Patent ID: 7762681

Claim:
An illumination system for a skate, the illumination system comprising: a body formed to removably cover and entirely surround an outside surface of a skate, the body having a continuous undersurface that lies below a shoe portion of the skate when the body is situated on the skate, the continuous undersurface defining a first bottom side that is parallel to a skating surface on a first side of the skate, and a second bottom side that is parallel to the skating surface on a second side of the skate, the first and second bottom sides extending from proximate a toe portion of the body to proximate a heel portion of the body; a first elongated circuit board integral with the first bottom side of the body and extending between the toe portion of the body and the heel portion of the body, the first elongated circuit board parallel to a skating surface when the body is situated onto the skate; a first plurality of LEDs carried on the first elongated circuit board and situated thereon to direct light emanating therefrom downwardly toward the skating surface; a second elongated circuit board integral with the second bottom side of the body and extending between the toe portion of the body and the heel portion of the body, the second elongated circuit board parallel to the skating surface when the body is situated onto the skate; a second plurality of LEDs carried on the second elongated circuit board and situated thereon to direct light emanating therefrom downwardly toward the skating surface; circuitry carried by the body and associated with the first and second elongated circuit boards, the circuitry providing connection to the first and second plurality of LEDs to drive the first and second plurality of LEDs; and a strap having a first end connected to one of the first and second bottom sides of the body and a second end that is connectable to the other one of the first and second bottom sides of the body in order to hold the body onto the skate.