Patent ID: 8379160

Claim:
An apparatus concealing film which is mountable to a casing of an apparatus so as to be able to cover a portion to be concealed of the apparatus and is capable of concealing the portion to be concealed of the apparatus in a concealment mode while manifesting the portion to be concealed in a non-concealment mode, the apparatus concealing film comprising: a film-type information input device; a functional liquid crystal film which is placed under the information input device, also can be placed at a position where the functional liquid crystal film covers the portion to be concealed of the apparatus and can be electrically changed over between being transparent and being non-transparent; and a film-type non-metal glossy layer which is placed under the functional liquid crystal film and, also, exhibits transparency and a gloss due to reflection; wherein the information input device, the functional liquid crystal film, and the glossy layer are laminated in the mentioned order; a film-type transparent base member placed on the information input device, and a concealing layer for concealing wiring of the information input device, which is placed on an inner surface of the transparent base member at a periphery of the information input device, wherein a color exhibited by the functional liquid crystal film at an electrically-nontransparent state, the glossy layer, and the portion to be concealed when viewed from outside of the apparatus through the transparent base member is conformed to a color of the concealing layer and a color of the casing to which the apparatus concealing film is mounted.