Illuminated kinetic artwork display apparatus
OwnerMatthew Dozierinventor
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Abstract
A novel illuminated kinetic artwork display apparatus implemented in a wall mountable cuboid frame, the frame comprising an enclosed display space covered by a slidably attached transparent plate, a plurality of removable and replaceable and rotatable acrylic members illuminated by a plurality of laser light beams causing the reflected light to produce a novel animated light display within the enclosed display space. The kinetic artwork display is controlled by the user a plurality of switches via a microcontroller. The self-contained apparatus also comprises a power supply and all electrical and mechanical components. An embodiment enabling the user to introduce dry ice to create a smoke-like atmosphere within the enclosed display space is presented.
Claims6
An apparatus in a self-contained wall mountable frame for creating and displaying an illuminated kinetic artwork comprised of a plurality of moving light beams, the apparatus comprising:
- a wall mountable frame enclosing an essentially hollow space, the enclosed hollow space being divided by a matte plate into a front hollow space portion for displaying the illuminated kinetic artwork and a back hollow space portion, the front hollow space further covered by a transparent plate;
- a plurality of visible light sources;
- a plurality of movable transparent shapes;
- a plurality of gearmotors;
- a plurality of light sources;
- a programmable control system, main components of the control system comprised of a microcontroller, a plurality of selector switches, a power supply, and a plurality of electronic and mechanical devices connecting the control system to the plurality of the light sources and the plurality of gearmotors disposed in the back hollow space portion;
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- the frame comprised of a plurality of hollow tube members wherein a surface of the hollow tube member facing into the enclosed hollow space being divided by the matte plate into a front frame portion and a back frame portion, wherein furthermore the front frame portion comprises a mirror like finished surface wherein furthermore the front frame portion comprises a plurality of light entry apertures wherein furthermore disposed within the hollow of the front frame portion is the plurality of the light sources, each light source of the plurality of the light sources disposed next to the one of the plurality of light entry apertures projecting a light beam into the enclosed front hollow space through the light entry aperture.
A method wherein a user creates a kinetic artwork comprising movable light beams projected into a hollow display space enclosed in a wall mountable frame, the light beam sources projected from the frame enclosing the hollow display space, the front space further comprising transparent movable shapes deflecting the projected light beams, the light beams furthermore reflected from a mirror like finish on surfaces of the enclosing frame facing the display hollow space, the method comprising steps of:
- operating a plurality of programming switches to select:
- a desired program sequence of projecting light beams into the front hollow space portion;
- a selection and rotational speed of the gearmotors;
- placing or removing the transparent movable shape members;
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- activating smoke-like mist mechanism to discharge the smoke like vapor into the front hollow space portion;
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- whereby a movement of the transparent movable shapes intercepting the projected light beams creates the kinetic light artwork observable in the display hollow space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.