Jessica C Lin

US Patent:

20110136603, Jun 9, 2011

Filed:

Dec 7, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/592991

Inventors:

Jessica Sara Lin - Warren NJ, US
Jessica Osemudiamen Matthews - Wappinger Falls NY, US
Julia Claire Silverman - Winnetka IL, US
Hemali Ajay Thakkar - Corona CA, US
Aviva Presser - Cambridge MA, US

International Classification:

A63B 43/00
A63B 43/06

US Classification:

473570

Abstract:

Our invention hybridizes ‘ball sports,’ including soccer, baseball, tennis, and etc., and devices converting mechanical energy (through impact or shaking) to produce power while playing or participating in sports. Modifications include embedding sensors into a ball to identify the degree of kicking or hitting, or utilize them in the context of other computer or AV-based games.The energy-producing ball embeds the coiled-impact sensors and/or shake-to-charge technology, vibration, or other piezo-electric materials to convert the mechanical energy of kicking, hitting, or bouncing into electrical energy. The energy can be stored internally, internally on a removable device, externally, or in some hybrid. The ball can be a source of light, contain housings for light sources or battery-charging adapters, or plugged into other energy-collection/storage units. The stored energy within the ball can be used to charge batteries, power light sources, cell phones, radios, or other electrical products.