SWORD DEVICE WITH RETRACTABLE, INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED BLADE

A special effects device for providing an energy sword effect. The device includes two long plastic semi-cylinders, and these two blade body members are rolled perpendicular to their length, which creates compact cylinders of material of small volume that can be provided on a pair of spools in a hil...

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Hauptverfasser:	ROMAIRE, ELI JOSEPH, MCCALL, DAVID J, CHEVAKO, PETER ANASTASIOS, SMOOT, LANNY S, HONECK, MICHAEL R, SMITHWICK, QUINN Y, FORSTER, ADAM B, SANDIN, TERRY O
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AMUSEMENTS CONJURING APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE DEVICES FOR THEATRES, CIRCUSES, OR THE LIKE GAMES HUMAN NECESSITIES SPORTS TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS, BUILDING BLOCKS
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Zusammenfassung:	A special effects device for providing an energy sword effect. The device includes two long plastic semi-cylinders, and these two blade body members are rolled perpendicular to their length, which creates compact cylinders of material of small volume that can be provided on a pair of spools in a hilt. To extend the blade, a motor provided in the hilt unrolls the blade body members from the spools. Each blade body member passes through a blade forming guideway that nests the semi-cylindrical blade body members together as they leave the hilt. To retract the blade, the process is reversed. The lighting of the blade is achieved with a flexible strip of light sources. The light source strip is attached to a blade end cap and positioned in the center of the two blade body members such that it is pulled up along with the blade body members during their extension.