Rotatable Animation Devices with Staggered Illumination Sources

摘要

An illuminated animation device with staggered sources of illumination with a rotatable member rotatable about an axis of rotation, first and second pluralities of sources of illumination retained to rotate with the rotatable member that are actuatable between illuminated and non-illuminated conditions. The first and second pluralities of sources of illumination are staggered so that the sources of illumination will produce individual paths of illumination to permit image display with enhanced. The rotatable member can be a rotatable panel with first and second arrays retained relative to first and second halves thereof, and the sources of illumination can be longitudinally and laterally staggered, such as by one-half a distance between adjacent sources of illumination. The sources of animation can alternatively be disposed in opposed, radially spaced straight line arrays. The device can be handheld and can include a motor and a power source.

主权项

1. An illuminated animation device with staggered sources of illumination, the animation device comprising:
a rotatable member rotatable about an axis of rotation; a first plurality of sources of illumination retained to rotate with the rotatable member; a second plurality of sources of illumination retained to rotate with the rotatable member; wherein the first and second pluralities of sources of illumination are actuatable between illuminated and non-illuminated conditions; wherein the first plurality of sources of illumination are staggered in relation to the second sources of illumination; whereby, when the rotatable member is rotated and the sources of illumination are actuated, the sources of illumination will produce paths of illumination and whereby the paths of illumination produced by the first plurality of sources of illumination are staggered in relation to the paths of illumination produced by the second plurality of sources of illumination and whereby illuminated images can be displayed by the illuminated animation device with a resolution deriving from the paths of illumination of the first and second pluralities of sources of illumination.