Display stage for diffusely illuminating articles
OwnerBerington Van Campeninventor
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Abstract
The display stage includes a top and bottom compartments. The top compartment is defined by a translucent horizontal wall having a front end, and top and bottom surfaces extending rearwardly from the front end to a translucent backwall having front and rear surfaces. The bottom compartment is defined by an angular wall extending downwardly from the horizontal-wall front end and has a reflective surface facing the bottom surface of the horizontal wall. A light source behind the compartments provides illumination of an article disposed on the horizontal wall, by directing light at both at the rear surface of the backwall and the reflective surface of the angular wall.
Claims20
An article-display stage comprising:
- a top compartment including (a) a translucent horizontal wall having a front end, an article-support surface and a bottom surface, and (b) a translucent backwall having front and rear surfaces, the horizontal wall extending rearwardly from the front end to the backwall;
- a bottom compartment including an angular wall extending downwardly from the front end of the horizontal wall, the angular wall having a reflective surface facing the bottom surface of the horizontal wall;
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- a light source behind the top and bottom compartments and providing dual back-and-bottom illumination of an article disposed on the article-support surface by directing light at both the rear surface for diffused back-light illumination through the backwall and at the reflective surface for diffused reflected up-light illumination through the horizontal wall.
In an article-display stage of the type including a horizontal article-support surface for display of an article thereon, a backwall, and means to illuminate the article, the improvement comprising:
- a top compartment including a translucent horizontal wall having a front end, the article-support surface and a bottom surface extending rearwardly from the front end to the backwall which is translucent and has front and rear surfaces;
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- a bottom compartment including an angular wall that extends downwardly from the horizontal-wall front end and has a reflective surface facing the bottom surface of the horizontal wall,
- thereby to provide dual back-and-bottom illumination of the article from a light source behind the compartments directing light both at the rear surface for diffused back-light illumination through the backwall and at the reflective surface for diffused reflected up-light illumination through the horizontal wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.