Patent classifications
A63F2009/0633
LENTICULAR PRODUCT
Lenticular products and methods of manufacturing. A lenticular product can include a lenticular sheet having a front surface and a back surface, the front surface including an array of lenticular lenses. Images can be printed on the back surface of the lenticular sheet, and each of the images can be arranged into frames interlaced with other frames corresponding to other images, wherein each of the frames is aligned with a lenticular lense such that light reflected from frames associated with a same image are refracted in a same direction and frames reflected from frames associated with a different image are refracted in a different direction. The lenticular can include a backing layer having a first surface coupled to the back surface of the lenticular sheet and a second surface opposite of the first surface. The backing layer can include instructions and/or images on the second surface representing a sports move.
Animation Reveal Coloring Toy and Puzzle Devices
A lenticular animation device for animating coded images. A viewing device has a base structure and a pivotally coupled cover structure. A lenticular plate defines a viewing area, and a manually-operated actuation mechanism, such as a crank system, produces longitudinal, reciprocating relative movement between the platen and the lenticular plate. Lateral edge guides maintain alignment. Corresponding alignment formations retained adjacent to the platen and alignment formations in the coded image member cooperate to maintain alignment of the coded image member. Coded images can include user-completed portions, potentially in combination with non-coded images sharing a unified theme, for being colored by a user. Coded images can be exposed by removing an obscuring overlay or applying a reagent or assembled as puzzle pieces to permit user participation in the creation and animation of coded images. Opposed alignment pegs and holes can lock the cover structure against displacement relative to the base structure.