Patent ID: 6454422
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: B60Q

Abstract:
An article comprising:transparent material having interior and exterior surfaces; a coating of paint applied to the exterior surface of the transparent material; indicia formed in the coating of paint by a plurality of interrelated line segments, each line segment of the plurality of line segments extending parallel to each other line segment of the plurality of line segments, each line segment being an exposed portion of the exterior surface of the transparent material and defining a bottom surface of a groove that extends through the coating of paint, the coating of paint defining parallel extending side walls of the groove; and a light source being actuatable for directing light against the interior surface of the transparent material and through the exposed line segments to illuminate the indicia, the indicia being discernible from the coating of paint when illuminated by the light source, the indicia being indiscernible from the coating of paint when not illuminated by the light source and when the side walls of each groove extend in a direction angled to a line of sight.