Dynamic star burst display

A dynamic display of pleasing patterns of light images comprising:

• (a) a plurality of light sources,
• (b) an enclosure having a viewable translucent layer,
• (c) mounting means for positioning said plurality of light sources in spaced relation within said enclosure,
• (d) means for providing relative movement between said plurality of light sources and said viewable translucent layer for varying the distances between said sources and said layer,
• (e) means for applying a source of electrical power to said plurality of light sources for energizing said light sources,
• (f) said viewable translucent layer being a layer of intrinsically transparent material having an outer surface which includes a great multitude of tiny, multifaceted transparent protrusions positioned adjacent to each other for causing said light sources to be viewed from the outside of said enclosure in patterns of light images which vary in apparent size and spacing with changes in the effective distances between each of said light sources and the respective regions of said translucent layer at which said light images are momentarily being viewed as said relative movement between light sources and said viewable layer is occurring.

A dynamic display of attractive patterns of light images comprising:

• (a) a plurality of light sources,
• (b) a translucent enclosure,
• (c) mounting means for positioning said plurality of light sources in spaced relationship within said enclosure,
• (d) drive means for providing relative movement between said plurality of light sources and said translucent enclosure,
• (e) means for supplying electrical power to said light sources for energizing them,
• (f) said translucent enclosure including a transparent layer of material having an outer surface which includes a myriad of very tiny transparent protrusions positioned adjacent to each other and each having a plurality of triangular shaped faces for producing a pattern of light images of each of said light sources, and
• (g) the patterns of said light images increasing in size as the effective distance increases between the respective light sources and the respective regions of said translucent enclosure at which said light images are being momentarily viewed, and vice versa, as said relative movement occurs between said light sources and said enclosure.

An attractive display of light comprising:

• (a) at least one light source,
• (b) a layer of transparent material positioned in front of said light source and being spaced from said light source,
• (c) the surface of said layer facing away from said light source being the front surface,
• (d) said front surface being viewable by an observer positioned ahead of said front surface,
• (e) said front surface having thereon a myriad of tiny cube-covered, three-sided pyramids each having three triangular facets and an equilateral triangular-shaped base, the bases of said pyramids being located adjacent to each other in said front surface,
• (f) said pyramids being so numerous and so tiny as to cause said layer to appear translucent as seen by an observer positioned ahead of said front surface,
• (g) means for changing the relative distance between said light source and said layer, and
• (h) said layer causing said light source to appear to said observer as a star-like pattern of six light images whose size increases as said light source relatively moves farther away from said layer, and vice versa.

An attractive display of light comprising:

• (a) at least one light source,
• (b) a layer of light-transmitting material positioned in front of said light source and being spaced from said light source,
• (c) the surface of said layer facing away from said light source being the front surface and said front surface being viewable by an observer positioned ahead of said front surface,
• (d) said front surface having thereon a myriad of tiny outwardly projecting adjacent transparent pyramids each having multiple triangular facets,
• (e) said pyramids being so numerous and so tiny as to cause said layer to appear translucent as seen by an observer positioned ahead of said front surface, and
• (f) means for changing the relative distance between said light source and said layer for causing said light source to appear to an observer who is looking at the front surface of said layer as a pattern of multiple light images with the size of said pattern increasing as the light source moves relatively farther away from said layer, and vice versa.

An attractive display of light comprising:

• (a) at least one light source,
• (b) a layer of transparent material positioned in front of said light source and being spaced from said light source,
• (c) said layer of transparent material being viewable by an observer positioned in front of said layer,
• (d) said layer having a myriad of tiny adjacent pyramids formed in the transparent material of said layer, said pyramids each having a plurality of triangular facets,
• (e) said pyramids being so numerous and so tiny as to cause said layer to appear translucent as seen by an observer in front of said layer, and
• (f) means for changing the relative distance between said light source and said layer for causing said light source to appear to the observer who is looking at said layer as a changing size pattern of multiple light images, with the size of the pattern increasing as the light source moves relatively farther away from said layer and decreasing as the light source moves relatively closer to said layer.