Patent ID: 7395629

Claim:
A catch net comprising: a rigid, light transmissive, elongated body having an enlarged loop at one end, and a housing at an opposite end, a flexible, extended-in-length, electrically powered electroluminescent material of a character such that light is uniformly and contiguously generated along the length and breadth of said flexible, extended-in-length electrically powered electroluminescent material, an electrical power source in said housing, said power source further comprising; at least one low voltage, direct current battery, an inverter selectively coupled to said at least one battery for transforming low voltage, direct current from said at least one battery to a high voltage oscillating electrical potential, and applying said high voltage oscillating potential to said electroluminescent material in order to uniformly and contiguously generate said light, said flexible, extended-in-length, electrically powered electroluminescent material extending the length of said rigid, light transmissive elongated body and along said enlarged loop, a net supported by said loop, whereby said article may be used as a catch net with said rigid, light transmissive elongated body and said enlarged loop being uniformly and contiguously illuminated by said electroluminescent material.