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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2002
Brendan Boyle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeff Grant, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Alex Coriano, Mountain View, CA (US);
Adam Skaates, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter Finn, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jacob Olefsky, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chris Countryman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
S.R. Mickelberg Company, Jenkintown, PA (US);
Abstract
A toy for producing a three dimensional aesthetically pleasing illuminated image. The toy includes a handle, a light source, a rotary drive mechanism, and a plate-like member having an outer surface at least a portion of which is a holographic diffraction surface. The plate-like member is arranged to be rotated about a longitudinal axis so that light received by the holographic diffraction surface produces an aesthetically pleasing illuminated three-dimensional image. The plate-like member can be mounted so that it moves along the axis with respect to the handle as it is rotated and can include a transparent sphere containing a three dimensional object, e.g., a cartoon character, therein.