Patent ID: 8727918
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A01K,A63B

Abstract:
1. An illuminated game projectile with a cradled light source, the game projectile comprising: an outer shell with an outer surface, an inner surface, and an open inner volume wherein the outer shell has a hockey puck disk shape with an annular outer peripheral wall and first and second faces retained in spaced relation by the peripheral wall; a light source structure disposed within the open inner volume of the outer shell, the light source structure comprising a light source, a power source, and an actuation mechanism; and a cradle structure disposed within the open inner volume of the outer shell to retain the inner light source structure in a predetermined position within the outer shell wherein the cradle structure has an outer portion that engages the outer shell and an inner portion that engages and retains the light source structure and wherein the cradle structure comprises a plurality of radially communicating cradling fins with distal ends adjacent to the peripheral wall and proximal portions that retain the inner light source structure.