Light activated glow-in-the-dark doodler

• US 9,707,491 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2012
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Randy Wayne Clark
• Original Assignee: Randy Wayne Clark
• Inventors: Clark, Randy Wayne
• Primary Examiner(s): Liddle, Jay
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rada, II, Alex F. R. P.
• Application Number:
  US13/654,422
• Publication Number:
  US 20130102222A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,734 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/22 Optical, colour, or shadow toys puzzles with optical elements A63F9/0613; kaleidoscopes G02B27/08
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03542 Light pens for emitting or receiving light

Abstract

A glow-in-the-dark toy kit includes a hand-held light emitting device having a power source, a control circuit, a narrow beam light emitting diode and a wide beam light emitting diode. The power source provides an electrical energy to the control circuit. The control circuit provides the electrical energy to either the narrow or wide beam light emitting diodes. The narrow and wide beam light emitting diodes emit a wavelength of light around 405 nanometers a distance of at least 10 feet. The range of the wavelength of light used could also be plus or minus 50 nanometers. A receiving device includes a phosphorescence layer that reemits light once illuminated with the wavelength of light from the emitting device. The hand-held light emitting device can then be used in a dark environment to react with the phosphorescence layer of the receiving device from the distance of at least 10 feet.

Claims

1. A glow-in-the-dark toy kit, comprising:

a hand-held light emitting device comprising a power source, a control circuit, a narrow beam light emitting diode next to a wide beam light emitting diode, wherein the power source provides an electrical energy to the control circuit, wherein the control circuit provides the electrical energy to either the narrow or wide beam light emitting diodes, wherein the narrow and wide beam light emitting diodes emit a wavelength of light 405 nanometers plus or minus 50 nanometers a distance of at least 10 feet;

a receiving device comprising a phosphorescence layer, wherein the hand-held light emitting device can be used in a dark environment to react with the phosphorescence layer of the receiving device from the distance of at least 10 feet; and

a portable blackout case configured to contain the receiving device inside, wherein the case comprises an outside blackout material sufficient to stop light penetration.

2. The kit of claim 1, wherein the receiving device comprises a wall cling.

3. The kit of claim 2, wherein the wall cling comprises at least 5 square feet.

4. The kit of claim 2, wherein the wall cling comprises a plurality of wall clings.

5. The kit of claim 2, including a plurality of stencils to be used with the wide beam light emitting diode.

6. The kit of claim 1, wherein the receiving device comprises a foldable tent transformable from a fully collapsed configuration to a self supporting expanded configuration, the foldable tent comprising an outside blackout layer sufficient to stop light penetration, wherein the phosphorescence layer is disposed on the inside of the foldable tent, such that all outside light is blocked creating the dark environment inside the foldable tent.

7. The kit of claim 1, including a light emitting glove adapted to be worn on a user'"'"'s hand, the light emitting glove comprising a second power source providing a second electrical energy to a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed at the end of each finger.

8. The kit of claim 7, wherein the light emitting glove is symmetrically configured to be worn by either a left or a right hand.

9. The kit of claim 1, including an attachable brush comprising a plurality of fiber optic strands, the brush configured to attach to the hand-held light emitting device.

10. The kit of claim 1, wherein the receiving device comprises a plurality of different colored canvases each with the phosphorescence layer.

11. A glow-in-the-dark toy kit, comprising:

a hand-held light emitting device comprising a power source, a control circuit and a light emitting diode, wherein the power source provides an electrical energy to the control circuit, wherein the control circuit provides the electrical energy to the light emitting diode, wherein the light emitting diode emits a wavelength of light 405 nanometers plus or minus 50 nanometers;

a foldable tent transformable from a fully collapsed configuration to a self supporting expanded configuration, the foldable tent comprising an outside blackout layer sufficient to stop light penetration and a phosphorescence layer disposed on the inside of the foldable tent; and

a light emitting glove adapted to be worn on a user'"'"'s hand, the light emitting glove comprising a second power source providing a second electrical energy to a plurality of light emitting diodes disposed at the end of each finger, wherein the light emitting glove is symmetrically configured to be worn by either a left or a right hand.

12. The kit of claim 11, wherein the foldable tent comprises a light sealable aperture such that a user can enter and exit the foldable tent.

13. The kit of claim 11, wherein the light sealable aperture comprises a zipper, a hook-and-loop type closure or a magnetic closure.

14. The kit of claim 11, including a plurality of stencils.

15. The kit of claim 11, wherein the light emitting diode of the hand-held light emitting device emits a distance of at least 10 feet.

16. A glow-in-the-dark toy kit, comprising:

a hand-held light emitting device comprising a power source, a control circuit and a light emitting diode, wherein the power source provides an electrical energy to the control circuit, wherein the control circuit provides the electrical energy to the light emitting diode, wherein the light emitting diode emits a wavelength of light 405 nanometers plus or minus 50 nanometers; and

a portable case configured to house a plurality of canvases inside, wherein each of the plurality of canvases comprises a phosphorescence layer disposed on a substrate, and wherein the portable case is comprised of a blackout material sufficient to stop light penetration.

17. The kit of claim 16, wherein the hand-held light emitting device is tethered to the portable case.

18. The kit of claim 16, including a plurality of stencils.