Industry Patents
Patent: 7232236
Floor Marking Apparatus and System, and Method of marking a Floor
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| Patent Number: |
7232236 |
| Title: |
Floor Marking Apparatus and System, and Method of marking a Floor |
| Abstract: |
A floor marking system includes a floor having a predetermined location
intended for use of a predetermined character, the predetermined location
being marked with impinging light. The floor marking system also includes
a lighting unit having a light source for marking light onto the floor at
a predetermined location. A patterning device is disposed between the
light source and the floor, and is configured and arranged to mark at
least one of a graphic pattern and a color onto the floor at the
predetermined location with the impinging light. The at least one of the
graphic pattern and the color marked on the floor by the lighting unit
and the patterning device forms an indicator, and the indicator
corresponds to the character of use of the floor at the predetermined
location.
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Vitense, Stoltz |
| Assignee: |
Electronic Theatre Controls |
| Continuation or Divisional of: |
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| International Classification: |
F21S 8/00 |
| US Classification: |
362/153 |
| Issue Date: |
06-19-2007 |
| Filing Date: |
01-06-2005 |
| Application : |
11/031226 |
| Notes: |
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| Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: |
7232236 at Freepatentsonline |
| Link to World Patent Family1: |
World Patent Family at European Patent Office |
| Link to Google Patents1: |
7232236 at Google Patents |
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