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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7810262 | Solar powered led illuminated alphanumeric display A lighted display for an address indication. The display includes a housing with a solar panel on top and a depending acrylic panel having numbers and letters etched thereon. The housing includes a rechargeable battery and appropriate electronics. A series of LEDs p... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7793448 | Display module and illumination sign device using the same A display module includes a first light guide plate, a first light shielding sheet disposed above the first light guide plate, a first light source positioned adjacent to the first light guide plate, a second light shielding sheet disposed under the first light guid... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7784204 | Artificial window Disclosed is an artificial window (1) comprising a light box (10) having a rear wall (11) and a planar diffuser arrangement (14) in front of the rear wall (11). The artificial window further comprises at least one first light sourc... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7752791 | Display device The objective of the present invention is to provide a display device that presents great decorative effects. For a display device that provides a luminous display consisting of characters, numbers, symbols or figures, or arbitrary combinations of them, havin... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752792 | Billboard with light emitting diode light source A billboard (100) includes a light module (120) and a light-permeable panel (140). The light module comprises a plurality of elongated light conductors (122) and at least one LED (124). Each of the light conductors has two end surf... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7681347 | Edge lit sign with illuminated image A sign is edge lit and illuminated by an array of light emitting diodes disposed along an edge of a light transmissive panel. A light diffusion surface, which can be formed by a series of serrations on the panel edge, disperses light from the discrete light emitting... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7549245 | Self-contained, solar-powered illuminated sign An illuminated sign includes a first light source disposed within a frame. A plurality of light guides are spaced apart within the frame and positioned perpendicularly adjacent to the first light source. A first light-permeable panel is disposed adjacent to the ligh... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7513072 | Method for production of electric signs and an electric sign A method for producing, by a laser that scans the rear side of a transparent object, figures and text that are recessed in the transparent material and that as seen from the outside (5) appear as a raised relief (1) and for which the effect of depth (d... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7418795 | Illuminated sign An illuminated sign includes a housing and/or a frame, a plate of a light-transmitting material and at least one three-dimensional body, likewise of a light-transmitting material such as a convex strip, in the form of figure, a sign, a decoration or the like, and a ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412790 | Edge-lit panel with photo-luminescent features The present invention discloses an edge-lit panel for emergency lighting using dual mode illumination. The panel includes active lighting by the own light source of the equipment and passive lighting by photo-luminescent pigments coated on various surfaces of the pa... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7374305 | Light emitting panel assemblies Light emitting assemblies include a light emitting panel member having at least one light source positioned, embedded, potted, bonded or otherwise mounted in a shaped slot, cavity, recess, opening or hole in the panel member. Deformities on at least one surface of t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7364342 | Light redirecting films pattern of variable optical elements Light redirecting films and film systems include a thin optically transparent substrate having a pattern of individual optical elements of well defined shape on or in the substrate. At least some of the optical elements may vary at different locations on the substra... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362386 | Integrated structural screen panel for projection television A screen assembly for a projection television includes a screen panel, a lenticular screen and a Fresnel screen. The screen panel is attached directly to the television cabinet and sandwiches the Fresnel and lenticular screens therebetween. The screen panel projects... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361040 | Base with integrated heatsink for compact fluorescent lamps A subassembly (10) for a lamp base, the subassembly (10) has an outer (12) housing having a circumferential wall (14) and a top (16) closing one end (18) of the outer housing (12); at least one lamp receiving aperture... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7347608 | Window element The invention relates to a window element (10), comprising at least one at least periodically transparent sheet-like element (11) and at least one surface (display) for replay of images, whereby the sheet-like element comprises at least one display ( | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334362 | Read-out device and procedure for its manufacture Displays for information exist, which appear to emerge out of a solid piece of metal. In order to obtain an aluminium-like and translucent material, according to prior art glass has aluminium vapour deposited onto the front surface, and a diode matrix display is hid... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327407 | Integrated structural screen panel for projection television A screen assembly for a television includes a front screen panel, an opaque masking layer applied to a perimeter of the front screen panel to define a masked perimeter area framing a viewable area of said screen assembly, and at least one touch control operatively c... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311411 | Lighted items A lighted item generally includes a light-conducting or light-transmission portion integrally defining one or more indicia and a light-transmissive portion. The lighted item also includes at least one light source positioned to emit light into the light-conducting p... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310901 | Exterior address porch light An exterior address porch light, lantern, device, apparatus, and method of making the light, lantern. The light, lantern can be made from plastics, such as PVC and the like, and have a generally cylindrical configuration, that can be mounted alongside exterior doorw... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311433 | Backlight module for an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) system A light guide for an LCD system has a light incident side, and is formed with a plurality of pattern structures. Each of the pattern structures has a pair of diagonally-disposed first points defining a first length therebetween, and a pair of diagonally-disposed sec... