Patent ID: 8647167
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
1. An illuminated display device comprising: a base member with a surface; a plurality of cavities in the base member wherein each cavity has a wall surface and a cavity opening contiguous with the surface of the base member; a plurality of illumination devices wherein at least one illumination device is disposed in optical communication with each cavity for providing illumination within the cavity and for emitting light through the opening; means for illuminating the at least one illumination device disposed in optical communication with each cavity to illuminate the cavity and to emit light through the opening to provide an illuminated display; means for causing the plurality of illumination devices to illuminate in a pattern; wherein the illuminated display device comprises an animated talking character with a plurality of cavities that form an animated mouth cavity complex with multiple predetermined mouth lighting configurations established by selective illumination of the illumination devices in optical communication with the cavities forming the animated mouth cavity complex, wherein the animated mouth cavity complex has a plurality of upper lip shape cavities and a plurality of lower lip shape cavities, wherein the animated mouth cavity complex has a lip shape cavity that simulates a contoured upper lip, a lip shape cavity that simulates a curved lower lip, and lip shape cavities that simulate pursed upper and lower lips, and wherein the multiple predetermined mouth configurations established by selective illumination of the illumination devices in optical communication with the cavities forming the animated mouth cavity complex comprise a first mouth configuration simulative of the human utterance of the letters A and I, a second mouth configuration simulative of the human utterance of the letter E, a third mouth configuration simulative of the human utterance of the letters O and U, and a fourth mouth configuration simulative of a human smile.