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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6976678 | Amusement device completing composite image by reflection An amusement device has an image carrying substrate with a corrugated surface with a transverse mirror at a rear end and is marked with first and second sets of strip-like image fragments forming, respectively, first and second composite image components. Image frag... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6948999 | Wand toy and process A “magic mirror” wand toy has a body having a mirror element that is partially transparent. An image illuminating apparatus is mounted rearward of the mirror element. An image transport apparatus has a plurality of images that can be positioned selectively and a... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6792707 | Personalized animation by selective reflection First and second half or associated objects, in respective different sequential positions are aligned behind respective adjacent, first and second, inclined faces of an optical prism so that, when viewed at different angles alternately through a front face of the pr... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6578299 | Ice fishing hole simulator system An ice fishing hole simulator system for visually simulating an ice fishing experience based about an ice fishing hole. The ice fishing hole simulator system includes a housing having an upper opening, an upper mirror positioned about the upper opening, a... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6543163 | Mirror display An illuminating display is provided a reflective panel having a graphical image formed therein. A laser is used to precisely etch the graphics pattern in an optically active surface, such as a mirrored surface. The graphical image is then reproduced on a ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6435934 | Device for displaying a character having a virtual image A device for displaying a character having a virtual image wherein the display device includes an outer housing and an optical assembly. In one embodiment, the outer housing provides a surface for depicting a character. The optical assembly includes a fir... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6120295 | Visual puzzle toy A visual puzzle toy, for example, a coloring book 14 is provided with a substantially planar surface having a morphologically distorted representation 10 of an image printed thereon. The image 10 is distorted by circular transformation and must be viewed ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6036249 | Accident shield device The present invention is a low cost, easy to operate, and ever handy device of blocking views of accidents, stalled cars or other incidents. This is accomplished by an accident shield device unit installed in the trunk of official vehicles which can be as... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5999317 | Toy mirror with transmissive image mode Toy or novelty including a first polarizer and a second polarizer movable relative to the first polarizer. In a first mode, the first and second polarizers interact to be reflective, and in a second mode, the first and second polarizers is transmissive. T... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5887369 | Decorative wall display assembly A decorative wall display assembly comprises a frame (14) that has the appearance of a conventional window frame, in combination with a glazing sheet (16), and a conventional mirror (18) mounted toward the rear of the frame, and a space (19) between the g... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5863109 | Phantom color light mirror A phantom color light mirror including a mirror, a plurality of colored light sources, and a central control device. The mirror is composed of a transparent sheet having a reflective layer affixed to a rear surface thereof. A plurality of lines of a suffi... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5799939 | Anamorphoses for games, education and promotions A device for decoding distorted images from a sheet which includes a reflecting geometric figure to be placed on the sheet and can include portions of the decoded image being permanently applied to the reflecting surface for combination with decoded disto... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5497274 | Viewing assembly for producing an optically corrected reflected image The present invention is a viewing assembly that can selectively create optical compound corrections in the images reflected from the viewing assembly. The viewing assembly includes a reflective surface coupled to a supporting body in such a manner that t... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5494217 | Savings bank with optical illusion coin concealment chute A coin concealment and back screen are disposed upright on a coin-receiving case. Two mirrors are provided on the coin concealment, and camouflaging members and an oscillating coin chute are provided on the coin concealment. Since the mirrors reflect the ... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5473525 | Discreet display lamp A combination table top lamp, with a base comprised of a material that appears opaque until the inside of the base is illuminated, at which time the base appears transparent to reveal a display item in the base. A scrim can be incorporated into the surfac... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5432496 | Electronic display device An electronic display device includes a housing having a sliding slot, an electronic display board received inside the housing and moved to extend out of the housing through the sliding slot, the electronic display board having a digital display screen on... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5365378 | Convex reflective sign The invention is a convex mirror for surveillance purposes, in combination with an advertising message, and the method of fabricating same. A removable mask is attached to the interior of the surface to be mirrored, and a non-reactive removable liquid mas... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5346433 | Mirror illusion By a new configuration which more efficiently controls illumination, it is possible to make a mirror dissolve illusion which uses less power than those previously known in the art. A reflector and lamp assembly is provided in front of a partially reflecti... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5228879 | Toy mirror assembly A hand held two-way mirror assembly 10 having one or more hidden images 26 mounted behind the back surface of a two-way mirror 20, one of which images can be seen when a light 36 behind the image is lit. The mirror assembly includes a frame 12, 14, 16, th... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5214539 | Concave mirror with convex acrylic cover The invention is a reflective sign of polymeric material. The base of the sign consists of a spherical mirror. The cover for the sign consists of a transparent spherical section suitable for mating to the spherical mirror. A first opaque visible emblem is... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5210967 | Hidden display mirror A device which may be transformed from an ordinary mirror to a light emitting graphic display. The front wall is composed of a transparent layer affixed to a reflecting layer. The reflecting layer has a series of narrow grooves passing through describing ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5199202 | Light box with multiple image-forming means therein A light box having a pair of mirrors, the outer or front mirror being transparent and the other mirror being opaque and provided with design formed on the reflecting layer of the opaque mirror. The side margins of the opaque mirror are removably received ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5124845 | Interior rearvision mirror The present invention relates to an interior rearvision mirror which is provided with a supporting rod (15) secured to an inner roof of a passanger car and a frame (11) movably supported by a front end portion of the supporting rod (15) and wherein a mirr... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4991331 | Display assembly A display assembly 10 for mounting in a fruit machine comprises an open topped housing 14. A pair of two-way mirrors 20a, 20b are joined at right angles to one another with their mirrored sides defining the included angle and facing towards the housing's ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4915663 | Image expanding apparatus An optical toy image generator of the present invention comprises a parabolic reflector having a central opening for movable receipt of an image bearing shaft. The image bearing shaft contains a distorted representation which will appear on the shiny mirr... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4898560 | Mirror pattern forming amusement device An amusement device having a plurality of mirror blocks of the same size and configuration, each of the blocks having a mirror face adapted to face upwardly when the blocks are supported on a flat horizontal supporting surface, and a plurality of pattern-... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4765076 | Advertising apparatus for telephone and information display apparatus An advertising apparatus for a telephone includes a box provided with an advertising plate disposed in the front thereof and illuminating lamp disposed inside thereof, a power source for the illuminating lamp, detection means for detecting used and unused... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4747223 | Mirrored communication system A partially transparent mirrored screen extends continuously over a preselected area and contains a distribution of reflective material which varies in optical density to define regions of differing optical transmittance to light. A plurality of regions a... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4648189 | Laminated medical data card An internally-illuminated medical data card in a credit card format containing a summary of the medical history of the bearer germane to his existing medical condition. The card, which is of laminated construction, includes a plastic core panel having lig... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4584501 | Flat plate luminous display device The invention provides a gas discharge point of purchase display device. This device utilizes two flat vitreous glass plates, one of which contains a continuous channel of any desired shape, and together which form an ionization chamber. These vitreous pl... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4445870 | Apparatus for observing framed items An apparatus for allowing purchasers of framed photographs, paintings, or the like to observe how the framed photograph or painting will appear in its ultimate environment by providing a table surface for the item to sit on, the table surface having inter... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4408762 | Electronic pinball game A pinball machine controlled by a micro computer including a micro processing unit. A display in the pinball machine comprises an infinity box including a one-way mirror, a two-way mirror disposed in spaced, parallel relation to the one-way mirror, and a ... | 10/11/1983 |
