Patent ID: 7290802

Claim:
A second surface micromotion display providing an illusion of motion, comprising a see-through base having a first surface, defined in the art as a front surface facing a viewer, and a second surface, defined in the art as a rear surface opposite to said front surface and facing away from the viewer, a micromotion textured pattern over said second surface, a reflective layer over said micromotion textured pattern such that the illusion of motion is viewable through said base as reflected from said reflective layer through said micromotion textured pattern, wherein said reflective layer is spaced from said second surface by said micromotion textured pattern therebetween, wherein said micromotion textured pattern comprises a plurality of convex shaped protrusions, and wherein said reflective layer conforms to said convex shaped protrusions, such that said reflective layer has convex surfaces facing away from said second surface, and has concave surfaces facing toward said second surface, such that light passing through said base is reflected by said concave surfaces back through said base to the viewer, and comprising an image formed over said second surface, and wherein said reflective layer is spaced from said second surface by said image and said micromotion textured pattern therebetween, and comprising an opaque layer between portions of said image and said micromotion textured pattern and blocking light transmission therethrough wherein said opaque layer includes a section between said image and said reflective layer with no portion of said micromotion textured pattern between said image and said reflective layer.