1979-04-23
1980-11-11
Wintercorn, Richard A.
G02B 2300
Patent
active
042329329
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is an improved kaleidoscopic toy which has no moving parts and which provides a plurality of reproduceable optical shapes and patterns. The improved kaleidoscopic toy is a cube having six inner sidewalls, each of which has a mirrored surface with a plurality of transparent areas which are of a variety of shapes and which are colored with a stain glass paint of any one of a variety of colors. The cube is formed from six identical flat, square-shaped pieces of a transparent material, either plastic or glass. A first layer of mirror backing paint is applied to the outer sidewall of each of the six identical flat, square-shaped pieces and is interrupted only by the plurality of transparent areas of the mirrored surface. A second layer of dark paint is applied over the first layer. The transparent areas of the mirrored surface are formed by using a variety of cut-out shapes as masks when the layer of mirror backing paint is placed on the outer sidewalls of the cube. A layer of stain glass paint is applied to these transparent areas. The improved kaleidoscopic toy also includes a plurality of circular transparent areas in the corners of at least two of the six inner sidewalls in order for a person to view the mirrored surface and to experience the multi-colored optical shapes and patterns of the kaleidoscopic toy.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3482896 (1969-12-01), Bogosian
patent: 3930711 (1976-01-01), Powell
patent: 4061414 (1977-12-01), Price
Atwater Stephen K.
Wolfson Joseph
Johansen W. Edward
Wintercorn Richard A.
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