ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,819, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Duncan Toys Co. LLC (Baraboo, Wis.).
"Light-up bouncing ball" was invented by Stephen W. Butcher (Bristol, R.I.) and Robert Driscoll (South Deerfield, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes ball and a plurality of wristbands. The ball includes a shell, a sensor, a processor, a memory, and a plurality of LEDs. The sensor is configured to detect interaction with the ball. The processor is configured to control a color of light emitted by the plurality of LEDs according to the detected interaction and a plurality of rules stored in the memory. The plurality of wristbands correspond...