Patent ID: 9109793
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A63H,F21S,F21V

Abstract:
1. An illuminated-display unit comprising: a base including a platform on a top surface of the base, said platform having an outer perimeter and including a at least a portion of a receptacle, and further wherein the base comprises an inner perimeter and an annular channel, wherein the annular channel is formed between the outer perimeter of the platform and the inner perimeter of the base, said base also including one or more light sources disposed within said base; a plate configured to be at least partially disposed within said receptacle, the plate having a generally planar shape and comprising a straight bottom edge, a curved upper edge, a first drawing surface, and a second drawing surface, said plate including surface properties suitable to at least temporarily accept an ink thereon, wherein the curved upper edge is parabolic in shape, wherein the at least a portion of a receptacle is configured to accept the straight bottom edge of the plate at a sufficient distance to support the plate in a generally vertical orientation; and a hollow parabolic dome disposed atop said top surface of said base and engaging said annular channel, said hollow parabolic dome having a hollow domed structure configured to accept said curved upper edge of said plate therein and having surface properties suitable to at least temporarily accept said ink thereon, said dome comprising a bottom edge around a perimeter of the dome and a third drawing surface, wherein the annular channel is configured to accept the bottom edge of the dome such that the bottom edge of the dome is disposed atop said top surface of the base, wherein the parabolic shape of the curved upper edge of the plate corresponds to an interior shape of the hollow parabolic dome such that the curved upper edge of the plate mates to the interior shape of the hollow parabolic dome when the hollow parabolic dome is disposed atop the top surface of the base, wherein the one or more light sources are configured to illuminate said ink on one or more of the first drawing surface, the second drawing surface, and the third drawing surface based on a location of the one or more light sources with respect to one or more of the receptacle and the annular channel.