IP Library Granted Patent US 10,736,409
Granted Patent B2
US 10,736,409 · App. 15/945,496 · Granted Aug 11, 2020

Flag football system

Inventor: Jeffrey Lewis (New York, NY)
Assignee: AFFL ASSOCIATES, LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,736,409
App. No.
15/945,496
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods described herein may provide an adjustable magnetic attachment force for flag football and for determining a location in flag football. In some embodiments, a system comprises a flag and a wearable item, wherein the flag and the wearable item are configured such that a magnetic attachment force exerted between a first connector and a second connector attaches the flag to the wearable item. In some embodiments, a set comprises one or more flags and one or more wearable items, wherein an adjustable magnetic attachment force attaching the flags and wearable items is adjusted by replacing one or more magnetic components. In some embodiments, a system comprising a flag and a wearable item is configured to detect that contact between a first connector and a second connector has been broken and to automatically indicate a location associated with the contact being broken.

Claims (18)

1. A system for monitoring flag football equipment, comprising:

a flag comprising a first connector, the first connector comprising a first magnetic portion; and

a wearable item comprising a second connector, the second connector comprising a second magnetic portion;

one or more processors;

a location sensor;

an output device; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:

detect that contact between the first connector and the second connector has been broken;

determine, by the location sensor, a geospatial location associated with the breaking of the connection of the first connector and the second connector, in response to detecting that the contact has been severed;

output, by the output device, an indication indicating the determined location.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to, in response to detecting that the contact has been broken, generate and transmit a signal indicating that the contact has been broken.

3. The system of 1 , wherein:

before contact between the first connector and the second connector is broken:

the first connector and the second connector are magnetically attached by a magnetic attachment force exerted between the first magnetic portion and the second magnetic portion; and

the first connector and the second connector are in electrical contact with one another; and

detecting that contact between the first connector and the second connector has been broken comprises detecting that the electrical contact has been broken.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to, in response to detecting that the contact has been broken, output an indication that the contact has been broken.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein outputting an indication that the contact has been broken comprises causing one or more output devices associated with one or more of the flag and the wearable item to illuminate.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 14, 2021
From: AFFL ASSOCIATES, LLC
To: AFFL ASSOCIATES, INC.
Reel/Frame 058921/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2018
From: LEWIS, JEFFREY
To: AFFL ASSOCIATES, LLC
Reel/Frame 046791/0799 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62482481 · Apr 6, 2017
Provisional Application 62561865 · Sep 22, 2017
Related Publication 20180289138A1 · Oct 11, 2018
Cited By (1)
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