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US 2010/0148483 A1Published application
Sports Equipment and Method for Designing its Visual Appearance
OwnerRalf Kopp, Marc Bartoloinventors
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Abstract
An item of sports equipment includes a board with an upper surface and an opposite lower surface. The sporting appliance has at least one image display device which is configured to display an at least two-dimensional image which can be seen on viewing the upper surface, the lower surface, and/or a side surface of the board.
Claims17
1-14. (canceled)
An item of sports equipment, comprising:
- a board formed with a top surface, a bottom surface opposite said top surface, and a lateral face between said top surface and said bottom surface;
- at least one image presentation device configured to present an at least two-dimensional image which is visible when viewing said top surface, said bottom surface, and/or said lateral face of said board;
- said image presentation device including a matrix of light-emitting diodes configured to display the image.
A method for configuring a visual appearance of a sports apparatus having a board with a top surface, an opposite bottom surface, and a lateral face, which comprises:
- presenting images with an array of light emitting diodes forming an image presentation device of the sports apparatus, such that at least one image can be seen when viewing the top surface, the bottom surface, and/or the lateral face of the board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.