Patent ID: 7726829
Filing Date: 2010-06-01
Classification: A01K,F21W,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A lighted background for a display container having at least one transparent wall, including: (a) a front panel having a front side and a back side; (b) an image formed on the front side of the front panel; (c) at least one light aperture formed on the front panel, through the front side and the back side, and wherein a location of the at least one light aperture corresponds to at least one selected area of the image; (d) a translucent material attached to the back side of the front panel and covering the light aperture; and (e) a light source at the back side of the front panel and behind the translucent material for directing light through the translucent material and the light aperture, wherein: (1) the display container includes a fish tank aquarium having at least one transparent wall, and (2) the lighted background is mounted on the at least one transparent wall of the aquarium such that the image on the front side of the front panel is adjacent to the at least one transparent wall.