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US Patent 4416075 - Illuminated cake decoration

US Patent Issued on November 22, 1983
Estimated Patent Expiration Date: Icon_subject October 28, 2001Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
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Abstract

A self-containing accessory providing illuminated decoration of a cake or like, comprising, in certain preferred versions, an externally applied decorative cover of eye-defining light-transmissive portions and including a module, secured to the underside of said cover, to provide flashing illumination by means of an electric light source, battery, and interconnecting circuitry contained therein; the module being positioned such as to locate the electric light source beneath or within said light-transmissive portions so as to give the visual appearance of winking eyes; a recess being within the cake to receive the module. Another embodiment carries circuitry beneath the cake with illumination being provided atop a probe-like extension inserted upward from beneath said cake. Another embodiment achieves illuminiation by use of phosphorescent devices. Yet another embodiment achieves illumination by filtering light through various light-transmissive materials.

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Application

No. 06/315959 filed on 10/28/1981

US Classes:

40/546, Edge illuminated40/555, Flashlight attached428/11, Ball, bell, or star-shaped428/7, SPECIAL OCCASION ORNAMENTD11/184MISCELLANEOUS

Field of Search

40/553, Having multiple function (i.e., illumination per se)40/903, REFLECTIVE TRIANGLE FOR HIGHWAY USE40/564, Lamp box40/565, Pavement embedded40/572, Double face40/573, Compartmented40/574, Detachable or hinged cover40/575, Interchangeable plate40/576, Interchangeable letters or numbers40/577, Multiple spaced screen40/578, Light or weather seal40/581, Colored light40/555, Flashlight attached40/546Edge illuminated

Examiners

Primary: Mancene, Gene
Assistant: Weiss, John G.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

US Patent References

D267589, 1707539, 1847687, 2439178, 3308705, 3892959

International Classes

A23G 3/00 (20060101)
F21V 33/00 (20060101)
F21S 10/06 (20060101)
F21S 8/00 (20060101)
F21S 10/00 (20060101)
F21S 9/00 (20060101)
F21S 9/02 (20060101)

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