Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
185 words
The combination comprising a decorative light diffusing lamp element which comprises a three dimensional plastic colored representation comprising a clear transparent polyester cast resin body having a colored fiber glass paper inlay embedded in said resin body, said cast resin body having an external shape corresponding to the external shape of said colored inlay, and having a thickness substantially greater than the thickness of said fiber glass paper inlay, forming a three dimensional plastic duplicate of said colored inlay, having the corresponding coloration and outlines of said colored fiber glass paper inlay, and a light translucent plastic sheet attached to the rear surface of said colored cast resin body and covering the entire rear surface thereof, and a light box having a front opening, said lamp element being disposed over said front opening, with said translucent sheet to the rear facing the inside of said box, and a lamp in said box behind said translucent sheet of said lamp element, whereby light from said lamp impinges directly on the rear surface of said translucent sheet for transmission therethrough, and through said colored cast resin body.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
185 words
The combination comprising a decorative light diffusing lamp element which comprises a three dimensional plastic colored representation comprising a clear transparent polyester cast resin body having a colored fiber glass paper inlay embedded in said resin body, said cast resin body having an external shape corresponding to the external shape of said colored inlay, and having a thickness substantially greater than the thickness of said fiber glass paper inlay, forming a three dimensional plastic duplicate of said colored inlay, having the corresponding coloration and outlines of said colored fiber glass paper inlay, and a light translucent plastic sheet attached to the rear surface of said colored cast resin body and covering the entire rear surface thereof, and a light box having a front opening, said lamp element being disposed over said front opening, with said translucent sheet to the rear facing the inside of said box, and a lamp in said box behind said translucent sheet of said lamp element, whereby light from said lamp impinges directly on the rear surface of said translucent sheet for transmission therethrough, and through said colored cast resin body.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
An article as defined in claim 1, wherein said lamp is positioned directly behind said colored cast resin body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
An article as defined in claim 1, wherein said lamp is an electric light bulb, and is positioned directly behind said colored cast resin body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
The combination as defined in claim 1, said light box having angled sides positioned to reflect light from said lamp essentially to the center of the rear surface of said translucent sheet directly behind said colored cast resin body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
The combination as defined in claim 1, the inside surfaces of said light box being highly reflecting to serve as a light reflecting surface to reflect light from said lamp to the rear surface of said translucent sheet.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The combination as defined in claim 1, wherein said plastic sheet is a light translucent polyester resin sheet.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
52 words
The combination as defined in claim 1, said translucent sheet extending outwardly beyond the outer edges of said colored cast resin body and surrounding same, whereby light transmitted diffusely through said outwardly extending portions of said translucent sheet highlights the colored reproduction in the evenly and higHly lighted colored cast resin body.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
166 words
The combination as defined in claim 7, said fiber glass paper inlay being multicolored, and having a silk screened multicolored configuration on at least one side of said fiber glass paper, the front surface of said cast resin body being contoured to a predetermined shape in accordance with the multicolored design of said multicolored fiber glass paper inlay, the rear surface of said cast resin body being essentially planar, and said three dimensional plastic duplicate of said colored inlay having the corresponding multicolored configuration of said inlay and creating a three dimensional effect when said cast resin body containing said colored fiber glass paper inlay is viewed at different angular positions by the eye of an observer, said plastic sheet being a light translucent polyester resin sheet, and including a border area disposed around the outer edge portions of said translucent resin sheet, said border area comprising an opaque polyester resin, said border area framing said colored cast resin body and functioning as a setting therefor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The combination as defined in claim 8, including colored background representations mounted on said outwardly extending portions of said translucent sheet adjacent said colored cast resin body, said colored background representations comprising colored cast polyester resin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
59 words
The combination as defined in claim 8, including colored background representations mounted on said outwardly extending portions of said translucent sheet adjacent said colored cast resin body, said colored background representations comprising clear flat polyester resin portions attached to the rear of said translucent sheet and a colored fiber glass paper inlay embedded in said flat polyester resin portions.