Illuminated sports board utilizing a battery or self-powered internal light source that is transmitted through the clear interior of the board in order to illuminate the board and any light altering elements contained in, or applied to, the board
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F21S-008/10
F21V-008/00
출원번호
US-0890655
(2010-09-25)
등록번호
US-8469569
(2013-06-25)
발명자
/ 주소
Tunnicliffe, William Loftus
Humphreys, Richard Winston
Goldstein, Steven Gary
출원인 / 주소
Tunnicliffe, William Loftus
대리인 / 주소
Usher, Robert W. J.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
13인용 특허 :
16
초록▼
A clear, frosted, or colored, transparent and/or translucent, plastic, or composite skateboard, snowboard, or any sports board material, that is illuminated with replaceable, rechargeable, or self-charging battery powered light emitting diodes which are placed inside the board within an inexpensive,
A clear, frosted, or colored, transparent and/or translucent, plastic, or composite skateboard, snowboard, or any sports board material, that is illuminated with replaceable, rechargeable, or self-charging battery powered light emitting diodes which are placed inside the board within an inexpensive, drop-in, modular housing, which serves as a light engine and provides light that is transmitted through the interior of the board itself in order to illuminate light altering elements which are embedded inside the board and/or etched, printed or applied to the surface of the board. This glowing light creates unique artistic light patterns, flashing sequences, and glowing designs throughout the interior and exterior of the board.
대표청구항▼
1. An illuminated sports board having a self-powered internal light source that is transmitted through a clear and/or translucent sports board material in order to project light out of the sports board and also to project light throughout an interior of the sports board in order to illuminate light
1. An illuminated sports board having a self-powered internal light source that is transmitted through a clear and/or translucent sports board material in order to project light out of the sports board and also to project light throughout an interior of the sports board in order to illuminate light altering elements that are either embedded inside the board, or applied to the surface of the board, with the illuminated sports board comprising: a modular internal light source inserted flush into the sports board that is comprised of outward facing LED lights which are housed within a compact, self-contained module that includes all batteries and electronic components necessary to operate the LED lights, which project out from all surfaces of the board. 2. The illuminated sports board of claim 1 wherein the LED lighting module is replaceable and completely self-contained and is powered by replaceable batteries. 3. The illuminated sports board of claim 1 wherein the LED lighting module is replaceable and completely self-contained and is powered by rechargeable batteries which can be recharged by plugging into an external power recharger. 4. The illuminated sports board of claim 1 wherein multiple LED lighting modules are inserted and/or embedded throughout the sports board in order to illuminate the sports board. 5. The illuminated sports board of claim 1 wherein the lighting module is replaceable and additional LED lights are arranged in a variety of patterns and embedded in the clear and/or translucent sports board material and are connected by wires to, and controlled by, the replaceable LED lighting module in order to further illuminate the skateboard and to provide a wide range of lighting functions and interactions between all the LED lights. 6. The illuminated sports board of claim 1 comprising a clear and/or translucent board material composed of various plastics and polymers which create a clear and/or translucent, variably rigid interior surrounded by a clear and/or translucent, durable, shatter-resistant exterior within which a variety of rigid support elements are embedded to add rigidity; wherein the embedded elements are metal bars, strips or rods; rigid acrylic bars, strips or rods; hexagonal plastic webbing; wooden bars, strips or rods; carbon fiber bars, strips or rods' and rigid composite material shaped into sheets bars, rods webbing or strips in order to provide a wide variety of structural reinforcement and increased rigidity. 7. The illuminated sports board of claim 1 wherein the type of sports board is a skateboard, longboard, streetboard, vigorboard, freeboard, caster board, snowboard, pair of skis, surfboard, parachute sky surf board, wind surfing board, skim board, paddle board, kayak boogey board, snow sled, pair of water skis, and any board sport board. 8. The illuminated sports board of claim 1 wherein light altering minerals and materials that are colored, fluorescent, phosphorescent, and/or reflective are added to the composition of a clear plastic used to form the board in order to further alter the transmission of light within the sports board. 9. The illuminated sports board of claim 1 wherein scratching, etching, polishing, engraving, coloring, and altering the surface of the sports board changes the nature of the light transmitted and provides the user of the board with a wide variety of options for amplifying and modifying the amount of light that shines out from within the illuminated sports board. 10. The illuminated sports board of claim 1 comprising a clear and/or translucent board material composed of various plastics and polymers which create a clear and/or translucent, variably rigid, interior surrounded by a clear and/or translucent shatter resistant exterior; wherein a brittle and rigid clear material is embedded in a central core layer in the interior of the sports board and is surrounded by a more flexible, durable, and shatter resistant clear exterior in order to enable the central core layer to fracture with use internally in order to create more internal light reflection and refraction, without compromising the structural integrity of the board because a fractured central core layer is contained by the flexible, and durable exterior material. 11. An illuminated skateboard having a self-powered internal light source that is transmitted through a clear and/or translucent skateboard material in order to project light out of the skateboard and also to project light throughout an interior of the skateboard in order to illuminate light altering elements that are either embedded inside the skateboard, or applied to the surface of the skateboard, with the illuminated skateboard comprisinga modular internal light source inserted flush into the skateboard that is comprised of outward facing LED lights which are housed within a compact, self-contained module that includes all batteries and electronic components necessary to operate the LED lights, which project out from all surfaces of the board. 