Patent ID: 7329019

Claim:
An illuminated article comprising: at least one electro-luminescent light strip having decorative indicia formed thereon; at least one light-emitting diode; and an electronic circuit including at least one battery electrically connected to the light sources to power the at least one electro-luminescent light strip and the at least one light-emitting diode; a direct-current to alternate-current inverter electrically positioned between the power supply and the electroluminescent light strip; and motion sensing means including a distribution plate having a plurality of contact pads, a plurality of springs including a first and a second end, and an orbiter having at least one conductive shoe; wherein the distribution plate is arranged between a base plate and the orbiter, the first end of each spring is coupled to the orbiter and the second end of each spring being anchored to the base plate at an opposite side of the distribution plate; the motion sensing means forming a switch for turning the electro-luminescent light strip and the light-emitting diode ON and OFF by the orbiter moving over the distribution plate in reaction to motion of the illuminated article.