US 12,246,262 B2
Illuminated support rails for pinball machines
Eric M. Meunier, Oak Park, IL (US); Daniel E. Molter, Elmhurst, IL (US); Keith P. Johnson, South Elgin, IL (US); and Duncan F. Brown, Mundelein, IL (US)
Filed by Eric M. Meunier, Oak Park, IL (US); Daniel E. Molter, Elmhurst, IL (US); Keith P. Johnson, South Elgin, IL (US); and Duncan F. Brown, Mundelein, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/494,829.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/087,796, filed on Oct. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0105423 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 7/36 (2006.01); A63F 7/02 (2006.01); F21S 4/28 (2016.01); F21V 19/00 (2006.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC A63F 7/36 (2013.01) [A63F 7/027 (2013.01); F21S 4/28 (2016.01); F21V 19/003 (2013.01); F21V 33/008 (2013.01); A63F 2009/2454 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pinball playfield, comprising:
a support rail affixed to and in direct contact with at least a portion of one side of a pinball playfield to provide mechanical support thereto,
wherein the support rail comprises an elongated strip that further comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements.