Message screen
OwnerJ. Patrick McClureinventor
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Abstract
A transparent sheet is disclosed having a message thereon. The sheet has a first side adapted to be attached facing a plate which is normally viewed by a viewer and a second side facing the viewer. The message is arranged to be readably intelligible from the second side but is not liminally visible to the viewer when viewed from a normal viewing distance from the second side under normal viewing conditions. The message has a subliminal effect upon the viewer when viewed from the normal viewing distance from the second side under normal viewing conditions. A viewer can electively subject him or herself to subliminal messages while viewing television at leisure.
Claims9
An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a transparent sheet having a message thereon, said sheet having a first side adapted to be attached facing a plate which is normally viewed by a viewer and a second side facing said viewer, said message being arranged to be readably intelligible from said second side, said message being of a construction sufficient so that it is not liminally visible to said viewer when viewed from a normal viewing distance from said second side under normal viewing conditions but being of a construction sufficient to have a subliminal effect upon said viewer when viewed from said normal viewing distance from said second side under said normal viewing conditions.
A television set having a television screen, a transparent sheet having a message thereon, said sheet having a first side attached to said television screen, said sheet having a second side facing away from said television screen and towards a position occupied by a viewer during use of said set, said message being arranged to be readably intelligible from said second side, said message being of a construction sufficient to not be liminally visible to said viewer when viewed from a normal viewing distance from said second side under normal viewing conditions but being of a construction sufficient to have a subliminal effect upon said viewer when viewed from said normal viewing distance from said second side under said normal viewing conditions.
A method of subliminally delivering a message to a viewer, comprising:
- attaching a first side of a transparent sheet, said sheet having a first side adapted to be attached facing a plate which is normally viewed by said viewer, with said first side facing said plate, said sheet having a second side facing said viewer, said sheet bearing said message, said message being arranged to be readably intelligible from said second side, said message being of a construction sufficient to not be liminally visible to said viewer when viewed from a normal viewing distance from said second side under normal viewing conditions but being of a constructtion sufficient to have a subliminal effect upon said viewer when viewed from said normal viewing distance from said second side under said normal viewing conditions;
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- providing an image on said plate which is visible to the viewer through said sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.