Patent ID: 7407306

Claim:
A display panel, comprising: a display housing having a front and a rear; a plurality of illumination layer enclosures extending across the display housing, each of the illumination layer enclosures having an upper surface, a lower surface, a leading portion situated toward the display housing front, and a trailing portion situated toward the display housing rear; and a plurality of lights contained within each of the illumination layer enclosures and distributed along the leading portions thereof, wherein the illumination layer enclosures define a plurality of vents through which air may pass from the front to the rear, at least one of the leading and trailing portions of each illumination layer enclosures is angled toward one of the upper and lower surfaces of that layer, the illumination layer enclosures are positioned so that, when the display panel is viewed from the front at an intended viewing angle, the pluralities of lights are visible and passage of light between the illumination layer enclosures is obstructed; and wherein each of the illumination layer enclosures has a wing-shaped cross section having an upper arcuate surface and a lower arcuate surface, the upper and lower arcuate surfaces meeting at a front portion that is thicker than a rear portion at which the upper and lower arcuate surfaces meet.