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The disclosure and prior art relates to beer pong devices and more particularly pertains to a new beer pong device for facilitating beer pong to be played in a darkened environment.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a tripod, a box that is pivotally coupled to the tripod and a lid that is hingedly coupled to the box. The lid has a plurality of cup openings to receive a respective beverage cup. A plurality of game light emitters is each positioned within the box and is aligned with a respective one of the cup openings in the lid for illuminating the respective beverage cup. At least one ball, comprised of a phosphorescent material, is thrown toward a selectable one of the cup openings for playing the game of beer pong. A plurality of radiation emitters is each coupled to the box and charges the at least one ball thereby facilitating the at least one ball to glow in the dark.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A disk 26 is included and the shaft 14 extending through the disk 26. The disk 26 has a plurality of openings 28 extending therethrough for receiving, and thusly storing, a respective beverage cup 30. The disk 26 has a first surface 32, a second surface 34 and a peripheral edge 36 extending therebetween. Each of the openings 28 in the disk 26 extends through the first 32 and second 34 surfaces, and the openings 28 are spaced from the peripheral edge 36 and are distributed around the peripheral edge 36. Additionally, the shaft 14 extends through a center of the first 32 and second 34 surfaces, and the disk 26 is positioned on the first section 16 of the shaft 14.
A pivot 38 is provided and the pivot 38 is coupled to the distal end 20 of the second section 18 of the shaft 14. The pivot 38 includes a coupling 40 that is rotatable about a horizontal axis. A box 42 is pivotally coupled to the shaft 14 and the box 42 is spaceable a selected distance above the tripod 12 when the tripod 12 is positioned in the deployed position. Thus, the box 42 can be elevated to a predetermined height ranging between approximately 2.0 feet and 6.0 feet. The box 42 has a bottom wall 44 and an outer wall 46 extending upwardly therefrom, and the outer wall 46 has a distal edge 47 defining an opening 48 into the box 42. The bottom wall 44 is coupled to the coupling 40 of the pivot 38 such that the box 42 is tiltable about the horizontal axis. Thus, the box 42 can be adjusted to be level when the tripod 12 is positioned on unlevel ground.
A lid 50 is provided and the lid 50 is hingedly coupled to the box 42. The lid 50 has a plurality of cup openings 52 each extending therethrough to receive a respective beverage cup 30. The respective beverage cup 30 may be a clear, plastic beer cup of other type of translucent cup. The cup openings 52 are arranged into a triangular shape thereby arranging the beverage cups 30 into the preferred positioning for the game of beer pong. The lid 50 has top surface 54 and a bottom surface 56, and each of the cup openings 52 extends through the top 54 and bottom 56 surfaces. The bottom surface 56 of the lid 50 abuts the distal edge 47 of the outer wall 46 of the box 42 when the lid 50 is closed.
A plurality of game light emitters 58 is each positioned within the box 42 and each of the game light emitters 58 is aligned with a respective one of the cup openings 52 in the lid 50. Each of the game light emitters 58 emits a selectable color of light outwardly through the respective cup 30 opening when the game light emitters 58 are turned on. In this way the plurality of game light emitters 58 illuminate the respective beverage cup 30 and thusly enhance visibility of the respective beverage cup 30 in a darkened environment. The darkened environment may be an outdoor setting at night time or other similar darkened environment. Each of the game light emitters 58 may be a multi color LED or other type of electronic light emitter that is capable of emitting visible light in a plurality of colors.
A game switch 60 is slidably coupled to the box 42 and the game switch 60 is electrically coupled to the plurality of game light emitters 58 for turning the game light emitters 58 on and off. The game switch 60 may be depressed into a selecting position for actuating the plurality of game light emitters 58 to cycle between the selectable colors of light. At least one ball 62 is provided that is thrown toward a selectable one of the cup openings 52 for playing the game of beer pong. The at least one ball 62 is comprised of a phosphorescent material thereby facilitating the at least one ball 62 to glow in the darkened environment. In this way the at least one ball 62 enhances playing the game of beer pong in the darkened environment. The at least one ball 62 may be a glow in the dark ping pong ball or the like.
A plurality of radiation emitters 64 is each coupled to the box 42. The at least one ball 62 is positionable beneath the radiation emitters 64 for absorbing ultra-violet light from the radiation emitters 64. In this way the phosphorescent material of the at least one ball 62 is charged to emit visible light in the darkened environment. The plurality of radiation emitters 64 is positioned on the bottom wall 44 of the box 42 and the plurality of radiation emitters 64 may comprise an ultraviolet light emitter.
A radiation switch 66 is slidably coupled to the box 42 and the radiation switch 66 is electrically coupled to the plurality of radiation emitters 64 for turning the plurality of radiation emitters 64 on and off. A power supply 68 is removably coupled to the box 42, the power supply 68 is electrically coupled to the game switch 60 and the radiation switch 66, and the power supply 68 comprises at least one battery 69. A battery opening 70 may extend through the bottom wall 44 of the box 42 and a battery cover 72 may be coupled to the bottom wall 44 of the box 42 for covering the battery opening 70. The at least one battery 69 may be accessible through the battery opening 70 for changing the at least one battery 69.
In use, the tripod 12 is positioned in the deployed position and the shaft 14 is adjusted to the selected height. The pivot 38 is manipulated to tilt the box 42, if necessary, for leveling the lid 50 on the box 42. Each of the cup openings 52 has the respective beverage cup 30 positioned therein and the game switch 60 is manipulated to turn the game light emitters 58 on. Thus, the beverage cup 30 in each of the cup openings 52 is illuminated for playing beer pong in the darkened environment. The radiation switch 66 is manipulated to turn the radiation emitters 64 on the thusly charge the at least one ball 62 to glow in the dark. Thus, the at least one ball 62 can be thrown at the beverage cup 30s according to the rules of the game of beer pong. In this way the game of beer pong can be played in any location, even at night. Additionally, the box 42 and the tripod 12 facilitate the game of beer pong to be played without requiring the use of a table or other similar support surface. In this way the box 42 and the tripod 12 facilitate the game of beer pong to be played in a remote location, such as a camping site or the like.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
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