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(12) United States Patent (10) Patent N6; US 8,411,108 B2 Gilbert et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Apr. 2, 2013
(54) ROTATIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM 5,290,094 A 3/1994 Gragg 6,037,876 A 3/2000 Crouch
. . . . 6,072,386 A 6/2000 Yu (75) Inventors. Marls D. Gilbert, B1rm1ngham,AE 6,492,963 B1 120002 Hoch (Us), Paul Chen Vemce, CA (Us), 6,575,585 B2 6/2003 Nelson Lawrence Moens, Palm Beach, FL (US) 6,663,187 B2 12/2003 Fitzgerald
6,856,303 B2 2/2005 Kowalewski (73) Assignee: Lightning Wheels, LLC, Palm Beach, 7,046,131 B2 5/2006 TOdOfOX
FL (Us) 7,079,042 B2 7/2006 Reim 7,099,701 B2 8/2006 L0
( * ) Notice: Subject' to any disclaimer, the term of this 225E611 patent is extended or adjusted under 35 7,417,555 B2 8/2008 Chivarov U.S.C. 154(b) by 708 days. 7,477,208 B2 1/2009 Matlock This patent is subject to a terminal dis Egan et al' Clalmer' 2004/0105256 A1 6/2004 Jones
(21) Appl. No.: 12/646,422 OTHER PUBLICATIONS (22) Filedi Dec- 23, 2009 BIGWHEELSnetiDUB Pimpstar (online) [retrieved on Feb. 22,
2007] http://WWW.bigWheelss.net/promotion/pimpstarhtml. (65) Prior Publication Data
US 2010/0097448 A1 Apr. 22, 2010 _ _ Primary Exammer * Joseph Haley
Related US. Application Data Assistant Examiner * Emily Frank
(63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 11/840,335, (74) Attorney, Age/1!, 01 Firm * MCHale and SlaViIl, P-A ?led onAug. 17, 2007, noW Pat. No. 8,284,214, Which is a continuation of application No. 11/187,625, ?led 011 Jul. 21, 2005, noW Pat. NO. 7,271,813. (57) ABSTRACT
(60) Provisional application NO- 60/589,651, ?led 011 1111- The present invention provides a system Which integrates 21, 2004~ unique lighting technologies, switching systems, mounting
systems, information delivery systems and poWer supply sys (51) Int Cl tems Within a support such as vehicular Wheel to provide an
G09G 5/00 (2006.01) . . . . . . _ _ advanced, high quallty visual display apparatus 1n var1ous
(52) U..S. Cl. ...... .... ...... ... ...... .. 345/619, 345/649, 345/652 Surfaces ofrotation A displayed image may be three dimem (58) Field of.Cla'ss1?cat1on Search ............. ..: ...... .. None SiOnaL These technologies and their many unique applica_
See apphcanon ?le for Complete Search hlstory' tions, provide for a novel and useful series of video display (56) References Cited devices that are small, l1ghtWe1ght, ef?clent and can have the
Us. PATENT DOCUMENTS 4,115,942 A 9/1978 Sears 4,338,547 A 7/1982 McCaslin 4,631,848 A 12/1986 lwasa et a1. 5,057,827 A 10/1991 Nobile et a1.
capability of producing a clear, bright, high de?nition image that is equivalent to that of a modern day TV or high quality computer monitor.
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