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Backlit frame for cigarette lighter

  • US 5,832,645 A
  • Filed: 03/12/1997
  • Issued: 11/10/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An illuminated picture frame for mounting in a conventional power receptacle of a cigarette lighter of a motor vehicle, comprising:

  • a peripheral frame for surrounding and supporting a planar display at the periphery of said display, said peripheral frame including a viewing side and a mounting side;

    an electrically powered light source located between said viewing side and said mounting side of said peripheral frame, said electrically powered light adapted to direct light towards said viewing side and through said planar display within said peripheral frame;

    a plug assembly adapted to cooperate with the conventional motor vehicle cigarette lighter power receptacle, said plug assembly including electrodes to conduct power from the power receptacle to said electrically powered light source, said plug assembly being located proximate said mounting side of said peripheral frame; and

    peripheral frame adjustment member located between said plug assembly and said peripheral frame, said peripheral frame adjustment member having an elongated semi-ridge bendable member adapted to retain it'"'"'s configuration after bending to allow a user to tilt said peripheral frame, and thus direct the light directed towards said viewing side of said peripheral frame to a desired angle, in respect to said plug assembly, when said plug assembly is inserted in the conventional cigarette lighter receptacle.

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