover, and/or spade.

12. The light up toy of claim 1, wherein the lights are fiber optics and have reflective material to reflect the light.

13. The light up toy of claim 1, wherein covers diffuses the light to expand the amount of light coming through or to shape the light.

14. The light up toy of claim 1, wherein the string is threaded through holes in the center of the device and the holes are rounded to prevent the string from fraying.

15. The light up toy of claim 1, wherein the covers are anchored inside the device to hold them in place.

16. A light up toy comprising:

a device having one or more lights;

a string threaded through the device;

a handle on one end of the string;

a second handle on the other end of the string;

at least one battery section in the device;

a transparent cover for each of the one or more lights to protect the lights from breaking; and

a locking device for the transparent cover,

wherein the light up toy makes different patterns of light when the device and string are moved in different ways; and

the device is precision balanced to spin on its axis when the string is moved, each of the lights projecting the same or different colors, or having an integrated circuit board to change the color and/or the patterns of light and/or turn the lights on or off.

17. A light up toy kit comprising:

a one piece molded device having one or more lights;

a string threaded through the device;

a handle on one end of the string;

a second handle on the other end of the string;

a battery section in the device;

a transparent cover for each of the one or more lights to protect the lights from breaking, to disperse the light for a different look, and/or to protect the user; and

an instruction book on how to do tricks and create patterns with the lights,

wherein the light up toy makes different patterns of light when the device and string are moved in different ways; and

the device is precision balanced to spin on its axis when the string is moved, each of the lights projecting the same of different colors, or having an integrated circuit board to change the color and/or the patterns of light and/or turn the lights on or off.