Patent ID: 7374323

Claim:
A display device having indicia indicative of at least one vehicle parameter, the display device comprising: a light guide having a light-reflecting portion formed in said light guide; a substrate layer; a masking layer disposed between said light guide and said substrate layer, wherein said masking layer includes a light-passing portion and a light-blocking portion that define at least a portion of the indicia, wherein said light-passing portion permits light from a rear illumination device to travel through said substrate layer and through said light-reflecting portion to illuminate at least said one of the indicia, wherein said light guide collects and directs light from at least one of ambient light, a front illumination device and a combination thereof toward said light-reflecting portion to illuminate at least said one of the indicia by reflecting light off said light-reflecting portion and wherein said light-reflecting portion is immovably disposed over at least a portion of the indicia.