# US 11,998,806 B2 · Ball for competitions and toy games

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- Number: US 11,998,806 B2
- Document ID: US11998806B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/883,796
- Filed: 2022-08-09
- Published: 2024-02-15
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2022-08-09
- Applicants: Lei Wang
- Inventors: Lei Wang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11998806B2

## CPC

- A63B 43/008: {with means for improving visibility, e.g. special markings or colours (illuminating or reflecting means A63B43/06)}
- A63B 43/06: with illuminating devices {; with reflective surfaces}
- A63B 2225/74: with powered illuminating means, e.g. lights
- A63B 2243/0037: Basketball
- A63B 2243/0066: Rugby; American football
- A63B 2243/007: American football
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

The present application relates to the technical field of rubber balls, specifically discloses a ball for competitions and toy games, wherein a power supply installation groove is arranged on the ball body, and a sealing plug for sealing the power supply installation groove is arranged on the power supply installation groove, in which a power supply module is arranged, the power supply module comprises a power supply and a power supply contact arranged at bottom of the power supply, wherein a flexible LED light strip is pasted on an inner side of the ball body in a ring shape, and the flexible LED light strip is provided with a light strip contact, wherein the light strip contact is arranged below the power installation groove. The flexible LED is attached to the inner side of the ball body in a ring shape, so that the ball body emits light more uniformly.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A ball for competitions and toy games, comprising:
a ball body, on which a power supply installation groove is arranged, wherein a sealing plug for sealing the power supply installation groove is arranged on the power supply installation groove;
a single power supply module, arranged in an inner side of the power supply installation groove, wherein the power supply module comprises a power supply and a power supply contact arranged at bottom of the power supply;
a flexible LED light strip, pasted on an inner side of the ball body in a ring shape, and the flexible LED light strip is provided with a light strip contact, wherein the light strip contact is arranged below the power installation groove;
wherein the ball body is provided with a plurality of skins, a plurality of grooves are formed between the skins, and a pattern is provided on the skin, and the plurality of grooves and an inner side of the pattern are coated with luminescent powder.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The ball for competitions and toy games according to claim 1, wherein one end of the power installation groove close to the sealing plug is provided with a plurality of waterproof baffles, and the waterproof baffles are annularly distributed on an inner wall of the power supply installation groove, wherein the waterproof baffle and bottom of the sealing plug are in an interference fit, when the sealing plug is arranged in the power supply installation groove.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The ball for competitions and toy games according to claim 2, wherein the power supply contact is configured in a groove shape, the light strip contact is configured in a convex shape, and the light strip contact and the power supply contact are mutually clamped.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The ball for competitions and toy games according to claim 3, wherein the sealing plug is fixed on the power supply installation groove by a threaded connection.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The ball for competitions and toy games according to claim 4, wherein the ball body is composed of a rubber layer, a suture layer and a liner layer in sequence from the outside to the inside, and the flexible LED light strip is pasted on an inner wall of the liner layer, and the power supply installation groove passes through the rubber layer, the suture layer and the liner layer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The ball for competitions and toy games according to claim 1, wherein the ball is any one of football, volleyball, rugby and playground ball.