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US 5,636,914 AGranted
Illuminated panel device
OwnerPaul J. Trusianiinventor
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Abstract
An illuminated, flat display panel of light transmitting, acrylic material has a thickness of at least 1/4 inch and a plurality of cut-out lines in a predetermined arrangement to form contour edges defining a selected pictorial representation. A lighting unit having at least one light source is secured to the panel so that light is transmitted from the light source through the panel towards the contour edges for reflection from the edges to illuminate the contour edges so that the pictorial representation stands out from the remainder of the panel.
Claims11
An illuminated panel device, comprising:
- a flat panel of light-transmitting material having a peripheral edge and defining a plane;
- the panel having a plurality of cut-out lines in a predetermined arrangement to form peripheral edges of large features in a selected pictorial representation and a plurality of cut-out, non-linear openings having edges representing smaller features of the pictorial representation;
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- a lighting unit secured to the peripheral edge of the panel, the unit having at least one light source transmitting light through the panel in a direction lying in the plane of the panel and towards the edges of said cut-out lines and non-linear openings, whereby light is reflected from said edges and the pictorial representation is illuminated.
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An illuminated panel device, comprising:
- a flat panel of light transmitting material having a peripheral edge and defining a plane;
- the panel having a plurality of cut-out lines in a predetermined arrangement to form contour edges defining a selected pictorial representation;
- a lighting unit secured to the peripheral edge of the panel, the unit having at least one light source transmitting light through the panel in a direction lying in the plane of the panel towards the contour edges, whereby the light is reflected from the contour edges and the pictorial representation are illuminated;
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- the pictorial representation comprising a map having selected topographical features having contours and the cut-out lines extend along the contours of the selected topographical features.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.