12. The illuminated skateboard of claim 11 wherein the LED lighting module is replaceable and completely self-contained and is powered by replaceable batteries. 13. The illuminated skateboard of claim 11 wherein the LED lighting module is replaceable and completely self-contained and is powered by rechargeable batteries which can be recharged by plugging into an external power recharger. 14. The illuminated skateboard of claim 11 wherein the LED lighting module is replaceable and is recharged by an electrical connection embedded in the board, which is connected by wires to a magneto generator embedded in the board, which generates an electrical charge every time a magnet embedded in the wheel below it passes the magneto, in order to slowly charge the rechargeable batteries contained within the LED lighting module. 15. The illuminated skateboard of claim 11 wherein multiple LED lighting modules are inserted and/or embedded throughout the skateboard in order to illuminate the skateboard. 16. The illuminated skateboard of claim 11 wherein the lighting module is replaceable and additional LED lights are arranged in a variety of patterns and embedded in the clear and/or translucent skateboard material and are connected by wires to, and controlled by, the replaceable LED lighting module. 17. The illuminated skateboard of claim 11 wherein the lighting module is replaceable and additional LED lights are mounted within or affixed to the skateboard wheel and truck assembly and are connected by wires to, and controlled by, the replaceable LED lighting module in order to further illuminate the skateboard and to provide a wide range of lighting functions and interactions between all the LED lights. 18. The illuminated skateboard of claim 11 comprising a clear and/or translucent board material composed of various plastics and polymers which create a clear and/or translucent, variably rigid interior surrounded by a clear and/or translucent, durable, shatter-resistant exterior within which a variety of rigid support elements are embedded to add rigidity; wherein the embedded elements are metal bars, strips or rods; rigid acrylic bars, strips or rods; hexagonal plastic webbing; wooden bars, strips or rods; carbon fiber bars, strips or rods' and rigid composite material shaped into sheets bars, rods webbing or strips in order to provide a wide variety of structural reinforcement and increased rigidity. 19. The illuminated skateboard of claim 11 wherein the type of skateboard is a longboard, streetboard, vigorboard, freeboard, caster board, and any board with wheels used for any type of skateboard riding. 20. The illuminated skateboard of claim 11 comprising a clear and/or translucent board material composed of various plastics and polymers which create a clear and/or translucent, interior wherein light altering minerals and materials that are colored, fluorescent, phosphorescent, and/or reflective are added to the composition of the clear plastic used to form the board in order to further alter the transmission of light within the skateboard. 21. The illuminated skateboard of claim 11 wherein scratching, etching, polishing, engraving, coloring, and altering the surface of the skateboard changes the nature of the light transmitted and provides the user of the board with a wide variety of options for amplifying and modifying the amount of light that shines out from within the illuminated skateboard. 22. The illuminated sports board of claim 11 comprising a clear and/or translucent board material composed of various plastics and polymers which create a clear and/or translucent, variably rigid interior surrounded by a clear and/or translucent, durable, shatter-resistant exterior; wherein a brittle and rigid clear material is embedded in a central core layer in the interior of the skateboard and is surrounded by a more flexible, durable, and shatter resistant clear exterior in order to enable the central core layer to fracture with use internally in order to create more internal light reflection and refraction, without compromising the structural integrity of the board because a fractured central core layer is contained by the flexible, and durable exterior material. 23. The illuminated sports board of claim 11 wherein the replaceable LED lighting module is recharged via an electrical connection to an axially driven generator which generates a charge as the wheels turn in order to slowly charge the rechargeable batteries contained within the LED lighting module. 24. An illuminated seven-ply wooden skateboard having a self-powered internal light source that is transmitted through a clear and/or translucent central laminated core layer in order to project light out from the edge of the skateboard and also to project light out from a variety of clear and/or translucent plastic-filled, holes or openings that are added to a variety of areas on both the top and bottom surface of the skateboard with the illuminated seven-ply skateboard comprising: six laminated wooden layers surrounding the central plastic core layer, which, after being joined with the clear central core layer, are carved or molded into shapes which create a wide variety of skateboard forms to be used for balancing on, skateboarding on, or riding on in any manner; anda modular internal light source inserted flush into the skateboard that is comprised of outward facing LED lights which are housed within a compact, self-contained module that includes all batteries and electronic components necessary to operate the LED lights, which project light into and throughout the central laminated layer of the board and transmit that light out from the edges of the board and from any holes or open areas of the board which are filled with clear material. 25. The illuminated seven-ply wooden skateboard of claim 24 comprising a clear and/or translucent sheet of material composed of various plastics and polymers which create a clear and/or translucent, variably rigid central core layer for the seven-ply laminated wooden skateboard; wherein the central core layer is composed of a clear sheet of polycarbonate material with frosted, colored, or light altering edges and a variety of holes in the wooden board are filled with the same polycarbonate material in order to project light up and out from the inside of the skateboard to the top and/or bottom surfaces of the skateboard. 