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Patent: 6924598

Apparatus for Providing a Kinetic Lighting Effect

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Patent Number:	6924598
Title:	Apparatus for Providing a Kinetic Lighting Effect
Abstract:	An apparatus for providing a visual lightning effect includes a first chamber and a second chamber, where a passageway connects the first chamber and the second chamber. An inert gas is provided within the first chamber, the second chamber, and the passageway. A first contact is located external to the first chamber; and a second contact is located external to the second chamber, wherein an electrode provides a charge to the second contact, wherein the charge causes an electrical discharge between the second contact and the first contact via channels provided by fill material located within the second chamber that traverses the passageway to the first chamber, thereby resulting in the brilliant visual lightning effect.
Country of Issue:	US
First Named Inventor:	Strattman
Assignee:
Continuation or Divisional of:
International Classification:	H01J 61/02
US Classification:	313/609
Issue Date:	08-02-2005
Filing Date:	05-02-2003
Application :	10/428389
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