Patent ID: 8100575
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: G02B,G02C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An illuminable display system mountable to a sheet of optical material having a front surface and a back surface, there being a predetermined critical angle of incidence at the front surface and the back surface sufficient to establish total internal reflection of light incident at the front surface and the back surface when interfaced with an expected ambient medium, the display system comprising: a light source couplable to the sheet of optical material for injecting light into the sheet of optical material at an angle of incidence relative to the front surface and the back surface that is greater than the predetermined critical angle of incidence to promote total internal reflection of the injected light within sheet of optical material; and a film with a front surface and a back surface, the front surface having an image pattern comprising a top layer and a bottom layer, the bottom layer of the image pattern being a light reflecting material and the top layer of the image pattern being an illuminable material, wherein the illuminable material is bondable to the back surface of the sheet of optical material, wherein the bonded top layer of the image pattern extracts injected light from the back surface of the sheet of optical material to illuminate the image pattern for viewing through the front surface of the sheet of optical material.