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US 7,065,910 B2Granted
Illuminated display device
OwnerMichael A. Woodruffinventor
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Abstract
A display device that can be mounted to a surface, such as a window, using static attraction. The display device has an illumination assembly circuit including a light source (such as an LED), a power supply (such as a battery) and a switch interposed therebetween. The illumination assembly is either attached to or enclosed within a mounting film, such as a flexible polymer that is electrostatically attracted to a surface. A preferred device has indicia printed on it to display, and with which the LEDs cooperate.
Claims41
A display device comprising:
- (a) an electrical power supply;
- (b) an illumination assembly including a light source and a switch electrically interposed between the light source and the electrical power supply;
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- (c) a translucent mounting film for mounting the illumination assembly and the mounting film to a smooth substrate, said mounting film having a first major surface and a second, opposite major surface, wherein the illumination assembly and the power supply are mounted to one of said major surfaces and are disposed on only one side of the mounting film, but are not sandwiched between the mounting film and another film, and the mounting film is a static cling film for mounting to the substrate with static attraction.
1 more element
A display device comprising:
- (a) an illumination assembly having an electrical circuit including a battery, a light source and a switch electrically interposed between the light source and the battery;
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- (b) a translucent mounting film attached to the illumination assembly, the mounting film having a first major surface and a second, opposite major surface with at least one indicium, wherein the mounting film is a static cling film for mounting the illumination assembly and mounting film to a substrate with static attraction, and wherein the illumination assembly is disposed on only one side of the mounting film, but is not sandwiched between the mounting film and another film.
A display device in combination with a substrate, the combination comprising:
- (a) an illumination assembly having an electrical circuit including a battery, a light source and a switch electrically interposed between the light source and the battery;
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- (b) a translucent mounting film attached to the illumination assembly, the mounting film having a first major surface and a second, opposite major surface with at least one indicium, wherein the mounting film is a static cling film mounting the illumination assembly and mounting film to the substrate with static attraction and wherein the illumination assembly is disposed on only one side of the mounting film, but is not sandwiched between the mounting film and another film.
A method for displaying at least one indicium, comprising:
- (a) constructing an illumination assembly having an electrical circuit including a battery, a light source and a switch electrically interposed between the light source and the battery;
- (b) attaching a translucent static cling mounting film to the illumination assemble, the mounting film having a first major surface and a second, opposite major surface, thereby mounting the illumination assembly on only one side of the mounting film, but not sandwiching the illumination assembly between the mounting film and another film;
- (c) placing at least one indicium on one of said major surfaces of the mounting film;
- (d) seating one of said major surfaces of the mounting film against a substrate;
- (e) adhering the mounting film to the substrate with static attraction between the mounting film and the substrate;
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- (f) manually actuating the switch.
4 more elements
A display device in combination with a smooth, transparent substrate, the combination comprising:
- (a) and illumination assembly having an electrical circuit including a battery, a light source and switch electrically interposed between the light source and the battery;
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- (b) a translucent, static cling mounting film attached to the illumination assembly, wherein the illumination assembly is disposed only one side of the mounting film and is not sandwiched between the mounting film and another film, and the illumination assembly and the mounting film are mounted to the substrate with static attraction, the mounting film having a first major surface and a second, opposite major surface, one of said major surfaces having at least one indicium thereon that is visible when light passes through the translucent mounting film and the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.