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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
James A Watt, Calgary, Alberta, CA;
Stanley A Watt, Calgary, Alberta, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
40430 ; 40454 ;
Abstract
A display device is disclosed which comprisees a plurality of positive lenses disposed in a concavely curved lens array as seen by an observer and a plurality of substantially concavely curved pictures respectively associated with the lenses. Each of the pictures is disposed behind the respective lens and is located substantially at or within the focal length of the respective lens. The pictures each comprise a plurality of picture elements such that, when the lens array is viewed from different angles by an observer, the observer is able to perceive a composite image formed from magnified images of the picture elements of different ones of the pictures.