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US 5,066,085 AGranted
Fiber optic curtain
AssigneeMain Light Inc.
InventorsAidas Gimbutas, Marion Gimbutas
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Abstract
A fiber optic curtain when activated projects a multitude of bright pinpoints of light without the use of electrical wires or lamp filaments for illumination. The curtain has one or more cloth panels with attached fiber optic strands having tips substantially perpendicular to and substantially flush with the front face of the panels. Bright pinpoints of light are formed at the tips when the other ends of the fiber optic strands are connected to a light source, but the tips are not visible before the light source is activated.
Claims9
A fiber optic curtain, comprising:
- a cloth panel having a front face and a rear face;
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- a fiber optic strand having a tip at one end with the tip inserted into a hole through the cloth panel from the rear face and secured with adhesive applied around the strand at the rear face of the panel so that the tip is substantially perpendicular to and substantially flush with the front face of the cloth and the other end of the fiber optic strand is connected to a light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.