Patent ID: 7894713

Claim:
A system comprising: a backdrop screen assembly further comprising, a graphics screen having graphics on a front side thereof, a passive, diffuse light source positioned at a selected spacing from a rear of said graphics screen, one or more light sources positioned to pump said passive, diffuse light source, said passive, diffuse light source constructed of a sheet material that uniformly diffuses light from said one or more light sources across a width and breadth of said rear of said graphics screen, said graphics screen constructed of a material that passes said diffuse light to a front of said graphics screen, illuminating said graphics; wherein said passive light source is a diffusion screen at least similar in size as said graphics screen, said diffusion screen mounted at said selected spacing behind said graphics screen; further comprising at least one spacer member for maintaining said selected spacing between said graphics screen and said diffusion screen; wherein said spacer member further comprises an elongated spacing member at least as long as a width of said graphics screen and said diffusion screen, said spacing member being of uniform width, with a horizontal edge of said graphics screen disposed along a front side of said elongated member and a corresponding horizontal edge of said diffusion screen disposed along a rear side of said elongated member, said width of said elongated member corresponding to said selected spacing.