Glow in the dark dartboard, darts, tips, shafts, flights and the manufacturing of same

Abstract

A glow in the dark dartboard and glow in the dark darts and dart parts are disclosed that glow in the dark. The dartboard and dartboard parts may be coated in a variety of ways. In one embodiment a clear ink is mixed with phosphorescent and or fluorescent power rendering a coating that will appear to glow in the dark. The carrier for the phosphorescent and or fluorescent powder may be varnish, clear ink as mentioned above or any other carrier liquid sufficient to carry out the invention. The coating application method may vary and could include painting, dipping, spraying with a spray can, an air brush or a silk screen method of application.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A dartboard comprising glow in the dark coatings wherein the glow in the dark dartboard allows dartboard play in the dark. 
     
     
         2 . The dartboard of  claim 1  wherein glow in the dark dartboard is comprised of separate glow the dark dartboard parts and wherein the glow in the dark parts are assembled to create a glow in the dark dartboard. 
     
     
         3 . The dartboard of  claim 2  wherein the glow in the dark dartboard parts are coated with a glow in the dark material. 
     
     
         4 . The dartboard of  claim 2  wherein the glow in the dark dartboard parts are coated with a least one of a phosphorescent material or a fluorescent material. 
     
     
         5 . The dartboard of  claim 4  wherein a phosphorescent material or fluorescent material is applied by dipping dartboard parts in a solution of phosphorescent or fluorescent paint. 
     
     
         6 . The dartboard of  claim 4  wherein the phosphorescent material or fluorescent material is applied by spraying dartboard parts with a solution of phosphorescent or fluorescent material. 
     
     
         7 . The dartboard of  claim 6  wherein the dartboard parts are sprayed from a spray can. 
     
     
         8 . The dartboard of  claim 6  wherein the dartboard parts are sprayed from an airbrush. 
     
     
         9 . The dartboard of  claim 4  wherein the phosphorescent material or a fluorescent material is derived from a clear ink mixed with phosphorescent and or a fluorescent powder. 
     
     
         10 . The dartboard of  claim 9  wherein the phosphorescent material or a fluorescent material is derived from a clear ink mixed with a colored powder that enables the dartboard parts coated with such material glow in the dark with colored phosphorescent or fluorescent properties. 
     
     
         11 . The dartboard of  claim 10  wherein the dartboard is colored with a clear ink and a colored powder that enables the dartboard parts coated with such material glow in the dark with colored phosphorescent or fluorescent properties and wherein the mixture is applied using the silkscreen method. 
     
     
         12 . The dartboard of  claim 10  wherein the dartboard is colored with a clear varnish and a colored powder that enables the dartboard parts coated with such material glow in the dark with colored phosphorescent or fluorescent properties and wherein the mixture is applied using the silkscreen method. 
     
     
         13 . The dartboard of  claim 10  wherein the dartboard is colored a clear ink and a colored powder that enables the dartboard parts coated with such material glow in the dark with colored phosphorescent or fluorescent properties and wherein the mixture is applied using a CNC controlled coating system. 
     
     
         13 . Dart parts comprising at least one of a point, a barrel, a shaft and a flight wherein at least one of the parts is coated with a glow in the dark material. 
     
     
         14 . The dart parts of  claim 13  wherein the glow in the dark material is derived from a clear universal dye ink based solution mixed with a colored powder. 
     
     
         15 . The dart parts of  claim 13  wherein the glow in the dark material is derived from a clear ink mixed with a colored powder creating a coating that has phosphorescent and or fluorescent properties. 
     
     
         16 . The dart parts of  claim 15  wherein the method of coating may be one of a spray can, an air brush, a CNC controlled application method or a dipping method. 
     
     
         17 . The dart parts of  claim 13  wherein the glow in the dark material is derived from a clear ink mixed with a colored powder creating a coating that has phosphorescent and or fluorescent properties and is further mixed with charged particles which enable an anodizing coating method that renders a glow in the dark anodized coating. 
     
     
         18 . The dartboard of  claim 4  wherein the phosphorescent material or a fluorescent material is derived from a clear ink mixed with phosphorescent and or a fluorescent powder and wherein the dartboard is made of sisal or hemp and the sisal or hemp absorbs the mixture of clear ink and phosphorescent and or a fluorescent powder. 
     
     
         19 . The dartboard of  claim 18  wherein the phosphorescent material or a fluorescent material is derived from a clear ink mixed with phosphorescent and or a fluorescent powder and wherein the dartboard is made of sisal or hemp and the sisal or hemp absorbs the mixture of clear ink and phosphorescent and or a fluorescent powder and wherein the mixture is applied with a commercial high volume silkscreen method. 
     
     
         20 . The dartboard of  claim 18  wherein the phosphorescent material or a fluorescent material is derived from a clear ink mixed with phosphorescent and or a fluorescent powder and wherein the dartboard is made of sisal or hemp and the sisal or hemp absorbs the mixture of clear ink and phosphorescent and or a fluorescent powder of any color and wherein the mixture is applied with a commercial high volume silkscreen method rendering a glow in the dark dart board resembling a standard dartboard while viewed in the dark.