Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Changing exhibitor – Inscription cover
Patent
1982-05-21
1984-10-09
Mancene, Gene
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Changing exhibitor
Inscription cover
G09F 700
Patent
active
044752970
ABSTRACT:
Novelty ornamentation such as for a cover in the form of a non-disposable sleeve for a disposable cigarette lighter of conventional design is disclosed. A novelty appearing and disappearing image presenting assembly is situated on one side of the sleeve and includes a filmstrip enclosed in a housing. The filmstrip has opaque portion having a desired color providing a permanent portion of the image and a translucent portion providing the appearing and disappearing portion of the image. A dark background is permanently situated behind the translucent portion of the filmstrip and a light colored shield is selectively positionable behind the translucent portion in front of the dark background. The shield is movable by gravity to and from a position behind the translucent portion of the image on the filmstrip, thereby to cause it to appear when the shield is moved behind and to disappear when the shield is moved away. The novelty appearing and disappearing image presenting assembly can also be affixed to other novelty items than the lighter sleeve, such as directly to the cigarette lighter itself, a key chain fab, ornamental display, etc. In such instances, the image presenting assembly may be provided with an adhesive backing to hold it to the novelty.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2264194 (1941-11-01), Wuestman
patent: 2475934 (1949-07-01), Wuestman
patent: 4073612 (1978-02-01), Nitta
patent: 4330954 (1982-05-01), Losmin
patent: 4381615 (1983-05-01), Losmin
Contreras Wenceslao J.
Mancene Gene
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