# US 2017/0282045 A1 · Illuminated Rotating Dance Pole

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- Number: US 2017/0282045 A1
- Document ID: US20170282045A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/478,264
- Filed: 2017-04-04
- Published: 2017-10-05
- Earliest claimed: 2016-04-04
- Assignees: Flicker Pole L.L.C.
- Applicants: Flickerpole LLC
- Inventors: James Glasner; Mark Nelson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170282045A1

## CPC

- A63B 71/0622: {Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user}
- A63B 9/00: Climbing poles, frames, or stages {(climbing walls for mountaineering training A63B69/0048; endless loop ladders A63B22/04)}
- A63B 2225/50: Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
- A63B 2225/74: with powered illuminating means, e.g. lights
- A63B 2244/225: Pole dancing
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)

## Abstract

A dance pole effective to bear the weight of a dancer has a rigid inner core and a transparent outer tube circumscribing the rigid inner core. A first portion of an outer surface of the rigid inner core contacts an inner wall of the transparent outer tube and a second portion of the outer surface is recessed from the inner wall. A plurality of lighting points, such as strips of light emitting diodes, is disposed on the second portion of the outer surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A dance pole effective to bear the weight of a dancer, comprising:
a rigid inner core having an outer surface;
a transparent outer tube circumscribing the rigid inner core, a first portion of the outer surface contacting an inner wall of the transparent outer tube and a second portion of the outer surface recessed from the inner wall; and
a plurality of lighting points disposed on the second portion of the outer surface.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The dance pole of claim 1 wherein the rigid inner core has a circular cross-section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The dance pole of claim 2 wherein the second portion of the outer surface is cavities formed into the rigid inner core.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The dance pole of claim 3 wherein the lighting points are disposed within the cavities.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The dance pole of claim 4 wherein the lighting points are strips of light emitting diodes.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The dance pole of claim 2 wherein the rigid inner core has a polygonal cross section with flats separated by apexes.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The dance pole of claim 6 wherein the flats form the second portion of the outer surface.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The dance pole of claim 7 wherein the lighting points are mounted to the flats.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The dance pole of claim 8 wherein the lighting points are strips of LEDs.

### Claim 10 (depends on 2)

The dance pole of claim 2 wherein the dance pole is supported by a rotatable base.

### Claim 11 (depends on 6)

The dance pole of claim 6 wherein the dance pole is supported by a rotatable base.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The dance pole of claim 1 wherein sensors disposed between the rigid inner core and transparent outer core are responsive to stimuli.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The dance pole of claim 12 wherein characteristics of the lighting points changes responsive to the stimuli.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The dance pole of claim 1 wherein the rigid inner core and the transparent outer tube are affixed at a bottom end to a rotating base and at a top end to a rotating housing.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The dance pole of claim 14 wherein the dance pole is configured for rotation around bushings and/or bearings at the top end and the bottom end.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The pole of claim 15 wherein the transparent outer tube is configured to rotate over the metallic inner core on bushings and/or bearings at periodic intervals.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The dance pole of claim 1 wherein the lighting points are powered by an integral battery.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The dance pole of claim 17 wherein the battery is charged via one of slip rings and inductive coils.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

The dance pole of claim 1 wherein the lighting points are powered by an external power source.