Back-lighted display arrangement
AssigneeGTE Sylvania Incorporated
InventorsRichard W. Anderson, Frederick F. Bodenrader
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Abstract
A back-lighted display arrangement including a soft, compressible opaque light baffle sandwiched between a lamp assembly and a display panel. The light baffle has a grid-like configuration defining a plurality of compartments each of which is arranged to receive a different one of a plurality of lamps supported by the lamp assembly and to direct light emitted by the lamp onto a different one of a plurality of display areas of the display panel. The light baffle establishes a positive light-tight seal between the baffle and the lamp assembly and display panel for preventing light in one compartment from escaping into an adjacent compartment.
Claims5
A back-lighted display arrangement, comprising:
- a light source support member supporting a plurality of light source means thereon;
- display means including a plurality of display areas each of which is associated with a different one of the plurality of light source means and is arranged to be back-lighted by light emitted by the associated light source means;
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- a light baffle of a compressible material compressively sandwiched between the light source support member and the display means for establishing a light seal between the baffle and the light source support member and display means, said compressed light baffle having portions defining a plurality of compartments each arranged to receive a different one of the plurality of light source means whereby light emitted by the light source means is directed onto the display area associated with the light source means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.