# US 10,871,284 B2 · Inflatables with lighting module, systems, and methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,871,284 B2 - Document ID: US10871284B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/170,823 - Filed: 2018-10-25 - Published: 2019-04-25 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2017-10-25 - Assignees: Polygroup Macau Limited (BVI) - Applicants: Polygroup Macau Limited (BVI) - Inventors: Jinming Yan; Ricky Tong; Victor Hugo Ocegueda Gallaga - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10871284B2 ## CPC - F21V 33/008: {Leisure, hobby or sport articles, e.g. toys, games or first-aid kits; Hand tools; Toolboxes} - A63H 3/06: Air-filled or inflatable toy figures (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00) - A63H 27/10: Balloons (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00; {other than toy aspects B64B1/40}) - A63H 33/22: Optical, colour, or shadow toys ({puzzles with optical elements A63F9/0613}; kaleidoscopes G02B27/08) - B63B 45/02: the devices being intended to illuminate the way ahead or other areas of environments - E04H 4/0025: {with inflatable parts} - E04H 4/148: {Lighting means} - F21S 9/02: the power supply being a battery or accumulator - F21S 10/023: {by selectively switching fixed light sources} - F21S 10/043: {by selectively switching fixed light sources} - F21V 23/007: {enclosed in a casing} - F21V 23/02: the elements being transformers, impedances {or power supply units, e.g. a transformer with a rectifier} - F21V 23/0485: {the sensor sensing the physical interaction between a user and certain areas located on the lighting device, e.g. a touch sensor} - F21V 31/00: Gas-tight or water-tight arrangements - F21V 31/005: {Sealing arrangements therefor} - H05B 45/24: using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules - A63H 2027/1058: {associated with light or sound} - A63H 2027/1091: {with object inserted within; Means or methods for insertion of objects} - F21Y 2105/10: comprising a two-dimensional [2D] array of point-like light-generating elements - F21Y 2113/13: comprising an assembly of point-like light sources - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - A63H: TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) - F21S: NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract A lighted inflatable apparatus including: a wall comprising a first inflatable chamber; at least one lighting element disposed within the wall, the at least one lighting element configured to emit light; and a control box connected to the at least one lighting element, the control box configured to control one or more emission states of the at least one lighting element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lighted inflatable device comprising: a wall comprising a first inflatable chamber; at least one lighting element disposed within the wall such that the at least one lighting element is sealed inside the first inflatable chamber and isolated from an external environment, the at least one lighting element configured to emit light; and a control box connected to the at least one lighting element, the control box configured to control one or more emission states of the at least one lighting element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lighted inflatable device of claim 1, wherein the wall forms a recess, the control box being positioned in the recess. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The lighted inflatable device of claim 1, wherein the control box comprises: a main housing; a power button; and a switch operatively connected to the power button and sealed from the power button, the switch being configured to alter an operating mode of the control box. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The lighted inflatable device of claim 3, wherein the control box further comprises a seal disposed between the power button and the switch. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The lighted inflatable device of claim 4, wherein the control box further comprises a filler between an edge of the seal and the main housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The lighted inflatable device of claim 3, wherein the control box further comprises a control circuit configured to control the one or more emission states of the one or more lighting elements. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The lighted inflatable device of claim 6, wherein the control box further comprises a frame configured to hold the control circuit. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The lighted inflatable device of claim 7, wherein the frame provides a water-tight seal around the control circuit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The inflatable device of claim 3 further comprises a battery housing configured to receive one or more batteries. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The lighted inflatable device of claim 1 further comprising: one or more rigid internal members attached perpendicularly to two surfaces of the first inflatable chamber, wherein the at least one lighting element is attached to the one or more rigid internal members. ### Claim 11 A lighted inflatable device comprising: a wall comprising a first inflatable chamber; at least one lighting element disposed within the wall such that the at least one lighting element is sealed inside the first inflatable chamber and isolated from an external environment, the at least one lighting element configured to emit light; at least one impact sensor configured to detect physical impact to the wall; and a control box connected to the at least one lighting element, the control box configured to control one or more emission states of the at least one lighting element. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The lighted inflatable device of claim 11, wherein the inflatable device is configured to alter, in response to the at least one impact sensor detecting physical impact to the wall, an emission state of the at least one lighting element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The lighted inflatable device of claim 12, wherein altering the emission of the at least one lighting element comprises at least one from among adjusting a brightness of the at least one lighting element, adjusting a flicker state of the at least one lighting element, adjusting a color of the at least one lighting element, and adjusting an on state of the at least one lighting element. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The lighted inflatable device of claim 12, wherein the inflatable device is further configured revert, after a predetermined period of time following the at least one impact sensor detecting physical impact to the wall, the emission state of at least one lighting element. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The lighted inflatable device of claim 12, wherein the at least one impact sensor is embedded with the at least one lighting element. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The lighted inflatable device of claim 12, wherein the inflatable device is configured to cycle, in response to the at least one impact sensor detecting successive physical impacts to the wall, the emission state of the at least one lighting element. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The lighted inflatable device of claim 11, wherein the inflatable device is configured to alter, in response to a first impact sensor of the at least one impact sensor detecting physical impact to the wall, an emission state of one or more lighting elements of the at least one lighting elements proximate to the first impact sensor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The lighted inflatable device of claim 11 comprising: a plurality of impact sensors disposed about the wall; and a plurality of lighting elements disposed about the wall and within the first inflatable chamber, wherein each of the plurality of impact sensors are configured to, in response to detecting an impact, alter an emission state of a respective subset of the plurality of lighting elements. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The lighted inflatable device of claim 18, wherein each of the plurality of impact sensors is embedded with, and configured to control, a respective lighting element of the plurality of lighting elements. ### Claim 20 A lighted inflatable device comprising: a wall comprising a first inflatable chamber; a first plurality lighting elements disposed within the wall such that each of the first plurality of lighting elements is sealed inside the first inflatable chamber and isolated from an external environment, the first plurality of lighting elements configured to emit light; a control box connected to the first plurality of lighting elements, the control box configured to control one or more emission states of the first plurality of lighting elements; a second plurality of lighting elements disposed within the wall such that each of the second plurality of lighting elements is sealed inside the first inflatable chamber and isolated from the external environment, the second plurality of lighting elements configured to emit light; and at least one impact sensor configured to detect physical impact to the wall and control, in response to detecting physical impact to the wall, one or more emission states of the second plurality of lighting elements.