Patent ID: 7724129

Claim:
An indicating instrument comprising: a light source located at the lower assembly of the instrument; a face plate located above the light source; and a pointer assembly rotatably mounted through the face plate to indicate face plate positions and guides light from the light source to be visible at a pointer, the pointer assembly further comprising: the pointer; a top surface of the pointer defining a channel that is defined between a first land and a second land; and a bottom surface of the pointer having a reflective layer to reflect the guided light through the pointer, wherein the channel is formed by three walls of a single piece of a single material, wherein light from the light source is reflected through the pointer, off of the reflective surface of the bottom surface, through a wall forming the channel and into the channel, wherein at least some of the guided light reaches the pointer at an oblique angle and reflects and refracts against the internal surface of the pointer including the to and bottom surfaces and surfaces of the channel to reach a viewer.