Filing Information

Inventor(s)	Steven F. Beard ·
Assignee(s)	BEARD STEVEN F ·  View assignee updates
Attorney/Agent(s)	Bradford E. Kile ·
Primary Examiner	Irwin Gluck ·
Application Number	US6201776
Filing date	10/29/1980
Issue date	01/04/1983
Predicted expiration date	10/29/2000
U.S. Classifications	362/103  · 179/1VC  ·
International Classifications	F21L 500  ·
Kind Code	A
International Classifications	362103;800;35;61;184;191;190;80;208;226;806 ·

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Abstract

A roller skate attachment operable to be fitted onto a roller skate having a shoe upper, a sole, a running gear attached to the sole and a toe stop releasably connected to a forward portion of the running gear. The attachment comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes releasably connected to the toe stop. A battery is operably mounted on the roller skate and an electrical circuit selectively interconnects the battery and the light emitting diodes to selectively light the diodes.

Independent Claims | See all claims (6)

1. 1. A roller skate attachment operable to be fitted onto a roller skate having a shoe upper, a shoe sole, a running gear connected to the shoe sole and a toe stop releasably connected to a generally forward portion of the running gear, said roller skate attachment comprising:toroidal shaped disc means releasably connected to a toe stop of the roller skate;a plurality of light emitting diodes embedded within said toroidal shaped disc and being radially directed outwardly from the center of said disc said toroidal disc means being fabricated from a material which will permit said plurality of light emitting diodes to be visually detected through the disc material;battery means operable to be connected to said roller skate; andcircuit means interconnecting said battery means and said plurality of light emitting diodes for selectively transmitting current to actuate said light emitting diodes.