Lighted inflatable apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10472841-B2
Application number	US-201615258449-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 7, 2016
Priority date	Sep 9, 2015
Publication date	Nov 12, 2019
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019

Abstract

Aspects of the disclosed technology include a lighted inflatable pool including: a wall including a first inflatable chamber; a base; at least one lighting element disposed within the wall, the at least one lighting element being configured to emit light; and a receiver connected to the at least one lighting element, the receiver being configured to receive a command for controlling the lighting element and to control the at least one lighting element in correspondence with the command.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighted inflatable pool comprising:
a wall comprising a first inflatable chamber and a second inflatable chamber connected to the first inflatable chamber and positioned atop the first inflatable chamber when the wall is an inflated configuration;
a base;
at least one lighting element disposed between the first inflatable chamber and the second inflatable chamber, the at least one lighting element configured to emit light; and
a receiver positioned externally to the wall and connected to the at least one lighting element, the receiver configured to receive a command for controlling the at least one lighting element and to control the at least one lighting element in correspondence with the command.

2. The lighted inflatable pool of claim 1 , wherein
the at least one lighting element comprises a multicolored lighting element, and
the command is for controlling at least one of a color and intensity of the multicolored lighting element.

3. The lighted inflatable pool of claim 1 , wherein the at least one lighting element comprises a light strip.

4. The lighted inflatable pool of claim 1 , wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the command from a remote control.

5. The lighted inflatable pool of claim 1 , wherein
the at least one lighting element is oriented towards a center of the pool when the first inflatable chamber is inflated, and
the at least one lighting element is configured to emit light at a sufficient intensity such that, when the at least one lighting element emits light with a given color, water in the pool appears to take on the color of the light.

6. A lighted inflatable pool comprising:
a wall comprising a first inflatable chamber and a second inflatable chamber connected to the first inflatable chamber and positioned atop the first inflatable chamber when the wall is an inflated configuration;
a base;
at least one lighting element configured to emit light, the at least one lighting element comprising a first lighting element disposed within the first inflatable chamber, and a second lighting element disposed within the second inflatable chamber; and
a receiver positioned external to the wall and connected to the at least one lighting element, the receiver configured to receive a command for controlling the at least one lighting element and to control the at least one lighting element in correspondence with the command.

7. The lighted inflatable pool of claim 1 , further comprising an attachment member attached to a surface of the wall, the attachment member being configured to press the at least one lighting element against the surface of the wall.

8. The lighted inflatable pool of claim 6 further comprising a remote control configured to transmit the command to the receiver, the remote control comprising a plurality of color buttons corresponding to respective colors,
wherein the remote control is further configured to transmit, in response to one of the plurality of color buttons being selected, a command for controlling the at least one lighting element to emit a color corresponding to the selected color button, and
wherein the receiver is further configured to, in response to receiving the command for controlling the at least one lighting element to emit the color corresponding to the selected color button, control the at least one lighting element to emit the color corresponding to the selected color button.

9. The lighted inflatable pool of claim 6 , wherein the receiver is further configured to individually and independently control the first lighting element and the second lighting element.

10. A lighted inflatable apparatus comprising:
a wall comprising a first inflatable chamber and a second inflatable chamber connected to the first inflatable chamber and positioned atop the first inflatable chamber when the wall is an inflated configuration;
at least one lighting element disposed within the first inflatable chamber and at least one lighting element disposed within the second inflatable chamber, each of the at least one lighting elements being configured to emit light; and
a receiver positioned externally of the wall and connected to each of the at least one lighting elements, the receiver configured to receive a command for controlling each of the at least one lighting elements and to control each of the at least one lighting elements in correspondence with the command.

11. The lighted inflatable apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one lighting elements are attached to an inner surface of the first inflatable chamber or the second inflatable chamber.

12. The lighted inflatable apparatus of claim 10 , wherein
each of the at least one lighting elements comprises a multicolored lighting element, and
the command is for controlling at least one of a color and intensity of the multicolored lighting element.

13. The lighted inflatable apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the lighting elements comprise a light strip.

14. The lighted inflatable apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the receiver is disposed within the first inflatable chamber or the second inflatable chamber.

15. The lighted inflatable apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the receiver is further configured to receive the command from a remote control.

16. The lighted inflatable apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising an attachment member attached to a surface of the wall, the attachment member being configured to press each of the at least one lighting elements against the surface of the wall.

Assignees

• Polygroup Macau Ltd Bvi

Inventors

• Tong Ricky
• Hershock Scott
• Zhang Yifeng
• Lan Chaolong

Classifications

• E04H4/0025 Primary

  with inflatable parts · CPC title

• E04H4/148 Primary

  Lighting means · CPC title