Lightpipe with multiple projections
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1. A visual display apparatus comprising:
- a lightpipe having a body portion;
a first projection extending outwardly from the body portion; and
a second projection extending outwardly from the body portion in a direction different from the first projection, the first and second projections having distal ends configured to produce different geometric illumination patterns.
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Abstract
A lightpipe includes at least first and second projections extending outwardly from the body of the lightpipe, where the first projection is opposite the second projection.
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42 Claims
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1. A visual display apparatus comprising:
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a lightpipe having a body portion;
a first projection extending outwardly from the body portion; and
a second projection extending outwardly from the body portion in a direction different from the first projection, the first and second projections having distal ends configured to produce different geometric illumination patterns. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An electronic apparatus having a visual display comprising:
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a panel with an aperture;
a lightpipe having a body portion;
a first projection extending outwardly from the body portion;
a second projection extending outwardly from the body portion in a direction opposite the first projection, the first and second projections having distal ends configured to produce different geometric illumination patterns;
means for mounting the lightpipe so that the first projection extends through the aperture; and
source of light mounted adjacent the lightpipe so as to provide illumination into the lightpipe to cause at least a distal end of the first projection to emit light. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A visual display apparatus comprising:
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a lightpipe having a body portion;
at least first, second, third and fourth projections each extending outwardly from the body portion; and
the second projection extending outwardly from the body portion in a direction opposite the first projection, the fourth projection extending outwardly from the body portion in a direction opposite the third projection, all of said projections each having different geometric shapes. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A visual display apparatus comprising:
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a lightpipe having a body portion;
a first means associated with the body for producing a first geometric illumination pattern in a first direction extending outwardly from the body portion; and
a second means associated with the body for producing a second geometric illumination pattern in a second direction extending outwardly from the body portion, the second direction being substantially orthogonal to the first direction. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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