Patent ID: 8672782
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A63B,G09B

Abstract:
1. A sporting device comprising: a display device comprising at least one electro chrome configured to provide a visually-perceivable output from an outer surface of the sporting device; and a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the computer-readable medium comprises computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processer perform a method comprising: receiving an electronic signal indicative of a user input selecting one of a plurality of selections, wherein each of the selections are configured to alter a visually-perceivable property of the output of the display device, wherein a first selection is configured to alter the output to provide a first visual indicia that illuminates an outer surface of the sporting device and a second selection is configured to alter the output to provide a second visual indicia that illuminates the outer surface of the sporting device; wherein the first visual indicia is further configured to be utilized during a first athletic routine with the sporting device and the second visual indicia is configured to be utilized during a second athletic routine with the sporting device, wherein the first and second athletic routines each improve a single sport-specific skill; and altering a visually-perceivable property of the output of the display to provide the first visual indicia upon receiving the first selection comprising the switching of the electro chrome from a substantially transparent state to a second state in which the first electro chrome exhibits a first color while at the second state.