Automobile lighting mats
CA 2205142 A1 · Owner: Martin, Timothy Dale · Inventors: Martin, Timothy Dale
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
My present invention relates to a decorative lighting display mat device of the kind which is suitable for use in the interior of automobile compartments as for instance on, the floors, roofs, ceilings and the like as well being, non-restricted to their use they can be used in many other, applications. Invented with the intention of offering high durability to weather and physical wear, these mats offer a way of producing low luminescence dispersed lighting. The illuminators can be configured such that the lights can be turned on off, in random or non-random orders, which could be electrically triggered by sound activation, timers or the like.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed May 19, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 19, 2017.
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