Patent Application
20160354646
The present invention relates to an illuminative ball in which an illuming unit is fixed securely to emit lights, when the illuminative ball bounces.
A conventional ball, such as basketball, volleyball, soccer, and rugby, cannot emit lights at night. To overcome this problem, a light bulb is accommodated in the ball, wherein the ball contains an illuming assembly covered therein. In other words, the illuming assembly cannot be removed from the ball, so a cell of the illuming assembly cannot be replaced. Furthermore, the illuming assembly is broken easily, when the ball bounces.
The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an illuminative ball which contains an opening and a fixing mount made of flexible plastic or rubber to accommodate an illuming unit, wherein the illuming unit is comprised of at least one cell, a LED light, and a sensing switch, and wherein a fitting sleeve is fitted with an outer wall of the illuming unit, a flexible cap is fitted into the opening of the illuminative ball, such that the illuming unit is fixed securely by ways of the fixing mount, the fitting sleeve, and the flexible cap.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide an illuminative ball in which the at least one cell is replaced easily and the illuminating unit is protected completely, when the illuminative ball bounces.
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Thereby, the illuminative ball 10 of the present invention has advantages as follows:
1. The illuming unit 20 has the sensing switch 23 so that when the illuminative ball 10 bounces, the sensing switch 23 senses a vibration of the illuminative ball 10 to electrically conduct with the at least one cell 22, and then the sensing switch 23 starts the LED light 21 to emit lights. After the illuminative ball 20 stops bounce, the sensing switch 23 turns off.
2. The fitting sleeve 24 is made of the flexible plastic or rubber, so it is fitted with the illuming unit 20 tightly to fix the at least one cell 22 tightly.
3. The fixing mount 11 is made of the flexible plastic or rubber to affix the illuming unit 20 securely and to protect the illuming unit 20 as the illuminative ball 10 bounces.
4. The flexible cap 14 facilitates a positioning of the illuming unit 20.
5. The illuminative ball 10 has shockproof and waterproof function by ways of the fixing mount 11, the fitting sleeve 24, and the flexible cap 14.
6. As desiring to replace the at least one cell 22, the flexible cap 14 is removed from the illuminative ball 10 easily to replace the at least one cell 22 in the illuming unit 20 quickly.
While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been set forth for the purpose of disclosure, modifications of the disclosed embodiments of the invention as well as other embodiments thereof may occur to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended to cover all embodiments which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention.
