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US 10,904,410 B2Granted
Illuminated clapperboard
AssigneeLocomocean Limited
InventorRichard David Hinton
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Abstract
There is disclosed herein a device 1000 comprising: a lower lightbox 100; and an upper lightbox 300 arranged on top of the lower lightbox and connected thereto at one side by a hinge. The device may be operated as a clapperboard and may also function as a lightbox for providing direct or ambient lighting to its surroundings.
Claims28
A device being an illuminated clapperboard or a lightbox formed as a clapperboard and comprising:
- a lower lightbox;
- and
- an upper lightbox arranged on top of the lower lightbox and connected thereto at one side by a hinge,
- wherein the lower lightbox contains a lower light source and includes a wholly or partially translucent or transparent lower cover on a vertical front side of the lower lightbox,
- wherein the upper lightbox contains an upper light source and includes a wholly or partially translucent or transparent upper cover on a vertical front side of the upper lightbox,
- wherein a switch is arranged to turn on the upper and lower light sources when the hinge is closed and to turn off the upper and lower light sources when the hinge is opened, or wherein the switch is arranged to turn off the upper and lower light sources when the upper lightbox is closed and to turn on the upper and lower light sources when the upper lightbox is opened.
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A device being an illuminated clapperboard or a lightbox formed as a clapperboard and comprising:
- a lower lightbox;
- an upper lightbox arranged on top of the lower lightbox and connected thereto at one side by a hinge;
- and
- a magnetic catch to hold the hinge closed with the lower surface of the upper lightbox in contact with an upper surface of the lower lightbox.
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A device being an illuminated clapperboard or a lightbox formed as a clapperboard and comprising:
- a lower lightbox;
- an upper lightbox arranged on top of the lower lightbox and connected thereto at one side by a hinge;
- and
- a variable power switch for varying a power supply to the lower and upper lightboxes, wherein the variable power switch is operable to select between a high power setting and a low power setting, and optionally is further operable to turn off power to the lower and upper lightboxes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.