Wireless power transfer system for marble game toy

1 . A Wireless Power Transfer System adapted for use with commercially available marble game toy; wherein said Wireless Power Transfer System is a plurality of elements comprising at least one Transmitter Element and at least one Receiver Element;

wherein said Transmitter Element comprises a transmitter housing with coupling element to other elements of commercially available marble game toy and a Transmitter Device disposed within said transmitter housing; wherein said coupling element enables removable attachment to elements of the marble game toy; wherein said coupling element comprises an adapted tube element which has a cylindrical shape with one small end and one large end whereby one tube element can be securely mounted on top of another tube element, or a ring that fits snugly around the tube element of the marble game toy;

wherein said Transmitter Device comprises a primary inductive coil made of coiled electrical wire, a transmitter circuit that drives said primary inductive coil to create an oscillating electromagnetic field, a power switch accessible from the outside of said transmitter housing to turn said Transmitter Device on and off, and a power connector accessible from the outside of said transmitter housing allowing an external power source cable to be plugged in; wherein said Transmitter Device is powered by an external power source comprising standard AC outlet adapter, USB, or batteries; wherein said Transmitter Device, when powered, generates an active Transfer Zone of electrical energy via said oscillating electromagnetic field; and

wherein said Receiver Element comprises a receiver housing and at least one Receiver Device disposed within said receiver housing; wherein said Receiver Device comprises a secondary inductive coil and a receiver circuit configured to convert energy induced in said secondary inductive coil by said oscillating electromagnetic field into electrical power; wherein said receiver circuit further comprises an electronic element that consumes said electrical power and performs user-perceptible functions comprising generating light effect, generating sound effect, generating motion effect, or any combination thereof.

2 . The Wireless Power Transfer System of claim 1 , wherein a first Receiver Element is a Functional Marble; wherein said Functional Marble comprises a Marble housing which has spherical or oval shape housing and a Marble Receiver Device embedded within the said Marble housing; wherein said Marble housing is preferably made of transparent or translucent plastic, comprising either two halves of a spherical or oval shell permanently fused together, or a solid spherical or oval body molded over the embedded Marble Receiver Device; wherein said Marble Receiver Device comprises a Marble secondary inductive coil and a Marble receiver circuit configured to convert energy induced in said Marble secondary inductive coil by said oscillating electromagnetic field into electrical power; wherein said Marble receiver circuit further comprises at least one light-emitting diode (LED); wherein, said Functional Marble is battery-less but lights up said LED when placed within said active Transfer Zone.

3 . The Wireless Power Transfer System of claim 1 , wherein a second Receiver Element is a Functional Element; wherein said Functional Element comprises a Functional housing and at least one Functional Receiver Device disposed within said Functional housing; wherein said Functional Receiver Device comprises a Functional secondary inductive coil and a Functional receiver circuit configured to convert energy induced in said Functional secondary inductive coil by said oscillating electromagnetic field into electrical power; wherein said Functional receiver circuit further comprises an electronic element that consumes said electrical power and performs user-perceptible functions comprising generating light effect, generating sound effect, generating motion effect, or any combination thereof; wherein said Functional housing has a shape of a chosen object comprising any geometric shapes, any organic shapes, any abstract shapes, or any combination thereof; wherein said Functional housing further comprises a coupling element enabling removable attachment to elements of the commercially available marble game toy; wherein said coupling element comprises an adapted tube element which has a cylindrical shape with one small end and one large end whereby one tube element can be securely mounted on top of another tube element, or a ring that fits snugly around the tube element of the marble game toy.

4 . The Wireless Power Transfer System of claim 1 , wherein more than one said Transmitter Elements are used to enlarge the combined Transfer Zone which is the union of all active Transfer Zones.