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US 8,024,879 B2Granted
Three-dimensional back-lit device
AssigneeHomdec SA
InventorBernard Pulfer
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Abstract
A display device includes at least one wall with transparent areas and a reflecting object arranged inside the display device and oriented so as to receive an incident external light and to redirect a reflected light onto the transparent areas. The transparent areas are provided in different planes and the reflecting object includes several reflecting surfaces or a non-planar reflecting surface to reflect incident light rays on each of the transparent areas along different reflection axes. The display device can advantageously be integrated into a bottle or a bottle cap.
Claims19
A bottle, comprising:
- a body having an interior space;
- a cap configured to be attached to the body and close the interior space;
- a watertight housing positioned inside the body or the cap;
- a light input surface located in an upper part of the bottle and including a first transparent area through which incident external light penetrates the bottle;
- a reflective object arranged inside the watertight housing, receiving the incident external light and emitting reflected light;
- a light output surface with at least a second transparent area through which at least some of the reflected light leaves the watertight housing;
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- at least one opaque area surrounding the first transparent area or the second transparent area, the at least one opaque area forming with the first or second transparent area a decorative pattern, wherein the reflective object receives the incident external light and redirects reflected light through the second transparent area, to provide a back-lighting of the decorative pattern or project an image of the decorative pattern through the second transparent area.
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A bottle, comprising:
- a body having an interior space;
- a watertight housing positioned inside the body;
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- a reflective object arranged inside the watertight housing, the body including:
- a first wall with a first decorative pattern that includes at least one first opaque area and at least one first transparent area,
- the reflective object being oriented so as to receive an incident external light and to redirect a reflected light onto the transparent areas of the first wall, to provide a back-lighting of the at least one first transparent area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.