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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7823306 | Room for conducting medical procedures A room for use in conducting medical procedures includes an image on a screen disposed in the room. The room preferably includes a track for disposing the screen across the room to create a panoramic view of the scene in the screen. Preferably the track, and hence t... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7383651 | Motion displaying photo frame A motion displaying photo frame includes a frame with a rear plate, an insertion groove, a lenticluar raster, a photo paper and a driving unit having an eccentric wheel. An opening or notch is provided on the lower portion of the raster. The raster can be mounted in... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7305783 | Lenticular fireplace A lenticular fireplace and methods for simulating a fire within a fireplace. In one respect, a fire is simulated with a lenticular screen. The lenticular screen includes a lenticular lens layer and an image layer, wherein the image layer comprises one or more images... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7164393 | Display of symmetrical patterns with encoded information A first pattern is created by providing an image and its enantiomorph on opposite sides of an axis of bilateral symmetry and selectively removing elements from the image and its enantiomorph without removing any element from both the image and its enantiomorph. A se... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7151541 | Moveable animated display device A moveable animated display device for displaying a plurality of images with a pressure plate carrier, a pressure plate retained in relation to the pressure plate carrier, a plurality of coded images, a plurality of shutter elements slidably retained in relation to ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137215 | Animation frame An animation frame including a front frame body, a back plate installed therein with a grating plate and frame brackets, a moveable plane plate stuck with pictures, a battery, an IC circuit board and coils etc. The grating plate is placed on the pictures on the plan... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7083559 | Method for making changeable picture with movable members utilizing web fed printing process A novelty piece fabricated from a continuous roll of paper, with indicia applied to both sides. Fold lines and cut lines are provided at predetermined positions. The sheet is scored and die-cut, and an adhesive is applied at pre-selected locations. The paper is fold... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7063655 | Method for making changeable picture with moveable members utilizing sheet fed printing process A novelty piece fabricated from sheet fed paper with indicia applied to both sides. Fold lines and cut lines are provided at predetermined positions. The sheet is scored and die-cut, and an adhesive is applied at pre-selected locations. The paper is folded in thirds... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7000343 | Flexible platen image display device and method A multi-image display device has an arcuate platen formed by mounting a transparent flexible sheet in compression to a frame. The platen is convex or otherwise bow-shaped. Associated with the platen are a translucent image sheet having a plurality of images thereon ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6971880 | Deformable drawing tablet A deformable drawing tablet in which contiguous longitudinal edge portions of a stack of individual elongate strips which are confined for relative sliding movement to form a drawing surface. A user can shift individual strips longitudinally to deform the drawing su... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6848965 | Animation actuator and related devices The instant invention relates to an animation actuator and devices employing such an animation actuator. Actuators and devices of the invention are useful in animated entertainment devices. In one embodiment of the instant invention, the actuators are used in connec... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6612054 | Illumination case An illumination case used for decoration or advertisement. It includes a case-body, a front cover, an inner frame, a light source, a transparent back plate, an illumination filmstrip, a grating plate, and two step motors with a transmission that drives th... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6306479 | Kinetic art paper An art paper designed to facilitate the creation of kinetic art works. The term "kinetic art" refers to paintings or pictures, which have been designed to be shaped in a pleated manner and displayed in 3 dimensions to afford the viewer different images de... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6191700 | Luminous signs with sequential variation of images Luminous signs, specifically those with the ability to change the presented information sequentially, include an electro-mechanical system that produces the synchronized overlapping of two or more preprinted films with translucent properties, in such a wa... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6112442 | Structure of a gift box with amazing effects A gift box includes a housing with a lid, the housing having a top formed with an opening, a decoration container arranged within the housing, a decoration fitted inside the decoration container, a curtain mounted on the decoration container, and means fo... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5924870 | Lenticular image and method The creation of computer generated lenticular images involves the computer manipulation of at least a first and second image. The images can be sequential in time of the same object or sequential in spatial perspective, or completely unrelated. The images... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5881977 | Holding device A holding device in which two side parts are provided which lie against one another with one edge region of each side part being encircled by an elastic ring or rubber band that is detachably fixed in the noted edge region. Furthermore, each of the side p... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5823344 | Display systems with multiple view optics Optical, printing, and fabrication arrangements are provided by which observers of flat containers or display boxes, such as video and audio tape cassettes or compact disc (CD) jewel boxes, can be presented with different information when looking at one o... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5695346 | Process and display with moveable images An efficient economical process is provided to produce an impressive display with outstanding marketing and advertising appeal. In the process, multiple images are formed, such as on a central processing unit, the images are striped or manipulated, elimin... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5494445 | Process and display with moveable images An efficient economical process is provided to produce an intricate impressive display with outstanding marketing and advertising appeal. In the process, multiple images are formed, such as on a central processing unit, the images are masked and striped, ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5364274 | Process for producing a display with moveable images An efficient economical process is provided to produce an intricate impressive display with outstanding marketing and advertising appeal. In the process, multiple images are formed, such as on a central processing unit, the images are masked and striped, ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5251392 | Artificial window An artificial window comprises a box having a rear wall, and walls bounding an interior space which faces longitudinally forwardly; sheet structure extending laterally crosswise of the space, and a viewable pattern associated with the sheet structure to b... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5161979 | Process and display with moveable images An efficient economical process is provided to produce an intricate impressive display with outstanding marketing and advertising appeal. In the process, multiple images are formed, such as on a central processing unit, the images are masked and striped, ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5100330 | Process and display with moveable images An efficient economical process is provided to produce an intricate impressive display with outstanding marketing and advertising appeal. In the process, multiple images are formed, such as on a central processing unit, the images are masked and striped, ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5098302 | Process and display with movable images An efficient economical process is provided to produce an intricate impressive display with outstanding marketing and advertising appeal. In the process, a grid and multiple images are formed, such as on a central processing unit, the images are masked an... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4621443 | Digital screen display apparatus A digitizing screen apparatus includes a front diffuser sheet, a grid and a back diffuser sheet which produces a unique digitizing effect. Images are projected from transparent slides onto the back diffuser sheet. A striped mask shields a portion of the b... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4493652 | Inspirational teaching apparatus An apparatus and method for teaching a person inspirational phrases. The method comprises a visual display of an inspirational symbol which imparts a sensation of movement towards the person via a steady increase in overall dimension. When the inspiration... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4319805 | Rotary screen for receiving optical images particularly advertising images A rotary screen mounted in the median area of a preferably spherical enclosure, the rear face of which being made opaque except in its central portion, while its front face is perfectly transparent, a projector being placed rearwardly of the enclosure in ... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4249331 | Dynamic star burst display An attractive dynamic star burst display is provided in which a plurality of light sources preferably of different colors, are mounted behind a translucent enclosure, and relative movement is provided for effectively changing the distances between the lig... | 02/10/1981 |
| 3955297 | Device for animating an image Animation of an image is effected by providing transparent and opaque figures on sheets arranged one behind the other in spaced relation and by modifying the spacing at intervals in the range of 0.1 to 10 seconds and preferably in the range of 0.5 to 10 s... | 05/11/1976 |
