Patent ID: 7186015

Claim:
An apparatus for providing backlight illumination of an image, said apparatus comprising: a glass substrate having a front surface and a rear surface, an opaque border adhered to said rear surface, said opaque border having an inside aperture whereby a selected portion of the image is illuminated; a plurality of conductive traces adhered to said opaque border; at least one light emitting device adhered to said rear surface, each of said at least one light emitting device in electrical connection with at least a pair of said plurality of conductive traces, said plurality of conductive traces and said at least one light emitting device forming an illumination circuit; a means for supplying power to said illumination circuit; a sheet proximal said front surface of said substrate, said sheet including the image to be illuminated; and a back board having a reflector, said back board positioned proximal to and separated from said rear surface of said substrate, said reflector on a surface of said back board proximal said rear surface.