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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1991
Paul G McManigal, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Vemco Corporation, San Dimas, CA (US);
Abstract
An artificial window comprises a box having a rear wall, and walls bounding an interior space which faces longitudinally forwardly; sheet structure extending laterally crosswise of the space, and a viewable pattern associated with the sheet structure to be illuminated by light passing forwardly from the box interior; first and second light sources in the box; a reflector structure in the box to reflect light from the first source in a direction toward the sheet structure for effecting illumination of the viewable pattern; and there being control structure for controlling the illumination of the viewable pattern to independently, differentially, and progressively change the illumination of the viewable pattern.