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Harness for lighted sport article

a technology for sports articles and harnesses, applied in sport apparatus, balls, throw games, etc., can solve the problems of increased cost of manufacturing illuminated sports balls, bulky harnesses, and complicated design, and achieve the effect of convenient light source securement and harness securemen

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-01-13
SULLIVAN III EARL W
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"The present invention is a harness for securing a light source to a play toy or sport article. The harness includes elastic elongate members with holes for securely holding a light source. The harness can be easily fitted over the article and securely hold the light source in place during use. The elastic material allows for a snug fit and easy removal of the light source. The harness can be used with different types of light sources such as chemi-luminescent, electro-luminescent, or incandescent light sticks. The invention provides a simple and effective way to illuminate play toys or sport articles."

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Such designs complicate the design and increase the cost for manufacturing an illuminated sports ball.
Such hollow tubular members make the harness bulky and also limit the type and size of light stick useful to one that can be releasably secured within the hollow tubular members.

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[0034] The present invention is a harness for releasably securing illuminating sources to an article, such as a play toy or a sport article. The harness has elongate members for securing the illuminating sources. The elongate members also have elasticity to allow the members or portions of the members to be stretched and securely fitted over the article.

[0035] Articles that can be illuminated with the harness of the present invention, include, but are not limited to, sport articles, such as a basketball, football, volley ball, soft ball, soccer ball, wiffle ball, golf ball, tennis ball and the like, and play toys, such as a basketball rim, a tennis racket, a baseball bat, a wiffle ball bat and the like. The illuminating harness may also be used as a safety device, such as providing illumination to joggers, bicycles, sports shoes, helmets and the like. The harness is useful with any article where illumination for safety, play or appearance is desired.

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Abstract

A harness (10) for illuminating an article is provided. The harness (10) includes elongate members (12) of elastic material that can be releasably secured to an exterior surface of the article. The elongate members (12) include light stick securing portions (19) to releasably secure a light stick such as a chemi-luminescent light stick (20).

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a lighted sport article. More specifically, the present invention relates to a harness for securably maintaining a light to a sports article, for example, a recreational ball. BACKGROUND OF RELATED TECHNOLOGY [0002] Sport articles, such as balls, rackets and the like, have been illuminated for recreational play during dark hours of the evening or nighttime. Illuminated sports articles, however, are often specifically designed and manufactured to provide such lighted articles. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,186,458 describes a ball made of translucent material having a light source positioned within the ball. When the light source is activated, the ball is illuminated via its translucent material of construction. The ball, however, is made of two releasable halves which connect to activate the light source and to form the playing shape of the ball. [0003] Other designs have included a light source within a ball without havi...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B43/06
CPCA63B2207/02A63B43/06A63B2225/74
Inventor SULLIVAN III, EARL W
Owner SULLIVAN III EARL W
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