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US 5,926,440 AGranted
Electro-luminescent night light and time piece
OwnerTseng-Lu Chieninventor
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Abstract
A night light is combined with a time piece, the night light including an electro-luminescent panel which illuminates a display of the time piece. The time piece may be separable from the night light so that either could be separately used, and/or an optical effects device or member may be added to project an image of the illuminated display.
Claims17
In a night light, comprising:
- at least one electro-luminescent element;
- means including at least two conductive prongs for electrically connecting said at least one electro-luminescent element to a power source;
- and
- a housing in which said electro-luminescent element and said electrical connection means are situated,
- the improvement wherein a time piece having a power source separate from the power source for the electro-luminescent elements is mounted in said housing, said time piece having a display illuminated by the electro-luminescent element.
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In a night light, comprising:
- at least one electro-luminescent element;
- means including at least two conductive prongs for electrically connecting said at least one electro-luminescent element to a power source;
- and
- a housing in which said electro-luminescent element and said electrical connection means are situated,
- the improvement wherein a time piece having an LCD display is mounted in said housing, said LCD display being illuminated by the electro-luminescent element.
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In a night light, comprising:
- at least one electro-luminescent element;
- means including at least two conductive prongs for electrically connecting said at least one electro-luminescent element to a power source;
- and
- a housing in which said electro-luminescent element and said electrical connection means are situated,
- the improvement wherein a time piece is mounted in said housing, and an optical effects device is included to project an image of a display of said time piece to a desired location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.