Amusement devices: toys – Having chemiluminescent light source – optic fiber – mirror,...
Patent
1994-02-01
1995-02-21
Hafer, Robert A.
Amusement devices: toys
Having chemiluminescent light source, optic fiber, mirror,...
446485, 446 91, 40547, 362 32, 362283, A63H 3322, A63H 3304, A63H 3326, F21V 704
Patent
active
053911059
ABSTRACT:
The picture toy includes a housing, a first opaque plate including a first array of apertures, a second opaque plate including a second array of apertures, and a plurality of light pipes. The picture toy is assembled such that each aperture of the first array is axially aligned with a corresponding aperture of the second array. Each light pipe includes a rear section and a front section which are respectively fitted into one of the apertures of the first array and its corresponding aperture of the second array. The rear section of each light pipe further includes an opaque end surface which substantially prevents light from entering the picture toy through the rear section when the light pipe is slid into a raised position. Illuminated indicia are created by selectively depressing the light pipes so that light may enter the rear section of the light pipe and propagate therethrough. The light pipes are tapered to be frictionally fitted within the apertures of the first and second arrays when the light pipes are slid into their depressed and raised positions, respectively. Additionally, the picture toy includes a member for preventing the light pipes from sliding out of the picture toy.
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Hafer Robert A.
InnoLand, Inc.
Muir D. Neal
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