Saber Apparatus With Deployable, Illuminated Blade
AssigneeReel Saber, LLC
InventorMatthew Channing Fischio
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Abstract
A saber apparatus comprises a hilt assembly having a hilt body and a drive assembly. The saber apparatus further comprises a blade member connected to the drive assembly to selectively deploy and retract the blade member. The blade member is deployed in an arc shape and is stored in a flat shape wound up in a reel form within the hilt body. The drive assembly operates to deploy the blade member outward from the hilt body and retract the blade member into the hilt body. The blade member comprises a blade cap at a distal end of the blade member, and the hilt assembly comprises a light source within the hilt body. The light from the light source is directed through a lens axially outward towards the blade cap at the distal end of the blade member.
Claims20
A saber apparatus, comprising:
- a hilt assembly comprising a hilt body, wherein the hilt body comprises a drive assembly;
- and
- a blade member operatively connected to the drive assembly to selectively deploy and retract the blade member, wherein the blade member is flexible and is deployed in an arc shape, and wherein the blade member is stored in a flat shape wound up in a reel form on a spool gear, within the hilt body,
- wherein the drive assembly operates in a first operating state to deploy the blade member outward from an opening in the hilt body and in a second operating state to retract the blade member into the hilt body through the opening in the hilt body,
- wherein the blade member comprises a blade cap at a distal end of the blade member, and
- wherein the hilt assembly comprises at least one light source within the hilt body, wherein light from the light source is directed through at least one lens axially outward towards the blade cap at the distal end of the blade member.
A laser sword system, comprising:
- a hilt assembly comprising a hilt body, wherein the hilt assembly comprises a drive assembly;
- and
- a single blade member operatively connected to the drive assembly,
- wherein the drive assembly comprises a motor gear attached to a motor, a transfer gear and a spool gear, wherein the drive assembly operates in a first operating state to selectively deploy the blade member outward from an opening in the hilt body and in a second operating state to selectively retract the blade member into the hilt body through the opening in the hilt body,
- wherein the blade member is flexible and is deployed in an arc shape, and wherein the blade member is stored in a flat shape wound up in a reel form on the spool gear, within the hilt body,
- wherein the blade member comprises a blade cap at a distal end of the blade member, and wherein the blade cap comprises a reflective mirror having a hole in center,
- wherein the hilt assembly comprises a single LED light source within the hilt body, wherein light from the light source is directed through a single lens axially outward towards the blade cap at the distal end of the blade member to light up the blade cap and the blade member, and wherein the reflective mirror of the blade cap having the hole in the center allows the light from the light source to pass through;
- wherein the blade member has a proximal end attached to a shaft of the spool gear;
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- wherein the blade member and the spool gear are configured to permit user detachment of the blade member from the shaft of the spool gear.
A method of operating a saber apparatus with an illuminated blade member, the method comprising:
- operatively connecting a blade member with a drive assembly;
- selectively deploying and retracting the blade member by operating the drive assembly in a first operating state to deploy the blade member outward from an opening in a hilt body and in a second operating state to retract the blade member into the hilt body through the opening in the hilt body, wherein the blade member is deployed in an arc shape;
- storing the blade member in a flat shape wound up in a reel form on a spool gear, within the hilt body, and
- directing a light from a light source through at least one lens axially outward towards a blade cap at a distal end of the blade member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.