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US 8,910,402 B2Granted
Medicine cabinet assembly
AssigneeElectric Mirror, LLC
InventorsJames V. Mischel, Jr., James V. Mischel, Sr., Patrick Daniel Erickson
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a first mirror platform; the first mirror platform has a first portion and a second portion. A media display device is disposed behind the first mirror platform, such that within the second portion information displayed on the media display device is visible when the media display device is on and is viewed from in front of the first mirror platform. A mounting platform is coupled to a back of the first mirror platform to form a door assembly and the mounting platform can also be a mirror platform.
Claims35
A medicine cabinet door assembly apparatus comprising:
- a first mirror platform, the first mirror platform has a layer of non-polarized glass which is continuous across the viewable area the mirror platform, having a first portion and a second portion. the first portion has a first reflectivity and the second portion has a second reflectivity. the first reflectivity is greater than the second reflectivity
- a media display device, the media display device is disposed behind the second portion, a reflectivity of the second portion is selected to closely match the reflectivity of the first portion when the media display device is in an off state wherein the second portion blends into the first portion, when the media display device is in an on state information displayed on the media display device is visible within the second portion when the media display device is viewed from in front of the first mirror platform;
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- a mounting platform, the mounting platform is coupled to a back of the first mirror platform, the mounting platform encloses the media display device to form the medicine cabinet door assembly.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first mirror platform, the first mirror platform having a first portion and a second portion, the second mirror portion is both reflective and transmissive;
- a media display device, the media display device is disposed behind the first mirror platform, such that within the second portion information displayed on the media display device is visible when the media display device is on and is viewed from in front of the first mirror platform;
- a mounting platform, the mounting platform is coupled to a back of the first mirror platform, the mounting platform encloses the media display device to form a door assembly;
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- a second mirror platform, the second mirror platform is coupled to a back of the mounting platform, wherein the door assembly provides a reflection to the user from either a front side or a back side of the door assembly;
- the second mirror platform has an opening which defines an electrical passageway with an opening in the mounting platform for wires to pass through.
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A method comprising:
- partitioning a surface area of a first mirror platform into two portions, a first portion and a second portion, the first portion has a first reflectivity and the second portion has a second reflectivity, the second portion is partially transmissive, wherein the first reflectivity is greater than the second reflectivity, the first mirror platform is made of a continuous layer of non-polarized glass;
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- enclosing a display screen of a media display device between the first mirror platform and a mounting platform to form a door assembly of a medicine cabinet, wherein the media display device is disposed behind the second portion, the second reflectivity is selected to closely match the first reflectivity when the media display device is in an off state wherein the second portion blends into the first portion presenting the appearance of a mirror with uniform reflectivity, when the media display device is in an on state information displayed on the media display device is visible within the second portion when the media display device is viewed from in front of the first mirror platform.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first mirror platform, the first mirror platform has a layer of glass which is continuous across the viewable area the mirror platform, the first mirror platform has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion, the first portion has a first reflectivity and the second portion has a second reflectivity, the first reflectivity is greater than the second reflectivity:
- a light source, the light source is disposed behind the first mirror platform, light from the light source can pass through the third portion to illuminate a user when the user is in front of the first mirror platform wherein the user's reflection is visible in the first portion;
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- a mounting platform, the mounting platform is coupled to a back of the first mirror platform to form a door assembly of a medicine cabinet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.