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US 12,222,635 · App. 18/820,171 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Image projection and display apparatus and method

Inventors: Laura Sierra Rider-Hill (Pawtucket, RI); Derek Thompson Spychalla (Pawtucket, RI)
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Patent No.
US 12,222,635
App. No.
18/820,171
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for providing a portable and convenient way of projecting and displaying content originating from a mobile device, tablet device, display device, or screen. A method may include connecting a first side panel to a first side edge of a front panel. A second side panel may be connected to a second side edge of the front panel. A rear panel may be connected to a first side edge of the first side panel, a first side edge of the second side panel, and a top edge of the front panel. The rear panel may be disposed at an angle of less than 90 degrees with respective to a horizontal plane of the rear panel. The front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel may include a translucent, transparent, or semi-transparent material configured to diffuse light.

Claims (29)

1. An image projection and display apparatus, comprising:

a front panel;

a first side panel connected to a first side edge of the front panel;

a second side panel connected to a second side edge of the front panel; and

a rear panel connected to a first side edge of the first side panel, a first side edge of the second side panel, and a top edge of the front panel,

wherein the rear panel is disposed at an angle of less than 90 degrees with respect to a horizontal plane of the rear panel, and

wherein the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel comprise a translucent, transparent, or semi-transparent material configured to diffuse light.

2. The image projection and display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rear panel comprises at least one reflective film.

3. The image projection and display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rear panel comprises at least one brightness film disposed thereon.

4. The image projection and display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel comprises a brightness film disposed thereon.

5. The image projection and display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rear panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and the front panel constitute one single continuous piece.

6. The image projection and display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rear panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and the front panel constitute separate individual pieces of the image projection and display apparatus.

7. The image projection and display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rear panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and the front panel define a 3-dimensional pyramidal shape or a 3-dimensional triangular prism shape.

8. The image projection and display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first side panel, the second side panel, or the front side panel comprises a milky mylar material or a polytetrafluoroethylene plastic material.

9. The image projection and display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first side panel, the second side panel, the rear panel, and the front panel comprise a thickness of at least 5 mm.

10. A method of constructing an image projection and display apparatus, comprising:

connecting a first side panel to a first side edge of a front panel;

connecting a second side panel to a second side edge of the front panel; and

connecting a rear panel to a first side edge of the first side panel, a first side edge of the second side panel, and a top edge of the front panel,

wherein the rear panel is disposed at an angle of less than 90 degrees with respective to a horizontal plane of the rear panel, and

wherein the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel comprise a translucent, transparent, or semi-transparent material configured to diffuse light.

11. The method of constructing the image projection and display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the rear panel comprises at least one reflective film.

12. The method of constructing the image projection and display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the rear panel comprises at least one brightness film disposed thereon.

13. The method of constructing the image projection and display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein at least one of the front panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel comprises a brightness film disposed thereon.

14. The method of constructing the image projection and display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the rear panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and the front panel constitute one single continuous piece.

15. The method of constructing the image projection and display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the rear panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and the front panel constitute separate individual pieces of the image projection and display apparatus.

16. The method of constructing the image projection and display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the rear panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, and the front panel define a 3-dimensional pyramidal shape or a 3-dimensional triangular prism shape.

17. The method of constructing the image projection and display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein at least one of the first side panel, the second side panel, or the front side panel comprises a milky mylar material or a polytetrafluoroethylene plastic material.

18. The method of constructing the image projection and display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the first side panel, the second side panel, the rear panel, and the front panel comprise a thickness of at least 5 mm.

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