Spot motion fabric panel lighting display system, kit and method

A spot motion fabric panel lighting display kit comprising:

• a plurality of perimeter frame members formable into a perimeter frame assembly, wherein when the perimeter frame assembly is formed
• (a) the perimeter frame assembly has a front edge portion, a rear edge portion, and a backlight cavity disposed therebetween, and
• (b) a front perimeter groove extends along the front edge portion;
• a display panel including a flexible textile display substrate and a series of front mounting gaskets attached along a periphery of the display substrate, the display panel being removably mountable in tension across the backlight cavity by way of removable engagement between the front mounting gaskets and the front perimeter groove;
• a plurality of light array boards configurable into a planar array of independently-activatable point light elements distributed in mutually-orthogonal X and Y directions, wherein the planar array is mountable within the backlight cavity at a gap distance from the display substrate, the gap distance being in a Z direction orthogonal to the X and Y directions;
• a controller element in data-feed communication with the planar array for controlling sequential activation and deactivation of the point light elements independently of one another;
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• a power supply element for supplying electrical power to at least the point light elements.

A spot motion fabric panel lighting display method comprising:

• providing a spot-motion fabric lighting display system including
• (i) a perimeter frame assembly having a front edge portion, a rear edge portion, and a backlight cavity disposed therebetween, a front perimeter groove extending along the front edge portion;
• (ii) a display panel including a flexible textile display substrate and a series of front mounting gaskets attached along a periphery of the display substrate, the display panel being removably mounted in tension across the backlight cavity by way of removable engagement between the front mounting gaskets and the front perimeter groove, the display substrate having a display face and a back face, the display face being oriented outwardly of the perimeter frame assembly and including a graphic element printed thereon;
• (iii) a planar array of independently-activatable point light elements distributed in mutually-orthogonal X and Y directions, the planar array being disposed within the backlight cavity at a gap distance from the display substrate, the gap distance being in a Z direction orthogonal to the X and Y directions, several of the point light elements being in Z direction alignment with respective portions of the graphic element;
• (iv) a controller element in data-feed communication with the planar array for controlling sequential activation and deactivation of the point light elements independently of one another;
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• (v) a power supply element for supplying electrical power to at least the point light elements;
• programming the controller element with a motion file, the motion file defining sequential activation and deactivation timing for the point light elements;
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• operating the spot-motion fabric display system, whereby several point light elements are sequentially activated and deactivated in accordance with the activation and deactivation timing.