Aircraft passenger window shade with illuminated image
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsPhillip E. Pacini, Jay W. Colacecchi
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Abstract
A passenger window shade on an aircraft is provided. The passenger window shade includes a first section of the passenger window shade. The first section forms a substantially flat and thin plane. The first section has a first transparency to visible light. The passenger window shade includes a second section of the passenger window shade situated within the first section. The second section includes a second transparency to visible light that is different from the first transparency such that an image is formed inside the aircraft when visible light is aimed at the passenger window shade from outside the aircraft.
Claims16
A passenger window shade on an aircraft, comprising:
- a first region having a first transmissivity for visible light;
- and
- a second region situated within the first region, the second region having a second transmissivity for visible light that is different from the first transmissivity such that an image visible from inside the aircraft is formed on the passenger window shade when visible light is aimed at the passenger window shade from outside the aircraft,
- wherein the second region is formed through debossing into the passenger window shade.
A passenger window shade on an aircraft, comprising:
- a first region having a first transmissivity for visible light;
- a second region situated within the first region, the second region having a second transmissivity for visible light that is different from the first transmissivity such that an image visible from inside the aircraft is formed on the passenger window shade when visible light is aimed at the passenger window shade from outside the aircraft;
- and
- a decal attached to material of the second region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.