US PATENT SUBCLASS 359 / 616
KALEIDOSCOPE


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359 /   HD   OPTICS: SYSTEMS (INCLUDING COMMUNICATION) AND ELEMENTS

616KALEIDOSCOPE {1}
617  DF  .~> Including particles loosely housed for agitation


DEFINITION

Classification: 359/616

KALEIDOSCOPE:

(under the class definition) Subject matter including a plurality of reflecting surfaces so arranged that objects viewed in the reflecting surfaces appear as multiple images of the objects arranged in a symmetrical pattern, relative

motion between the objects and the reflecting surfaces or between the reflecting surfaces and observer changing the patterns.

(1) Note. The reflecting surfaces are usually elongated and at an angle to each other which forms a V-shaped trough when two mirrors are employed.

(2) Note. Kaleidoscopic image projectors which project a real image on a viewing screen are classified in Class 353, Optics: Image Projectors, if projection structure such as a projecting lens, projection screen, projection light source, or slide holder is claimed.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

353, Optics: Image Projectors,

1, and 2 for a kaleiodoscopic image projector. See (2) Note above.