Patent ID: 9488903
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G03B

Claim Text:
1. An animation device for producing the perception of animation within a slotted cylinder, the animation device comprising: a platform rotatable about a longitudinal axis of rotation; a slotted cylinder retained to rotate concentrically with the platform wherein the slotted cylinder has a peripheral wall with a circumference wherein a plurality of slots are disposed in the peripheral wall to form a plurality of wall segments separated by the plurality of slots; and a plurality of images retained to rotate with the platform wherein the plurality of images are disposed along a circumference substantially concentric with but greater than the circumference of the slotted cylinder whereby the slotted cylinder is disposed radially inward of the plurality of images; whereby, when the platform is rotated, an observer looking through the slots in the slotted cylinder can perceive an animation of the plurality of images within the slotted cylinder.