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US 10,486,033 B2Granted
Lighted hockey puck
AssigneeIndian Industries, Inc.
InventorHuang Weilong
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Abstract
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide game pieces used with simulated hockey game tables, such as air hockey tables. The game pieces incorporate one or more lamps, such as LED lamps, to illuminate the game playing piece. In some embodiments, the body and periphery of the game playing piece are indirectly lit.
Claims18
A game piece for a table hockey game, comprising
- a body having a planar central body portion made of a light transmissive plastic and a peripheral lip made of a light transmissive plastic which protrudes upward and downward from the central planar portion wherein said body portion is designed to float on an air cushion over a simulated hockey game table surface projecting jets of forced air;
- wherein the height difference between the peripheral lip and the central planar portion forms a volume defining an air well on a top side and a bottom side of said body to assist in supporting the body on the air cushion;
- a center portion of said body defining an internal cavity having a bottom, a surrounding peripheral wall and an open top wherein said surrounding peripheral wall is spaced inward of said peripheral lip;
- a circuit board arranged in the cavity;
- at least one LED lamp which emits visual light arranged in the cavity and operably connected to said circuit board;
- a battery arranged in the cavity and operably connected to said circuit board;
- a cover configured to be selectively fastened to said body to enclose said circuit board, said at least one LED lamp and said battery within the internal cavity;
- a switch operably connected with the circuit board, said switch including a control tab which extends through a slot in the center portion to make the control tab externally accessible.
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A game piece for a table hockey game, comprising
- a body having a planar central body portion and a peripheral lip which protrudes upward and downward from the central planar portion wherein said body portion is designed to float on an air cushion over a simulated hockey game table surface projecting jets of forced air;
- wherein the height difference between the peripheral lip and the central planar portion forms a volume defining an air well on a top side and a bottom side of said body to assist in supporting the body on the air cushion;
- wherein said body is made of a light transmissive material;
- a center portion of said body defining an internal cavity having a bottom, a surrounding peripheral wall and an open top wherein said surrounding peripheral wall is spaced inward of said peripheral lip;
- a circuit board arranged in the cavity;
- at plurality of LED lamps arranged in the cavity and operably connected to said circuit board;
- wherein said peripheral wall is transparent and coplanar with said central body portion to enable said lamps to radially transmit light to illuminate said central planar portion and to illuminate said lip portion;
- a battery arranged in the cavity and operably connected to said circuit board;
- a cover configured to be selectively fastened to said body to enclose said circuit board, said lamps and said battery within the internal cavity;
- a switch operably connected with the circuit board, said switch including a control tab which extends through a slot in the center portion to make the control tab externally accessible.
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A game piece and table hockey game, comprising
- a hockey game table with a playing surface defining a playing area surrounded by a rail, wherein said playing surface is elevated by a table support structure;
- wherein said playing surface includes a pattern of perforations;
- an air pump configured to distribute air through internal channels to be delivered upward through the perforations;
- a game piece body having a planar central body portion and a peripheral lip which protrudes upward and downward from the central planar portion wherein said body portion is configured to slide on an air cushion created by the air delivered through the perforations;
- wherein the height difference between the peripheral lip and the central planar portion forms a volume defining an air well on a top side and a bottom side of said body;
- wherein said body is made of a light transmissive material;
- a center portion of said body defining an internal cavity having a bottom, a surrounding peripheral wall and an open top wherein said surrounding peripheral wall is spaced inward of said peripheral lip;
- a circuit board arranged in the cavity;
- a plurality of LED lamps arranged in the cavity and operably connected to said circuit board;
- wherein said peripheral wall is transparent and coplanar with said central body portion to enable said lamps to radially transmit light to illuminate said central planar portion and to illuminate said lip portion;
- a battery arranged in the cavity and operably connected to said circuit board;
- a cover configured to be selectively fastened to said body to enclose said circuit board, said at least one lamp and said battery within the internal cavity;
- a switch operably connected with the circuit board, said switch including a control tab which extends through a slot in the center portion to make the control tab externally accessible.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.