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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2011
Jason Gene Heller, San Mateo, CA (US);
Charles Albert, Redwood City, CA (US);
Joshua William Garrett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeff Mcknight, Oakland, CA (US);
Eduardo Martinez, National City, CA (US);
Jason Gene Heller, San Mateo, CA (US);
Charles Albert, Redwood City, CA (US);
Joshua William Garrett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeff McKnight, Oakland, CA (US);
Eduardo Martinez, National City, CA (US);
FunFare, LLC, Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
In one aspect of the present invention, a toy arrangement involving a flickering, animated and/or luminescent toy object will be described. The toy arrangement includes a toy object having an ultraviolet sensitive layer. A light source is arranged to illuminate the ultraviolet sensitive layer with ultraviolet light. The ultraviolet sensitive layer is arranged to emit colored light in response to exposure to the ultraviolet light. In some implementations, the light source is arranged to vary the intensity of the ultraviolet light, which in turn can cause the colored light emitted from the toy object to fade, brighten and flicker. The toy arrangement may also include a speaker that emits sounds that are synchronized with changes in the colored light.