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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7108414 | Light emitting panel assemblies Light emitting panel assemblies include one or more light emitting panel members each having at least one pattern of optical deformities that may be varied in size, shape, density, placement, angle, rotation and/or type to obtain at least one light output distributi... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7007417 | Audio-visual display device for pictorial artwork An audio-visual display device for pictorial artwork is disclosed. The preferred embodiment has a universal backbox which contains a lightboard capable of lighting up any and/or all sections of a pictorial artwork placed above it, a hidden electric eye for detecting... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6976915 | Gaming device display with simulated halftones A panel or reel strip of a gaming device that includes halftones. The panel or reel strip includes a medium and a photographically created multicolor image on one side of the medium. A silkscreen ink layer is provided on the other side of the medium. The ink definin... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6802144 | Furniture ornament A furniture ornament comprised of a plurality of parallel and spaced-apart double-layered planar sheets of transparent material, e.g. rigid plastic. The sheets contain designs usually having repeating patterns thereon wherein all of the designs on the sheets are vis... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6540260 | Photograph album page, spine and system A photograph album system (10) has a spine (14) with an internal lateral groove (30) at one end and a removable retainer (42) having a plurality of internal retaining fingers (44) within the groove. A plurality of pages (52) are defined by a plurality of ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6526681 | Sign for illumination utilizing translucent layers The present invention comprises a sign having multiple light translucent layers are adjacent one another with such translucent layers being broken to form in one or more areas indicia (i.e. letters, numbers, etc.) meant to be visualized by an observer. Th... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6502339 | Shadow display device A shadow display device including at least two semi-transparent panels having images thereon which are positioned in front of or behind a light source casting images onto one or more of the panels. An embodiment of the device also includes a panel having ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6032392 | Method and device for creating an illusion of thickness from a flat image A method and apparatus for producing an illusion of depth from a flat image. The apparatus includes a plurality of sheets, each being at least partially transparent and reflective and a light source. A design media having at least one of relatively thin l... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5992068 | Sign for illumination utilizing translucent layers A sign has multiple light translucent layers that are adjacent one another with such translucent layers being broken to form in one or more areas indicia (i.e. letters, numbers, etc.) meant to be visualized by an observer. These areas include a mid-layer,... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5537302 | Illuminated sign with patterned openings on light dispersion member A rear illuminated fascia apparatus for mounting on a surface is disclosed. The apparatus has a support structure comprising support brackets, top and bottom edge frame members, and corner members which tension and hold in place a flexible, translucent sh... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5381324 | Illuminated canopy system A rear illuminated fascia apparatus for mounting on a surface is disclosed. The apparatus has a support structure comprising support brackets, top and bottom edge frame members, and corner members which tension and hold in place a flexible, translucent sh... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5367801 | Multi-layer three-dimensional display A multi-layer three-dimensional display has three layers which are spaced apart in a common frame, with the front two being semi-transparent. Each layer is painted with a portion of an image, with the foreground details being on the front panel and the ba... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5106660 | Decorative wall panel A decorative display panel is formed by spaced transparent panes defining a space containing preferably water. A porous tube at the bottom of the space is supplied preferably with air under pressure to generate a curtain of bubbles moving upward in the wa... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4435696 | Visor assembly for pedestrian traffic signal A visor assembly for a pedestrian traffic signal, which is intended to be mounted across the face of the signal and which serves to screen the signal from sunlight. The visor assembly of the invention includes a frame, and a grating mounted in the frame. ... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4398723 | Viewing device for generating a three-dimensional image A game apparatus includes a viewing device which incorporates a viewing console that receives replaceable visual cartridges and a microcomputer for generating game functions. The visual cartridges are automatically opened upon insertion into the viewing c... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4385284 | Visor assembly for pedestrian traffic signal A visor assembly for a pedestrian traffic signal, which is intended to be mounted across the face of the signal and which serves to screen the signal from sunlight. The visor assembly includes a frame, and an "egg-crate" grating mounted in the frame, the ... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4310832 | Back-lit graphic display panel apparatus A control panel for systems or processes, equipped with relatively shadow-free back illumination. The control panel includes a display panel, and a backing panel mounted behind the display panel to receive and support display interactive devices such as i... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4263737 | Illuminated grid display with primary and secondary copy A point of purchase advertising display device has a front element and a rear element which are spaced a short distance apart and back illuminated. Primary copy is transparent or translucent on the front element and is repeated on the rear element in tran... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4167074 | Three dimensional space viewing device A three dimensional viewing device which creates the illusion of objects moving in space by utilizing a plurality of illuminated foreground scenes having cutouts through which a moving background scene illuminated with ultraviolet light is visible to prov... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4065865 | Device for visually displaying luminous patterns A multiplicity of preferably coherent light sources are disposed along a common axis and are separated from one another by interposed opaque shields in the form of disks of progressively increasing diameters transverse to that axis. Each source confronts ... | 01/03/1978 |
