Toy having image mode and changed image mode

Details Toy having image mode and changed image mode Toy having image mode and changed image mode

1998-01-13

2000-04-25

Muir, D Neal

Amusement devices: toys

Having chemiluminescent light source, optic fiber, mirror,...

446485, 446481, 40434, 359501, A63H 3322, A63H 3326, A63H 352, G09F 1300

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060537957

ABSTRACT:
A toy or novelty article including an image located thereon, having a reflective "mirror" mode and a transmissive mode, such that a generally opaque material is viewable in the transmissive mode. One preferred embodiment includes a generally opaque material, a first polarizer and a second polarizer. In another aspect, a preferred embodiment, in a first orientation, the first and second polarizers interact to be reflective, and in a second orientation, the first and second polarizers are collectively translucent such that the generally opaque material is viewable therethrough.

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