Patent ID: 7288037

Claim:
A toy football comprising: an elongated spheroid body section; a tail section coupled to and extending longitudinally from the body section, the tail section comprising: a rod member coupled to a back end of the body section; and a plurality of fins coupled to and along a length of the rod member in an S-configuration, the plurality of fins being dimensioned to stabilize the body section while in flight and to force the air impacted by the body section downstream on each of the fins sequentially; and a light circuit for illuminating the toy football, the light source comprising: at least one light bulb; a power source coupled to the at least one light bulb; and a switch for activating and deactivating the light circuit, the switch being coupled to the at least one light bulb and coupled to the power source; wherein the rod member is substantially transparent in order to allow light from the light circuit to be visible through the rod member.