Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Display with special effects – Selective or intermittent illumination
Patent
1990-10-23
1992-10-06
Brittain, James R.
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Display with special effects
Selective or intermittent illumination
40442, G09F 1300
Patent
active
051520893
ABSTRACT:
A multi-image sign display (10,100) controllably interrelates a pair of controllable illumination means (22,24), for providing different selectable media effects from first and second displayable scenes (14,16) dependent on the first and second lighting effects which enable a controllable display of the second scene (16) visually perceptible through the first scene (14) dependent on these effects, such as a visually perceptible cross-dissolve effect, ort a full on/full off effect. The images (14,16) are continuous tone photographic images which comprise a trans/opaque matrix (12) sandwich-type image (14,16) consisting of a light transmitting substrate (30) having a film layer (28) applied thereto in which the front (14) and rear (16) images are segmented images, with the front reflective image areas (14) being interspersed between the transparent rear image areas (16) and having opaque white backing layers (18) therebehind to provide a vertically striped grid (32) which is mounted in a light box assembly (20) which may be used separately, or which a plurality of adjacent light box assemblies (20a-20l) to provide a composite sign display (100), such as one mounted on the exterior (56) of a building.
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Brittain James R.
Burson-Marstellar
Cave Bryan
Hope Cassandra L.
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