Patent ID: 6712721
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: A63B,A63H,Y10S

Abstract:
A wicket for use in nighttime play of croquet, comprising:a U-shaped length of wire having a wire diameter and a pair of opposed downwardly descending arms; a pair of loops on each of said downwardly descending arms, each of said pair of loops defining a passageway therethrough and wherein each of said pair of loops comprises a torsional spring separable from said wire and having first and second opposed ends, each of said opposed ends defining a loop and a series of spiral winds between said opposite ends, said spiral winds defining a second passageway having an internal diameter in a relaxed condition smaller than said wire diameter, and said torsional spring movable to an extended condition wherein said diameter of said second passageway is larger than said wire diameter; and a chemoluminescent light stick extending through each of said pair of loops and said passageways and said light stick generally conforming to the shape of the U-shaped length of wire.