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Combined door and display panel for consumer electronics products

  • US 5,579,597 A
  • Filed: 12/29/1994
  • Issued: 12/03/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A combined door and display panel for media ingress/egress opening in a consumer electronics product housing comprising:

  • A) a door having a display surface ordinarily visible to an operator, the door having;

    i) tunnels for the transmission of light,ii) the tunnels extending through the door,iii) each tunnel having a first light-receiving end on a surface of the door other than the display surface,iv) a second light-emitting end exiting proximate the display surface; and

    v) means for providing for pivotal attachment of the door to the product housing; and

    B) an information display visible at the display surface, the information display having;

    i) light-activated, information-conveying segments,ii) each information-conveying segment being aligned with the second end of at least one of the tunnels.

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