Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Display with special effects
Patent
1991-02-08
1993-10-12
Dorner, Kenneth J.
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Display with special effects
40436, 40442, 40455, 40546, 40564, 362276, 362282, B44F 106
Patent
active
052513920
ABSTRACT:
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 be illuminated by light passing forwardly from the box interior; first and second light sources in the box; a reflector structure in the box to reflect light from the first source in a direction toward the sheet structure for effecting illumination of the viewable pattern; and there being control structure for controlling the illumination of the viewable pattern to independently, differentially, and progressively change the illumination of the viewable pattern.
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Home Mechanix, Feb. 1988, "Window Mirror", p. 20.
Dorner Kenneth J.
Green Brian K.
Haefliger William W.
Vemco Corporation
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