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Glow chairGlow chair description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060087165, Glow chair. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/973,905, filed Oct. 25, 2004, entitled "View and Glow Seating." BACKGROUND [0002] 1. Technical Field [0003] Embodiments described herein are directed to a seating structure including an internal source of illumination, the internal source of illumination being located in either the seatback or the seat of a chair. In addition, the seating structure includes a color changing mechanism. [0004] 2. Related Art [0005] Many professionals such as, for example, event planners, exhibitors, hospitality professionals, and retail designers, employ furniture-rental as a key business activity. A lack of unique, high-quality designs available in the furniture-rental market causes industry professionals to reuse the same rental items, miss the opportunity to differentiate themselves from their competitors, and disappoint their clients by producing stale results. The embodiments described herein aim to compensate for the lack of outstanding, inventive, and unique furniture design currently available in the marketplace. Many event planners look to create a new exciting atmosphere for an event they are planning, but have problems incorporating seating elements because the seating elements, in order to be unique and eye-catching, are very expensive or have to be covered in an expensive draping. Accordingly, a need exists for furniture that may be utilized by party designers that is inexpensive, but provides an exciting and provocative look. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING [0006] A detailed description of embodiments of the invention will be made with reference to the accompanying drawing. [0007] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a seating structure having an internal image projector and an internal source of illumination, according to an embodiment of the present invention; [0008] FIG. 2 illustrates a seating structure including a illuminated seat back according to an embodiment of the present invention; [0009] FIG. 3 illustrates a seat and a glow seating structure according to an embodiment of the invention; [0010] FIGS. 3(a), 3(b), and 3(c) illustrate a seating structure including a frame with a single conical support leg, dual plane support legs, and a Z-shaped support leg, respectively, according to an embodiment of the invention; and [0011] FIG. 4 illustrates a block diagram of a color changing mechanism according to an embodiment of the invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION [0012] The following paragraphs describe view and glow seating structures that incorporate an internal image projection and an internal source of illumination. The seating structures incorporate a moving or a static image via projection. In addition, the seating structures have an internal source of illumination that allows the exterior surface of the seating structures to glow. Referring to FIG. 1, a seating structure 100 is shown. The seating structure 100 is primarily used for sitting, lounging, and resting. The seating structure 100 may be a sofa, sofa bed, chair, ottoman, chaise lounge, recliner, dining chair, cushion, pillow, or an inflatable for outdoor use, for example. The seating structure 100 may be air-pressured or vacuum-formed amorphous shapes. Furthermore, the seating structure 100 may have one or more seats. [0013] The seating structure 100 does not have to conform to a normative furniture function. The seating structure 100 can instead be a series of soft glowing spheres on a horizontal surface or multiple cubes, rectangles, or pillows, for example, arranged in a specific pattern, with a design intent, or with the intention of creating some form of lounge, seating, sleeping, or resting surface or surfaces that can be joined together. [0014] The seating structure 100 may be constructed of various materials but is not limited to a substructure or an internal structure. Internal structures may be constructed of different types of wood, plywood, high density wood, and fibrous wood of various types. The seating structure 100 may be constructed of steel, aluminum, brass, or copper, for example. The seating structure 100 may further be cast in various materials such as plastic, acrylic, or corrugated acrylics such as polygal, for example. [0015] The seating structure 100 consists of a light penetrable surface 110 that captures projection output or illumination. Examples of such light penetrable surfaces 110 that capture projection output include, but are not limited to, acrylic, plastic, and fabric. Examples of such light penetrable surfaces 110 that capture illumination include, but are not limited to, translucent foam, translucent rubber, and inflatables. Indeed, the light penetrable surface 110 may be any material through which images and light can pass. The light penetrable surface 110 of the seating structure 100 can be soft or hard. Moreover, the light penetrable surface 110 can be various types of rubber, neoprene, lexan, vinyl, polypropylene, polyurethane, or latex-all in various degrees of density. The light penetrable surface 110 of the seating structure 100 may further be created using injection molded plastics, cast acrylic, and fiber glass, which can be semi-translucent or transparent. [0016] The seating structure 100 need not be horizontal. Instead, it can have angles, be skewed, flat, concave, or convex. The same holds true for the seat-back, provided that the seating structure 100 has such a seat-back. The seating structure 100 can be comprised of many glowing pieces, such as for example, balls of light or cubes of light that may be soft or hard. The seating structure 100 may have pillows that are inflated or are filled with foam or other type of substrate or fibrous materials such as polyester. Pellets of foam, rubber pellets, and transparent or translucent tubes, all of which may glow, may be included in the seating structure 100. Moreover, the light penetrable surface 110 of the seating structure 100 can be constructed with the use of fiber optic lights or a type of fabric that inherently glows. [0017] The light penetrable surface 110 of the seating structure 100 may have fabric attached to an inflatable, stretch fabric, such as for example, lycra, textured fabrics, foam with no fabric, fiber glass, or rubber of various types and densities, such as latex, a stretchable rubber. Semi-opaque foam or acrylic may be used as well. [0018] Inside the seating structure 100 is a chamber 120 that houses a projection mechanism 130, such as but not limited to a single projector, multiple projectors, image sources such as mirrors or prisms, and various types of light instruments that are capable of throwing images and patterns. The projection mechanism 130 may be mounted with a bracket to allow for adjusting the resulting projection angle. Projection may occur in one area of the seating structure 100 or in various areas such as, for example, horizontal and vertical surfaces including, but not limited to, the seat, the seat-back, and inside pillows. [0019] A retractable cable 140 is used for plugging the seating structure 100 into an AC electrical outlet. The retractable cable 140 provides the added benefit of moving the seating structure 100 in various positions throughout a room while only displaying as much of the cord of the retractable cable 140 as necessary. In an alternative embodiment, the seating structure 100 may also be battery operated. [0020] The seating structure 100 has an internal mechanism that affects a glow using various types of light sources 150 such as but not limited to different types of fluorescent lights, different types of incandescent lights, white light emitting diodes ("LEDs"), colored LEDs, LEDs that have color changing capabilities through remote control, tube lights, xenon lights, phosphorous tubes of light through chemical reaction, fiber optics, strobe lights, image projectors, or moving light sources that cause the light objects to glow. Light stemming from within the seating structure 100, through the seating structure 100, or as inherently being a part of the fiber of the seating structure 100, may change color via various types of manipulation such as different colored light bulbs, color changing light sources, color changing light bulbs, light gels, glass gobos, or transparencies, such as slides. 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