Patent ID: 8590196
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: A47G,A63J,G09F

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising: a frame having opposing rail portions; a first fabric layer, carried by said frame, which is substantially acoustically transparent and which is at least partially visually transparent when backlit with light and which is substantially opaque when not backlit with light; a second fabric layer, located behind and physically concealed by said first fabric layer and carried by said frame, said second fabric layer being at least partially light transmissive and including graphical images on at least a portion of a surface area thereof; a third layer, spaced from and located behind said second fabric layer, comprised of a reflective surface facing said second fabric layer; a plurality of light sources so physically located and oriented so as to, when turned on, provide a light field between said second fabric layer and said third layer, said reflective surface of said third layer interacting with said light field, when said plurality of light sources are turned on, to assist in homogenization of a brightness of said light field so as to result in a backlighting source comprised of a substantially continuous light field of substantially uniform brightness which, at least partially, transmits through said second fabric layer and said first fabric layer in a substantially uniform visually perceptible brightness; and wherein, when said plurality of light sources are turned on, said graphical images located on said second fabric layer are visually viewable when viewing an outward facing surface of said first fabric layer; and wherein when said plurality of light sources are turned off, said first fabric layer is substantially opaque and thereby conceals said graphical images from visual perception.