Patent ID: 7578083
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for visualizing two or more images printed on a card-like medium, comprising: a housing having a wall; a window of transparent material, the window located in the wall of the housing and configured to provide a multiple lens effect for making visible the two or more images placed behind the window; a holder arranged behind the window, the holder including a medium-displaying side for holding the card-like medium with the two or more images and a medium-displaying area on the medium-displaying side configured to be underneath the card-like medium, the holder being reciprocally movable in a lengthwise direction of the housing behind the window with respect to the housing; a moving device arranged in the housing and operable to reciprocally move the holder along the lengthwise direction; a slotted opening extending in a lengthwise direction of the holder positioned and configured to guide the holder in the housing during movement of the holder in the lengthwise direction of the housing; and the housing comprising a protrusion extending inside the housing and configured to engage the slotted opening by extending from the housing through the slotted opening to couple in the medium-displaying area with the slotted opening to guide the holder during the movement of the holder.