Figure with back projected image using fiber optics

A figure, comprising:

• (a) a head having a translucent face;
• (b) a lens mounted inside the head adapted to project an image onto the face;
• (c) an image source outside of the head for providing an image;
• (d) a plurality of flexible fiber optic strands coherently arranged to form a fiber optic bundle adapted to optically convey the image from the image source to the lens;
• and
• (e) a section of the bundle inside the head adjacent to the lens being permanently formed at substantially a 90 degree angle and encased within a housing connected to the head.

A figure, comprising:

• (a) a head having a face forming a projection screen;
• (b) a lens mounted inside the head adapted to project an image onto the projection screen to animate the facial expression of the figure;
• (c) an image source outside of the head for providing images to be projected by the lens onto the projection screen;
• (d) a bundle of flexible fiber optic strands coherently arranged to optically convey images from one end of the bundle to the other;
• (e) lateral adjustment means for providing lateral side to side optical adjustment of the lens with respect to the head;
• (f) horizontal adjustment means for providing horizontal front to back optical adjustment of the lens with respect to the head;
• and
• (g) vertical adjustment means for providing vertical up and down optical adjustment of the lens with respect to the head.

A figure, comprising:

• (a) a head having a face forming a projection screen;
• (b) a lens mounted inside the head adapted to project an image onto the projection screen to animate the facial expression of the figure;
• (c) an image source outside of the head for providing images to be projected by the lens onto the projection screen;
• (d) a bundle of flexible fiber optic strands coherently arranged to optically convey images from the image source to the lens;
• and
• (e) an end of the bundle of fiber optic strands being inside the head and spaced by a lens adapter a predetermined distance from and in optical alignment with the image receiving portion of the lens.

A figure, comprising:

• (a) a head having a translucent face;
• (b) image forming means inside the head for forming a visual image on the face;
• (c) an image source outside the head for providing an image;
• (d) a bundle of flexible fiber optic strands coherently arranged to optically convey the image from the image source to the image forming means, the bundle being rectangular in cross-section having two long sides and two short sides;
• and
• (e) a section of the bundle inside the head adjacent to the image forming means being permanently formed at substantially a 90 degree angle and encased within a housing connected to the head, such that the end of the bundle faces the image forming means with the long sides of the bundle being oriented in a vertical direction.

A figure, comprising:

• (a) a body portion having a translucent surface;
• (b) a lens inside the body portion for forming a visual image on the surface;
• (c) an image source outside the body portion for providing an image;
• (d) a bundle of flexible fiber optic strands coherently arranged to optically convey the image from the image source to the lens;
• and
• (e) lens adjustment means substantially inside the body portion for optically adjusting the lens with respect to the body portion for proper focusing, registration, and sizing of the image onto the surface, including
• lateral adjustment means for providing lateral side to side optical adjustment of the lens with respect to the body portion,
• horizontal adjustment means for providing horizontal front to back optical adjustment of the lens with respect to the body portion, and
• vertical adjustment means for providing vertical up and down optical adjustment of the lens with respect to the body portion.