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311414 | Ornamental lamp assembly An ornamental lamp assembly incorporating a dual housing structure having an internal protective element and an external decorative element to protect functional circuitry from damage sustained as a result of normal outdoor use, and to facilitate achieving a selecti... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309285 | Gaming device having multiple transverse rotating displays A gaming device including a mechanical display device including a main housing and a plurality of movable symbol displays mounted in the main housing, wherein each of the symbol displays includes at least one symbol. The main housing includes a substantially horizon... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303309 | Method and apparatus for backlit signs with light emitting diode modules A backlit sign with an LED module, with a housing that includes a top wall having a first length, a bottom wall having a second length, and a pair of opposing sidewalls each having a third length, wherein at least a portion of one of the sidewalls is translucent. On... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303319 | Headlight lens for a motor vehicle headlight The present invention relates to a headlight lens for a vehicle headlight having a light source, in particular for a motor vehicle headlight, as well as a vehicle headlight, in particular a motor vehicle headlight, having a light source and a headlight lens. The hea... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287347 | Hazardous-location-rated exit sign An exit sign for use in hazardous atmospheres including an explosion-proof housing and a sign panel with indicia thereon. The housing prevents the ignition of gas or vapor surrounding the enclosure due to sparks, flashes or an explosion of the gas or vapor within th... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284886 | Moonroof for a motor vehicle The invention relates to a moonroof for a motor vehicle, the moonroof comprising a transparent wedge-shaped essentially solid body having a surface that is to be turned toward an interior space of a motor vehicle, and having a surface opposite the surface that is to... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275845 | Illuminatable windshield assembly An illuminatable windshield assembly, preferably for use on a motorcycle, but adaptable for use on all types of vehicles. The illuminatable windshield assembly includes a windshield comprised of a translucent panel having an outer peripheral surface wherein the pane... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273278 | Instrument panel with simulated instruments The invention relates to an instrument panel for the operating state of a land, air or water vehicle, in particular for the cockpit of an airplane, comprising a number of display fields (13) for representing information, whereby, in order to provide an instru... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273308 | Internal illumination based sign device An illuminating unit (28) is presented for use in an internally illuminated sign device (1) for displaying a pattern indicative of certain fixed information within an indicia area. The illuminating unit (28) comprises a light boundary structure ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267471 | Light guide body, lighting device, liquid crystal display device, and electronic device In a light guide body, a flat part is provided at an edge part of a fluorescent tube vicinal part (part that receives strong light), and a pear-skin texture pattern having a sine wave shape boundary is formed inside the flat part. Therefore, it is possible to altern... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263792 | Illuminated identification panel A long-range house number identification panel has its number indicia mounted on an illuminated viewing screen, being individually readable with the naked eye from up to 200 feet distance. An electrically energizable phosphorescent screen behind the indicia serves t... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257914 | Display system A point-of-purchase display having a display board with a front surface and a rear surface. A graphical element, having an illuminated element, is disposed on the front surface, and an optical waveguide is positioned to be visible through an opening in the board to ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249869 | Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a mark body, a substrate arranged in back of the mark body, an LED mounted on an opposite surface of the substrate to the mark body, and a light guide arranged on a closer side of the substrate to the LED and having an upper surface ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246932 | Data display device A data display device including a light-guide element made of an optically transparent material having at least two polished surfaces faced to one another, whereby at least one surface contains at least one gravure forming a diffuse-reflective character, and a light... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241031 | Channel letter lighting system using high output white light emitting diodes A channel letter lighting system according to the present invention comprising a channel letter housing with a translucent channel letter cover. A plurality of electrically connected lighting units are mounted to the channel letter housing and conductors provide an ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237939 | Backlight assembly and liquid crystal display apparatus using the same A backlight assembly includes a light guide plate for emitting a light in two directions and a brightness control member for controlling the brightness ratio of the light emitting in the two directions. An LCD apparatus including first and second LCD panels, display... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7237396 | Ice lighting device A lighting device for illuminating ice has a sheet of light-transmitting film located below an ice layer and coupled to a light source. The index of refraction of the light-transmitting film is greater than that of the adjoining ice or air so that the light within t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232237 | Illuminated container holder The present invention is an illuminated container holder for displaying messages and having an upper retainer, a lower retainer, a base, and a handle. The upper and lower retainers are configured to hold a container and the base is configured to receive a container ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233304 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display apparatus comprises a liquid crystal display unit including a pair of substrates, at least one of which is transparent, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched by the pair of substrates, a plurality of electrodes for applying an electric field to ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226195 | Cold-cathode fluorescent lamp assembly for lighting applications A compact and cost-efficient lamp assembly includes cold-cathode fluorescent lamps in a variety of edge-lit display sign applications specifically, in edge-lit emergency lighting signs. The lamp assembly includes in one self-contained module a lower housing unit and... | 06/05/2007 |
