Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Changing exhibitor
Patent
1997-03-12
2000-11-14
Davis, Cassandra H.
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Changing exhibitor
40714, G09F 1300
Patent
active
061452297
ABSTRACT:
A novelty card lighting device is disclosed. The lighting device is relatively small so as to be hand held and portable. The light is directed at a predefined angle such that the three dimensional illusion of a hologram card is presented to the viewer when the device is hand held at normal arm's length, set upon a surface in front of the viewer, or hung on the wall. The light is swingably mounted in the device and such a swinging is actuated from an exterior portion of the housing. The actuator may be mechanical or include an electromechanical servo. A mount for the novelty card pivots out from the rear of the device for placement of the card in an inset formed in the mount. When the mount swings closed, the novelty card is sandwiched between the mount and a viewing glass covering at least a portion of an opening formed by the housing or frame. The frame about the opening is relatively deep and the mount is formed as a portion of the rear of the device so as to further provide for an illusion of depth to the three-dimensional hologram image. A hood extending over the light concentrates light upon the hologram card and shields the light from the viewer so as to maximize the brightness of the typically dark hologram card.
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