Patent ID: 6758767
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
Croquet equipment comprising a mallet, a ball, a hoop, and a stake, wherein:said mallet comprises two recessed receiving holes respectively axially extended in two ends of a head thereof, two light emitting modules respectively detachably mounted in said recessed receiving holes and adapted to emit light through said mallet, and two plastic face members respectively capped on the two ends of said head to seal the respective light emitting modules in said recessed receiving holes, said plastic face members admitting light; said ball is molded from light penetrable plastics, comprising an internally threaded and radially extended receiving hole, a light emitting module detachably mounted in said internally threaded and radially extended receiving hole and adapted to emit light through said ball, and a screw cap threaded into said internally threaded and radially extended receiving hole and maintained in flush with the periphery of said ball to hold the light emitting module in said ball; said stake is comprised of a light penetrable tubular shaft, said tubular shaft having a bottom end and a top end, an anchoring point fastened to the bottom end of said tubular shaft, said anchoring point having a hollow neck fastened to the bottom end of said tubular shaft, a cap fastened to the top end of said tubular shaft, a light emitting module mounted in the hollow neck of said anchoring point, and an elongated light guide connected to the light emitting module in said hollow neck of said anchoring point and axially suspended in said tubular shaft.