Decorative item with a light effect
AssigneeThe Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
InventorsOlga Reinauer, Agnes Marlot Doerr, Nicolas Francois, Pierpasquale Tortora, Stewes Bourban
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Abstract
A decorative item including an element made at least partly of a metallic, polymeric or ceramic based material and including a face visible to an observer, at least one light source external or internal to the element, the decorative item further includes at least one optical fibre embedded in the material of the element, the optical fibre serving as a guide for the light from the light source in order to produce, during use, a light effect on the visible face of the element. A method for manufacturing the decorative item is also disclosed.
Claims11
A decorative item, comprising:
- an element made at least partly of a metallic, polymeric, or ceramic based material and comprising a face visible to an observer;
- at least one light source external to and placed lateral to said element;
- at least one optical fiber;
- a waveguide coupling the at least one optical fiber and the at least one light source;
- and
- a reflector on a lower face of the waveguide configured to reflect light from the at least one light source to the at least one optical fiber, wherein
- the at least one optical fiber is embedded in said material of the element, said optical fiber serving as a guide for the light from the light source in order to produce, during use, a light effect on the visible face of the element,
- said at least one optical fiber comprises at least two pluralities of optical fibers and is connected to a plurality of the light sources, and
- each plurality of optical fibers, of the at least two pluralities of optical fibers, is connected to a corresponding light source of the plurality of the light sources and oriented differently from each other and correspondingly produces the light effect including an animation having a different shape to a same said observer at a same time on the visible face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.