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US 6,615,520 B2Granted
Lighted article with brightly illuminated indicia and method of fabricating same
AssigneeGeewhiz.com, Inc.
InventorsElorian C. Landers, Jr., Stephen L. Landers, Eric R. Sotelo
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Abstract
A lighted article has a base with a receptacle and a display panel having indicia inscribed thereon and at least one orifice. The display panel is inserted into the receptacle and a lighting element having a light source protruding up from the receptacle is inserted into the orifice for illuminating the indicia on the display panel. The lighted article brightly illuminates the indicia without illuminating other parts of the display panel.
Claims27
A lighted article, comprising:
- a base, having a receptacle;
- a display panel with indicia inscribed thereon and having at least one orifice, said display panel being inserted into said receptacle;
- and
- a lighting element having at least one light source protruding up from said receptacle and inserted into said at least one orifice for illuminating said indicia,
- wherein indicia containing portions of said display panel are illuminated without illuminating non-indicia containing portions of said display panel.
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A method for fabricating a lighted article, comprising:
- inscribing indicia on a display panel having at least one orifice;
- forming a base having a receptacle and a lighting element, said lighting element having at least one light source protruding up from said receptacle;
- and
- inserting said display panel into said receptacle of said base so that said at least one light source is inserted into said at least one orifice,
- wherein indicia are inscribed on said display panel such that said at least one light source illuminates indicia containing portions of said display panel without illuminating non-indicia containing portions of said display panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.