26. The illuminated seven-ply wooden skateboard of claim 24 comprising a clear and/or translucent sheet of material composed of various plastics and polymers which create a clear and/or translucent, variably rigid central core layer for the seven-ply laminated wooden skateboard wherein the central core layer is composed of a solid, non-clear, composite sheet which has fiber optic tubes embedded in the material in order to transmit light out from the LED lighting module to the surfaces and edges of the wooden board. 27. The illuminated seven-ply wooden skateboard of claim 24 wherein the LED lighting module is replaceable and completely self-contained and is powered by replaceable batteries. 28. The illuminated seven-ply wooden skateboard of claim 24 wherein the LED lighting module is replaceable and completely self-contained and is powered by rechargeable batteries which can be recharged by plugging into an external power recharger. 29. The illuminated seven-ply wooden skateboard of claim 24 wherein the LED lighting module is replaceable and is recharged by an electrical connection embedded in the skateboard, which is connected by wires to a magneto generator embedded in the skateboard, which generates an electrical charge every time a magnet embedded in the wheel below it passes the magneto, in order to slowly charge the rechargeable batteries contained within the LED lighting module. 30. The illuminated seven-ply wooden skateboard of claim 24 wherein multiple LED lighting modules are inserted and/or embedded throughout the skateboard in order to illuminate the skateboard. 31. The illuminated seven-ply wooden skateboard of claim 24 wherein light altering minerals and materials that are colored, fluorescent, phosphorescent, and/or reflective are added to the composition of the clear plastic used to form the skateboard in order to further alter the transmission of light within the skateboard. 32. The illuminated seven-ply wooden skateboard of claim 24 wherein the LED lighting module is replaceable and is recharged via an electrical connection to an axially driven generator which generates a charge as the wheels turn in order to slowly charge the rechargeable batteries contained within the LED lighting module. 33. Any illuminated clear board or sheet of material having a self-powered internal light source that is transmitted through the clear and/or translucent material in order to project light out of the material and also to project light throughout the interior of the material in order to illuminate light altering elements that are either embedded inside the material, or applied to the surface of the material, with the illuminated material comprising: modular internal light source inserted flush into the clear and/or translucent material that is comprised of outward facing LED lights which are housed within a compact, self-contained module that includes all batteries and electronic components necessary to operate the LED lights, which project light into and throughout the interior of the material, and transmit that light out from all surfaces of the material. 34. The illuminated clear board or sheet of material of claim 33, wherein the LED lighting module is replaceable and completely self-contained and is powered by replaceable batteries. 35. The illuminated clear board or sheet of material of claim 33 wherein the LED lighting module is replaceable and completely self-contained and is powered by rechargeable batteries which can be recharged by plugging into an external power recharger. 36. The illuminated clear board or sheet of material of claim 33 wherein multiple LED lighting modules are inserted and/or embedded throughout the material in order to illuminate the object which that material forms. 37. The illuminated clear board or sheet of material of claim 33 wherein the LED lighting module is replaceable and, additional LED lights are arranged in a variety of patterns and embedded in the clear and/or translucent clear or sheet of material and are connected by wires to, and controlled by, the replaceable LED lighting module in order to further illuminate the object which that material forms and to provide a wide range of lighting functions variety of interactions between all the LED lights. 38. The illuminated clear board or sheet of material of claim 33 wherein the illuminated material is injection molded to form an illuminated bicycle helmet. 39. The illuminated clear board or sheet of material of claim 33 wherein light altering minerals and materials that are colored, fluorescent, phosphorescent, and/or reflective are added to the composition of the clear plastic used to form the board in order to further alter the transmission of light within the illuminated material. 40. The illuminated clear board or sheet of material of claim 33 wherein scratching, etching, polishing, engraving, coloring, and altering the surface of the clear board or sheet of material changes the nature of the light transmitted and provides the user of the illuminated object with a wide variety of options for amplifying and modifying the amount of light that shines out from within the illuminated material. 41. The illuminated clear board or sheet of material of claim 33 comprising a clear and/or translucent material composed of various plastics and polymers which create a clear and/or translucent, variably rigid interior surrounded by a clear and/or translucent, durable, shatter-resistant exterior; wherein a brittle and rigid clear material is embedded in a central core layer in the interior of the material and surrounded by a more flexible, durable, and shatter resistant clear exterior in order to enable the central core layer to fracture with use internally in order to create more internal light reflection and refraction, without compromising the structural integrity of the material because a fractured central core layer is contained by the flexible, and durable exterior material. 42. The illuminated clear board or sheet of material of claim 33 wherein the illuminated material is injection molded, laminated, molded carved, or shaped to form a clear or translucent illuminated object, such as illuminated bicycle helmets, motorcycle helmets, martial arts headgear, car racing helmets, paintball armor, hunting vests, kneepads, wrist guards, toys, toy vehicles, action figures, cases, covers, purses, shoes, fashion accessories, and any other objects which can be molded into a clear substrate within which the LED light engine transmits light.
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