Patent ID: 7559664

Claim:
A display, comprising: a low profile backlighted display assembly forming a cabinet door or a picture frame, comprising: a translucent display piece having a viewable surface and a perimeter; a casing configured to conform generally to the perimeter of the display piece while exposing at least a portion of the viewable surface; an illumination cavity configured within the casing and behind the viewable surface of the display piece; and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) located within the illumination cavity and configured to provide an essentially uniform back light illumination of the viewable surface, wherein: the plurality of LEDs are configured to provide a non-uniform pattern density that compensates for a luminous intensity that decreases with increasing distance from the plurality of LED, the plurality of LEDs comprise first LEDs and second LEDs, the first LEDs and the second LEDs are positioned opposite each other, and configured to illuminate toward each other, within an illumination plane, and a first axis of illumination of the first LEDs is offset from a second axis of illumination of the second LEDs.