Patent ID: 6168115
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: A63H,Y10S

Abstract:
An illuminated kite system comprising, in combination: a kite including a sail portion having a pair of resilient linear rods coupled at central extents thereof and in perpendicular relationship and a planar flexible sheet mounted on the linear rods for catching wind, the kite further including a nylon guide string having a first end coupled to the central extents of the linear rods and depending downwardly therefrom for being held by a user, the kite further including a twirling assembly defined by a hemispherical chute with a peripheral edge having a plurality of nylon support strings coupled thereto and extending therefrom in a converging manner to couple with an end of one of the linear rods of the sail portion, the hemispherical chute having an interior surface lined with a plurality of resilient arcuate rods coupled between the peripheral edge of the hemispherical chute and an apex thereof, wherein the twirling assembly is adapted to rotate during use; a plurality of chemiluminescent light units each including a flexible cylindrical container with a top face, a bottom face and a side wall for defining a closed interior space in which a chemiluminescent material is stored and activated upon the bending of the container, the top face of the container having a disk coupled thereto with a diameter equal to that of the container and a height about 1/4 that of the container, the disk having a diametrically disposed bore formed therein and a T-shaped post fixedly coupled to a center of a top surface thereof, wherein the guide string of the kite is adapted to be slid through the diametrically disposed bore and attached about the T-shaped post for spacedly fixing the chemiluminescent light units with respect to the guide string along a length thereof; and a plurality of electrical light modules each including a housing having a ellipsoidal configuration halved to define a pair of halves each having an arcuate exterior surface, a planar interior surface and a periphery formed therebetween, the halves being hinge ably coupled along first side edges of the peripheries thereof and further including a pair of locking couples mounted on second side edges of the peripheries thereof for allowing the halves to be opened and closed, one of the halves including a coupling tube mounted along the exterior surface thereof for frictionally receiving the guide string, the linear rods and the arcuate rods of the kite, each of the halves including a pair of differently colored lights mounted on the planar interior surface thereof at the foci thereof for illuminating intermittently upon the actuation thereof, one of the halves having a battery mounted on a central extent thereof and a toggle switch coupled between the battery and the lights for selectively actuating the lights.