Photo-chromic doll playsets, photo-chromic toy vehicle playsets and activation light projectors
OwnerChristopher Schmidt, William Hudson +3inventors
InventorsChristopher Schmidt, William Hudson, Sunil Moothedah, David Small, Paul Rago
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the invention, photo-chromic doll playsets are disclosed. A photo-chromic doll playset includes a doll having a substrate; a photo-chromic material applied to the substrate; a light pen to selectively apply a tightly focused activating light output on the photo-chromic material to create narrow lines of activated photo-chromic material. In response to the activating light, the activated photo-chromic material temporarily transforms from a first color to a second color for a period of time before gradually decaying back to the first color.
Claims24
A photo-chromic doll playset comprising:
- a doll having a substrate;
- a photo-chromic material applied to the substrate;
- a light pen to selectively apply a tightly focused activating light output on the photo-chromic material to create narrow lines of activated photo-chromic material;
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- wherein the activated photo-chromic material temporarily transforms from a first color to a second color for a period of time before gradually decaying back to the first color.
A photo-chromic toy vehicle play set comprising:
- a toy vehicle having a photo-chromic material portion;
- a stencil including opaque areas and transparent or open areas forming a pattern, the stencil to align with and be placed next to the photo-chromic material portion of the toy vehicle;
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- a light pen to selectively shine an activating light over the stencil to activate the pattern in the photo-chromic material portion of the toy vehicle.
A photo-chromic activation light projector comprising:
- a base to support a photo-chromic object;
- an activating lamp to generate an activating light to activate a photo-chromic material on the photo-chromic object;
- a support structure coupled between the base and the activating lamp, the support structure to support the activating lamp over the base to shine the activating light onto the photo-chromic object;
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- wherein the activated photo-chromic material is temporarily transformed by the activating light to display a design in a first color on the photo-chromic object for a period of time before gradually decaying back to a second color.
A method comprising:
- providing a hollow light box having an opening to insert a toy vehicle therein, the toy vehicle including one or more portions of photo-chromic material;
- inserting the toy vehicle into the hollow light box;
- turning ON a switch coupled between a power source and an activating lamp;
- generating an activating light in response to turning ON the switch, the activating light flooding the inside of the hollow light box;
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- activating the one or more portions of photo-chromic material on the toy vehicle, wherein the photo-chromic material temporarily transforms from a first color to a second color for a period of time before gradually decaying back to the first color.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.