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US 7,726,829 B2Granted
Lighted background for fish tanks and the like
OwnerDarlene K. Stuhr, Donald E. Stuhrinventors
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Abstract
A lighted background for mounting on a wall of an aquarium fish tank or the like includes a front panel having an image formed thereon. Light apertures are formed through the front panel and lighting is provided behind the panel to direct light through the apertures. Translucent material covering the apertures and reflective material behind the lights enhances the lighting effect.
Claims20
A lighted background for a display container having at least one transparent wall, including:
- (a) a front panel having a front side and a back side;
- (b) an image formed on the front side of the front panel;
- (c) at least one light aperture formed on the front panel, through the front side and the back side, and wherein a location of the at least one light aperture corresponds to at least one selected area of the image;
- (d) a translucent material attached to the back side of the front panel and covering the light aperture;
- and
- (e) a light source at the back side of the front panel and behind the translucent material for directing light through the translucent material and the light aperture,
- wherein:
- (1) the display container includes a fish tank aquarium having at least one transparent wall, and
- (2) the lighted background is mounted on the at least one transparent wall of the aquarium such that the image on the front side of the front panel is adjacent to the at least one transparent wall.
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A lighted background for a display container having a transparent wall, including:
- (a) a front panel having a front side and a back side;
- (b) an image formed on the front side of the front panel;
- (c) a plurality of light apertures formed on the front panel, through the front side and the back side at locations thereon corresponding to selected areas of the image;
- (d) a translucent material attached to the back side of the front panel and covering each of the light apertures;
- and
- (e) at least one individual light source for each light aperture, located at the back side of the front panel and behind the translucent material for directing light through the translucent material and each light aperture
- wherein:
- (1) the display container includes a fish tank aquarium having at least one transparent wall, and
- (2) the lighted background is mounted on the at least one transparent wall of the aquarium such that the image on the front side of the front panel is adjacent to the at least one transparent wall.
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An aquarium having a lighted background, including:
- (a) an aquarium having at least one transparent wall;
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- (b) a lighted background mounted to the at least one transparent wall of the aquarium, the lighted background including:
- (1) a front panel having a front side positioned adjacent to the at least one transparent wall of the aquarium and a back side;
- (2) an image formed on the front side of the front panel;
- (3) at least one light aperture formed through the front panel, through the front side and the back side, and wherein the at least one light aperture corresponds to at least one selected area of the image;
- (4) a translucent material attached to the back side of the front panel and covering the light aperture;
- and
- (5) a light source at the back side of the front panel and behind the translucent material for directing light through the translucent material and the light aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.