US2148172A

US2148172A - Display apparatus

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Publication number: US2148172A
Application number: US192947A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harold C Pearl
Original assignee: AMERICAN TISSUE MILLS
Current assignee: AMERICAN TISSUE MILLS
Priority date: 1938-02-28
Filing date: 1938-02-28
Publication date: 1939-02-21
Anticipated expiration: 1956-02-21

Description

Feb. 21-, 1939. a H P RL 2148,172

DI S PLAY APPARATUS Filed Feb. 28, 1958 INVENTOR.

BY cmt g.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. 21, 1939 UNITED STATES PATET OFFICE DISPLAY APPARATUS Harold 0. Pearl, Holyoke, Mass.,

assignor to Application February 28, 1938, Serial No. 192,947

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in display apparatus and the novel' features thereof are directed to the provision of display apparatus adapted to provide an illuminated effect.

According to this invention there is a background which carries a plurality of reflectors or projectors which may be arranged in the outline of a figure, scene or whatever may be desired. The said projectors extend through the support or background and are adapted to project or reflect light forwardly from any light source at or near the rear face of the support.

According to one feature of the invention the support or background on its reverse side may carry the pattern of the ornamentation to indicate where opening for the reflectors or projectors are to be located.

According to one special feature of the invention the projectors may be constructed and arranged for piercing the background and as they are caused to pierce the same they are simultaneously inserted.

According to a further feature of the invention the background employed is preferably a fabricated member which may include a body layer or layers to which is secured a corrugated layer or layers. This construction gives to the support the desired flexibility and at the same time provides a thickness or bulk for gripping the reflectors more efficiently than a single layer of material.

Various novel features and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter referred to in the accompanying description of the preferred form of the invention.

In the drawing:--

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the rear side of a support or background member of the display apparatus of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the forward side of the support member shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional elevational views to explain how the reflectors may be associated with the support.

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view of the support member and a reflector member showing how the reflector elements reflect and transmit light.

Referred to the drawing more in detail the invention will be fully described.

In Figs. 1 and 2 a support is indicated genera ally by 2 and it may include paper or the like. I have found that a support consisting of a backing layer or layers 4 associated with a corrugated layer or layers 5 is suitable for the invention. Such material is adapted for the invention because it possesses the necessary flexibility and thickness or bulk, is light in weight, and the corrugation on the face of the support not only 5 presents an ornamental effect but enhances ornamental material applied thereto. The support in the drawing is a flat sheet of material but it will be understood that the same may consist of the material rolled up into the form of a 10 column or shaped in various other ways.

Reflectors 8 or it may be applied. to the support according to the ornamental effect it is desired to produce, but as one feature of the invention the rear side of the support may carry a pattern of a design or ornamentation which of course may be varied within very wide limits.

In the drawing the ornamentation is shown as the letter P but as stated various designs or ornamentations may be applied. From the pattern shown openings for the projectors may be made in the support by punching or in any other suitable manner and the reflectors or projectors may be inserted therein.

Reflectors are shown in Figs. 4 and 5. In Fig. 4 a reflector 3 has a more or less pointed end I 2 which is adapted for piercing the support to provide its own opening. The reflector may be inserted in openings formed in the support by any suitable means but as it pierces the support it may be left in the hole which it makes. A projector l2 in Fig. 5 is similar to the projector 8 but is not designed particularly for piercing the support. Both projectors may have a reduced portion which is embraced by the support. The reflectors are preferably made from transparent material and may well be of glass or the like and which may be colored or tinted as is desired.

The glass elements may be inserted from the front or the rear as desired. By following the guide lines in the pattern the reflectors can be inserted through the surface either by punching the elements through in a piercing manner or by inserting them into holes provided therefor by pricking the pattern in certain places as desired. The elements may be inserted from the front so as to extend rearwardly through the surface or they may be inserted from the rear so that the heads of the elements extend outwardly beyond the surface in the desired manner.

When the elements are inserted from the rear, the pattern may be used for guide purposes. When the elements are inserted from the front, no guide lines are usable unless s0 provided on the front surface of the support.

As shown in Fig. 6, the light source can come from either side of the surface, as desired. When the light comes from in front of front surface of the support, as from L, the glass element is a reflector for such light rays and also transmits the same through to the opposite side or end. When the light comes from a source to the rear of the rear surface of the support, 'as from L, the reverse is true and the reflector acts as a light transmitter to an observer standing before the front surface of the support.

It Will be noted that the particular construction of the support as illustrated in Fig. 3 provides a substantial thickness so that the reflectors are suitably gripped and held in place.

When the reflectors are inserted in the support according to some scheme of ornamentation or design they are adapted to project or reflect light from a source rearwardly of their forward faces. The light source may be an incandescent light or lights or the like or from natural light instead of artificial light, all to the end that the display apparatus presents a pleasing appearance.

While I have described the invention in great detail and with respect to a preferred form thereof, it is not desired to be limited thereto since many changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What it is desired to claim and secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A display apparatus comprising in combination, a support of corrugated paper, a pattern for ornamentation on the rear of said support arranged in reverse order, a plurality of spaced openings extending throughout said pattern entirely through said support, a plurality of transparent reflectors extending through said openings, producing ornamentation according to said pattern.

2. A display apparatus comprising in combination, a support of corrugated paper, a pattern for ornamentation arranged on said support, a plurality of openings extending throughout said pattern entirely through said support, a plurality of transparent reflectors extending through said openings producing ornamentation according to said pattern.

HAROLD C. PEARL.