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US 8,522,723 B2Granted
Small animal exercise devices
OwnerAustin J. Forestinventor
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Abstract
An animal exercise wheel is illuminated by LEDs connected to a battery via a reed switch. A magnet actuates the reed switch when an animal begins to rotate the wheel. The LEDs flash with the frequency of rotation of the animal wheel or continuously. As long as the wheel rotates, the magnet continues to actuate the reed switch, which resets a counter. When the wheel stops and the reed switch is no longer actuated, the counter counts a predetermined time, and terminates the illumination of the LEDs.
Claims6
A method of lighting a rotatable animal wheel, said method comprising:
- providing one or more lights;
- illuminating one or more of said lights;
- said illumination including triggering said illumination of said one or more lights by the rotation of said rotatable animal wheel;
- and
- stopping said illumination of said one or more lights when said rotatable animal wheel stops rotating;
- wherein said triggering comprises either opening or closing a reed switch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.