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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:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Veso S. Tijanic, Mississauga, CA;
Assignee:
Mark IV Industries Limited, Mississauga, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 9/00 ;
Abstract
A sign having a changeable array constituted by a plurality of pivotally mounted disks which have opposite bright and dark surfaces. The bright surface of each disk is illuminated by an adjacent light emitter when positioned in a direction of viewing. Light from each light emitter is blocked from illuminating disks other than the adjacent disk in the array.