Wall element with cut-out for flat screen display

• US 7,589,893 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2005
• Issued: 09/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mirror Image AG
• Original Assignee: Mirror Image AG
• Inventors: Rottcher, Oliver
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Diane I
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cruz; Magda
• Application Number:
  US11/136,139
• Publication Number:
  US 20050257435A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,575 Days
• Field of Search: 359/1, 359/35, 359/449, 359/460, 359/455, 359838-839, 359/800, 359/74, 359/830, 359/119, 359/443, 409/00, 345/24, 345/76, 348/748
• US Class Current: 359/443
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/12 using a transparent mirror or other light reflecting surface transparent to transmitted light whereby a sign, symbol, picture or other is visible only when illuminated
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 15/00 Boards, hoardings, pillars, or like structures for notices, placards, posters, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 40/90 Mirror that has changing effect

Abstract

A wall panel has a glass outer face which in turn is provided with a decorative design, for example by painting, mirroring, partial mirroring, coating, printing or else placing an inlay or the like behind it. In addition, this wall panel is designed to cooperate with a flat screen in such a way that the decorative design forms a cut-out adapted to the flat screen, through which cut-out the image display can then be viewed on the user side.

Claims

1. A modular large wall element for interior design, comprising a wall panel (12) which has a decorative surface design (14) and forms at least one display area (16) for a screen,

wherein the wall panel on the user side has a glass outer face which is provided with the decorative surface design (14) by full or partial painting, backing, etching, sandblasting and/or metallization of the wall panel, in particular on the rear face of the wall panel opposite the outer face,

and the display area is formed as at least one cutout (16) in the surface design, which cut-out is assigned on the rear a flat screen for displaying an electronic image through the glass outer face, said screen being encapsulated in a modular manner in a housing and fitted such that it can be removed,

said wall panel having provision for remote control including a wireless transmission of image data.

2. A wall element according to claim 1, wherein the decorative surface design comprises a logo, a text, individual letters, photographs, coloured areas and/or combinations of these.

3. A wall element according to claim 1, including at least one lighting area (34) integrated in the surface design preferably at the edge thereof, said lighting area being formed in a transparent or partially transparent manner by a cut-out in the surface design and being lit from behind by a preferably remote controlled artificial light source.

4. A wall clement according to claim 3, wherein the artificial light source comprises halogen LED and/or multicoloured lights which are designed such that they can preferably be activated in a choice of lighting states.

5. A wall element according to claim 1, wherein the glass outer face is tempered or coated with an anti-reflection coating.

6. A wall element according to claim 1 wherein the housing of the flat screen is designed to be splash-proof or water-tight and/or steam-tight.

7. A modular large wall element for interior design, comprising

a wall panel which has a decorative mirroring and at least one display area for a screen, wherein the wall panel on the user side has a glass outer face which forms the decorative mirroring by full or partial mirroring, in particular on the rear face of the wall panel opposite the outer face, and the display area is formed as at least one cutout in the decorative mirroring, which cut-out is assigned on the rear a flat screen for displaying an electronic image through the glass outer face, said screen being encapsulated in a modular manner in a housing and fitted such that it can be removed, characterized by at least one lighting area in the mirroring, said lighting area being formed in a transparent or partially transparent manner by a cutout in the mirroring and being lit from behind by a preferably remote-controlled artificial light source

said wall panel having provision for remote control including wireless transmission of image data.

8. A wall element according to claim 7, wherein a door and/or window designed for pivotable opening is integrated in the wall panel.

9. A wall element according to claim 7, including a plurality of display areas, each of which is assigned a flat screen.

10. A wall element according to claim 7, wherein the wall element and/or the housing of the flat screen is designed to be splash-proof or water-tight and/or steam-tight.

11. A wall element according to claim 7, including acoustic means for behind-glass acoustic irradiation of a space in front of the glass outer face, which acoustic means can be controlled by electronic audio signals.

12. A wall element according to claim 7, including a preferably splash-proof and/or water-tight remote-control unit for activating an operating state of the flat screen.

13. A wall element according to claim 12, wherein the remote control is designed to additionally control a light source, in particular light and colour patterns of a light source, which light source is assigned to a lighting area of the wall element.

14. A wall element according to claim 7, wherein the wall element is designed as a room divider, partition wall and/or exhibition wall and according to one development is provided with base or stand elements.

15. A wall element according to claims 7, wherein the wall element is designed to cooperate with and/or fit into an exhibition, installation or stand system.

16. A wall element according to claim 7, wherein the wall element is designed to cooperate in a flush manner, preferably without any overhangs or transitions, with an adjacent wall element and to form at least one overall surface.

17. A wall element according to claim 7, wherein the wall element has an outer contour which is modelled on a physical product, in particular telecommunication devices or electrical devices.

18. A wall element according to claim 7, wherein the wall element has at least one holder for a physical product which can he exhibited in a decorative manner.