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US 12,613,368 B2Granted
Magnetic light panel and methods of use and creation
OwnerAndrew T. Williams, Cynthia Gloria Gennarelli +1inventors
InventorsAndrew T. Williams, Cynthia Gloria Gennarelli, Yuanyuan Shi
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Abstract
A magnetic light panel. The magnetic light panel includes an acrylic substrate, a reflective substrate adjacent an internal surface of the acrylic substrate, a light directed toward a continuous edge of the acrylic substrate, a ferromagnetic substrate adjacent to the reflective substrate, and a housing.
Claims20
A magnetic light panel, comprising:
- an acrylic substrate viewing screen having:
- an exposed surface;
- an internal surface;
- a continuous edge;
- a thickness of 2.5 millimeters or less;
- and
- a series of light transmitting marks formed on the internal surface of the acrylic substrate;
- a light reflecting reflective substrate adjacent the internal surface of the acrylic substrate;
- a light directed toward the continuous edge of the acrylic substrate;
- a ferromagnetic substrate adjacent to the reflective substrate;
- and
- a housing adjacent the ferromagnetic substrate, the housing having a continuous lip extending from an outer edge of the housing, the continuous lip retaining the acrylic substrate, the reflective substrate, the light source, and the ferromagnetic substrate in place.
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A method of creating a magnetic light panel, comprising:
- providing a ferromagnetic substrate under an acrylic viewing screen having a thickness of 2.5 millimeters or less;
- directing LED light into an edge of the acrylic viewing screen onto a series of reflective marks for viewing on an exposed surface of the acrylic viewing screen;
- a housing adjacent the ferromagnetic substrate, the housing having a continuous lip extending from an outer edge of the housing, the continuous lip retaining the acrylic viewing screen, the light source, and the ferromagnetic substrate in place;
- and
- magnetically affixing a magnet to the acrylic viewing screen.
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A method of using a portable magnetic light panel, comprising:
- placing a magnet on a viewing surface of an acrylic viewing screen having a plurality of reflective marks that transmit light to a viewing surface of the viewing screen, the magnet having a cubic dimension of not more than 113 cubic millimeters and having a magnetic attraction such that the magnet will remain adjacent to the acrylic viewing screen when a pull force of 0.6 newtons is applied to the magnet perpendicular to the acrylic viewing screen, a magnetic substrate retained adjacent an internal surface of the acrylic viewing screen opposite the viewing surface of the acrylic viewing screen by a housing, the magnetic substrate attracting the magnet;
- and
- directing LED light into a side of the acrylic viewing screen onto the plurality of reflective marks such that light from the LED light is reflected off the reflective marks for viewing on the exposed surface of the acrylic viewing screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.