Pole with illumination elements
OwnerKevin Patelinventor
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Abstract
A safety dance pole with a light display includes an opaque tube member with an programmable light display member configured for placement inside of the opaque tube member. A plurality of circumferentially arranged apertures extending through an outer surface of the tube member to a cavity within include light pipes configured to transmit light from the light display member past the outer surface of the opaque tube member. The dance pole includes a programmable controller which may be operated by wired or wireless means. The dance pole may be rotatable or suspendable. The light controller and light display may be powered by household current or one or more batteries.
Claims20
A dance pole apparatus comprising:
- a cylindrical member with a bottom end, a top end and a side wall, the cylindrical member includes at least one internal cavity and a circumferential arrangement of light pipes that extend from the at least one internal cavity through the side wall, and light emitting ends of the light pipes are disposed flush with a smooth opaque gapless outer surface of the cylindrical member;
- a programmable light display member with a plurality of light emitting elements configured to fit inside the at least one internal cavity.
The cylindrical member according to claim one further comprising a wall thickness with range between 3 mm and 13 mm.
The cylindrical member according to claim one further comprising a diameter with a range between 38 mm and 78 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.