Patent ID: 7044295

Claim:
A case for storing therein, on a bottom thereof, a planar-shaped object having a bottom surface, a top surface, and information disposed on the top surface thereof, said case comprising: (a) a top having a first end and a second end, (b) a bottom arranged facing the top, said bottom having a first end and a second end; (c) an interior portion positioned between the top and the bottom, for storage of a planar-shaped object; and (d) at least one transparent side disposed at one said end of the top and bottom of the case, (i) said at least said one transparent side having a first transparent member comprised of a part of a convex lens having a first face adjacent the interior portion of the case and a second face opposite the first face, said first transparent member capable of causing a bundle of light rays to converge, refractivity of the first transparent member gradually increasing in the direction from the bottom to the top, or (ii) said at least one transparent side having a second transparent member comprised of a part of a concave lens having a first face adjacent the interior portion of the case and a second face opposite the first face, said second transparent member capable of causing a bundle of light rays to diverge, refractivity of the second transparent member gradually increasing in the direction of from the top to the bottom, whereby a virtual image of at least a portion of information on a top of the planar-shaped object when stored within the case will appear rising out of an actual plane of the planar-shaped object when viewed from said at least one transparent side through either said first transparent member or said second transparent member.