Card lighting device

A portable novelty card lighting device, comprising, in combination:

• a) a housing having an opening for permitting the novelty card to be viewed, with the opening defining a front portion of the housing, and with the housing having a rear portion opposite of the front portion;
• b) a light engaged with the housing to cast light on the novelty card directly from the light to the novelty card;
• c) a power arrangement engaged with the housing and being electrically connected to the light to light the light;
• d) a mount for receiving the novelty card and being engaged to the housing such that the mount is movable into and out of alignment with the housing, with the mount having a first face portion for receiving the novelty card, with the mount having a first closed position where the mount is generally aligned with the opening and housing such that the novelty card is viewable through the opening, with the mount having a second opened position where the mount is positioned at least partially away from the opening and is out of alignment with the housing and where the first face portion is accessible to the hand;
• e) a transparent plate extending over at least a portion of the opening and confronting the mount and being engaged with the housing such that the novelty card is sandwiched between the transparent plate and the mount, wherein the mount is engagable with the housing in a first aligned position where the mount is spaced from and confronts the transparent plate and in a second out-of-alignment position where the mount is spaced at a less confronting position relative to the transparent plate;
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• f) wherein the mount is swingably engaged to the housing, and wherein the mount swings out to be adjacent the rear portion of the housing such that the novelty card is loaded into the device from behind the device.

A portable novelty card lighting device, comprising, in combination:

• a) a housing having an opening for permitting the novelty card to be viewed, with the opening defining a front portion of the housing, and with the housing having a rear portion opposite of the front portion;
• b) a light engaged with the housing to cast light on the novelty card directly from the light to the novelty card;
• c) a power arrangement engaged with the housing and being electrically connected to the light to light the light;
• d) a mount for receiving the novelty card and being engaged to the housing such that the mount is movable into and out of alignment with the housing, with the mount having a first face portion for receiving the novelty card, with the mount having a first closed position where the mount is generally aligned with the opening and housing such that the novelty card is viewable through the opening, with the mount having a second opened position where the mount is positioned at least partially away from the opening and is out of alignment with the housing and where the first face portion is accessible to the hand;
• e) a transparent plate extending over at least a portion of the opening and confronting the mount and being engaged with the housing such that the novelty card is sandwiched between the transparent plate and the mount, wherein the mount is engagable with the housing in a first aligned position where the mount is spaced from and confronts the transparent plate and in a second out-of-alignment position where the mount is spaced at a less confronting position relative to the transparent plate;
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• wherein the mount in the second opened position is closer to the rear portion of the housing than the front portion of the housing such that the novelty card is loaded into the device from behind the device.

A portable novelty card lighting device, with a novelty card for the device having lateral and longitudinal edges and opposite faces, with the device comprising, in combination:

• a) a housing having an opening for permitting the novelty card to be viewed, with the opening defining a front portion of the housing, and with the housing having a rear portion opposite of the front portion;
• b) a light engaged with the housing to cast light on the novelty card;
• c) a power arrangement engaged with the housing and being electrically connected to the light to light the light;
• d) a mount for receiving the novelty card and being engaged to the housing such that the mount is movable into and out of alignment with the housing, with the mount having a first face portion for receiving the novelty card, with the mount having a first closed position where the mount is generally aligned with the opening and housing such that the novelty card is viewable through the opening, with the mount having a second opened position where the mount is positioned at least partially away from the opening and is out of alignment with the housing and where the first face portion is accessible to the hand;
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• e) wherein the amount comprises an inset, with the inset including elongate portions confronting respective elongate portions of the lateral and longitudinal edges of the card to minimize side to side movement of the card, and with the inset further having an elongate face portion confronting one of the faces of the novelty card.

A portable novelty card lighting device, comprising, in combination:

• a) a housing having an opening for permitting the novelty card to be viewed, with the opening defining a front portion of the housing, and with the housing having a rear portion opposite of the front portion;
• b) a light engaged with the housing to cast light on the novelty card;
• c) a power arrangement engaged with the housing and being electrically connected to the light to light the light;
• d) a mount for receiving the novelty card and being engaged to the housing such that the mount is movable into and out of alignment with the housing, with the mount having a first face portion for receiving the novelty card, with the mount having a first closed position where the mount is generally aligned with the opening and housing such that the novelty card is viewable through the opening, with the mount having a second opened position where the mount is positioned at least partially away from the opening and is out of alignment with the housing and where the first face portion is accessible to the hand, with the mount defining a plane;
• e) a hood engaged with the housing and covering at least a portion of the light such that the light is at least partially recessed in the hood and such that the light is out of view when the portable novelty card lighting device is held at an arm's length when the plane of the mount is perpendicular to one's line of sight;
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• f) wherein the light is movable relative to the hood.

A portable novelty card lighting device, comprising, in combination:

• a) a housing having an opening for permittigng the novelty card to be viewed, with the opening defining a front portion of the housing, and with the housing having a rear portion opposite of the front portion;
• b) a light engaged with the housing to cast light on the novelty card;
• c) a power arrangement engaged with the housing and being electrically connected to the light to light the light;
• d) a mount for receiving the novelty card and being engaged to the housing such that the mount is movable into and out of alignment with the housing, with the mount having a first face portion for receiving the novelty card, with the mount having a first closed position where the mount is generally aligned with the opening and housing such that the novelty card is viewable through the opening, with the mount having a second opened position where the mount is positioned at least partially away from the opening and is out of alignment with the housing and where the first face portion is accessible to the hand;
• e) a transparent plate extending over at least a portion of the opening and confronting the mount and being engaged with the housing such that the novelty card is sandwiched between the transparent plate and the mount;
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• f) wherein the housing further comprises a frame disposed about the opening, with the frame having an outermost surface, and with both of the transparent plate and mount being recessed relative to the outermost surface and with the mount being positioned near the rear portion of the housing whereby a greater illusion of depth is provided cards which provide an illusion of depth.

A portable novelty card lighting device, comprising, in combination:

• a) a housing for holding the novelty card and having an opening for permitting the novelty card to be viewed, with the housing having an exterior portion and with the opening having a width;
• b) a light swingably engaged with the housing to cast light on the novelty card;
• c) an actuator on the exterior portion of the housing to actuate a swinging of the light;
• d) a power arrangement engaged with the housing and being electrically connected to the light to light the light;
• e) a mount having an inset for receiving the novelty card, with the mount comprising generally the form of a panel such that the novelty card lies at least partially within the panel and in a plane generally perpendicular to the panel, with the mount being swingably engaged with the housing and swingable away from the housing such that inset is accessible for the placement of a novelty card therein;
• f) a hood engaged with the housing for extending at least partially over the light such that the light is at least partially recessed in the hood, with the hood having a width generally at least the width of the opening such that light from the light is castable upon at least the width of a novelty card;
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• g) a transparent plate extending at least partially over the opening and being engaged to the housing, with the transparent plate confronting the inset of the mount such that the novelty card is sandwiched between the novelty card and the mount.