Pinwheel with lightup electronic head
View Patent ↗A pinwheel toy having a handle, a shaft engaged to the handle and blades which spin about the shaft in response to wind pressure, has blades formed of holographic film having a three-dimensional appearance of a hologram, an electronic module within a capsule, and having a plurality of lights facing backward toward front faces of the blades, the electronic module being engaged with the shaft, and an impact switch engaged by tapping a front face of the capsule.
1. In a pinwheel toy of the type having a handle, a shaft engaged to the handle and blades which spin about the shaft in response to wind pressure, the improvement wherein
the blades are formed of holographic film having a three-dimensional appearance of a hologram, and comprising
an electronic module within a capsule, and having a plurality of lights facing backward toward front faces of the blades, said electronic module being engaged with the shaft, and
an impact switch.
2. The pinwheel toy according to claim 1 , wherein there are at least two said lights.
3. The pinwheel toy according to claim 1 , wherein a stabilizing element is fixed to a top end of the handle, the stabilizing element having a straight edge perpendicular to the axis of the handle capable of flashing different colors alternatively.
4. The pinwheel toy according to claim 1 , wherein the lights are controlled by the electronic module to flash alternatively.
5. The pinwheel toy according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic module comprises batteries.
6. The pinwheel according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic module comprises a timer to turn off the lights after a predetermined time.
7. The pinwheel toy of claim 2 , wherein the lights are LED's.
8. The pinwheel toy of claim 1 , wherein the capsule within which the electronic module is encased is cylindrical.
9. The pinwheel of claim 1 , wherein the lights are inclined from the shaft by an angle of about 12° to 20°.
10. The pinwheel of claim 1 , wherein the blades have a flat orientation portion perpendicular to the shaft, and comprising ⅖ to ⅗ the width of the blades.