ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,824, issued on April 14.
"Illuminated hockey puck assembly" was invented by Stephen Czech (Woodbury, Minn.) and Matthew Czech (Woodbury, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminated hockey puck assembly includes a housing having an outer surface including a top side, a bottom side, and a perimeter edge extending between the top and bottom sides. The illuminated hockey puck assembly has a weight, a shape, and a size comparable to a hockey puck. A lighting system is mounted within the interior and is encapsulated by the outer surface such that the lighting system is immobilized in the housing. The housing is translucent such th...