Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
144 words
In an optical image multiplying device having a housing, parts of which housing define an aperture, reflecting planes contained within said housing, and an object cell mounted to said housing remote from said aperture wherein light passing between said object cell and said aperture passes between said reflecting planes to produce multiplied images, the improvement comprising: first and second tumbler objects within said object cell, said objects being capable of rotating and tumbling relative to one another, wherein each object carries a pictorial representation on a first region thereof, wherein said pictorial representation on said first region of said first object includes a light transmitting portion through which details of said pictorial representation of said second object can been seen when viewed through said light transmitting portion, and wherein said first object includes a second light transmitting colored region distinct from said first region.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
144 words
In an optical image multiplying device having a housing, parts of which housing define an aperture, reflecting planes contained within said housing, and an object cell mounted to said housing remote from said aperture wherein light passing between said object cell and said aperture passes between said reflecting planes to produce multiplied images, the improvement comprising: first and second tumbler objects within said object cell, said objects being capable of rotating and tumbling relative to one another, wherein each object carries a pictorial representation on a first region thereof, wherein said pictorial representation on said first region of said first object includes a light transmitting portion through which details of said pictorial representation of said second object can been seen when viewed through said light transmitting portion, and wherein said first object includes a second light transmitting colored region distinct from said first region.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The invention of claim 1 wherein said first object includes a third colorless light transmitting region distinct from said first and second regions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The invention of claim 2 wherein said third colorless light transmitting region extends to an edge of said first object.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
67 words
The invention of claim 3 wherein said first regions of said first and second objects are on geometrically different selected areas of said first and second objects such that said first and second pictorial representations intermittently overlap and separate as said objects freely rotate and tumble in said object cell, with at least one of said pictorial representations being rendered generally recognizable when said pictorial representations separate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
44 words
The invention of claim 1 wherein said object cell comprises first and second individual compartments, containin said first and second tumbler objects, respectively, such that said tumbler objects in said compartments may tumble and rotate independently of and without frictional interference from one another.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The invention of claim 5 wherein said object cell includes means for illuminating said first object in said first compartment with light that is substantially unmoified by said second object in said second compartment.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The invention of claim 6 wherein said means for illuminating comprises a white wall surrounding said object cell such that light entering said object cell scatters and illuminates said first object.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
The invention of claim 1 also comprising a third tumbler object substantially devoid of pictorial content and having a clear region and a transparent colored region for modifying and interacting with said second region on said first tumbler object.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The invention of claim 1 also comprising a plurality of generally transparent beads within said object cell.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
The invention of claim 9 wherein at least some of said beads are clear.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
The invention of claim 1 wherein said light passes through said object cell in a direction toward said aperture and wherein said device is a direct viewing device.