Fabric with Illuminated Changing Display
(United States Patent No. 4,875,144 [Wainwright]
Issue Date: 10/17/1989)
Light travels through bundles of plastic optical fibers illuminating
the tips implanted in fabric in such a way to form an illuminated changing
decorative
display of two or more images.
Apparatus for Placing Optical Fibers in Fabric
Panels
(United States Patent No. 5,738,753 [Schwar/Wainwright]
Issue Date: 04/14/1998)
An apparatus designed to implant optical fibers into flexible materials
using a hollow point needle and fixatives.
Apparatus and Method for
Implanting Optical Fibers
(United States Patent No. 5,881,206 [Schwar/Wainwright]
Issue Date: 03/09/1999)
An apparatus designed to implant optical fibers from either direction
into flexible materials using hollow needles.
Method for Placing Optical
Fibers in Fabric Panels
(United States Patent No. 6,151,439 [Wainwright]
Issue Date: 11/21/2000)
Method of implanting optical fibers into flexible materials and applying
fixative to either or both sides of materials.
A Color-Changeable
Fiberoptic Illuminated Display
(United States Patent No. 6,217,188 [Wainwright]
Issue Date: 04/15/2001)
Method of illuminating optical fibers allowing the same fibers to
change color without the need of color wheels.
Interior Illumination
for Portable Structures
(United States Patent No. 6,382,825 [Wainwright]
Issue Date: 05/07/2002)
Method of using optical fibers to illuminate the interior of tents
and portable temporary structures.
Hand-Held Optical Fiber Insertion Apparatus
(United States Patent No. 6,413,341 [Wainwright]
Issue Date: 07/02/2002)
Portable hand-held apparatus for inserting one or more optical fibers into flexible
and semi-rigid surfaces.
Articles with Illuminated Sequenced
Motion Displays
(United States Patent No. 6,651,365 [Wainwright]
Issue Date: 11/25/2003)
Method of creating animations on flexible surfaces using fiber
optics and programmable driver.
Touch-Sensitive Color-Changing
Gearshift
(United States Patent No. D491,499 [Wainwright]
Issue Date: 06/15/2004)
Optical Fiber Decorative Assembly
(United States Patent No. 7,073,932
[Wainwright] Issue Date: 07/11/2006)
A decorative assembly for use within a floral arrangement includes
a plurality of optical fibers, a plurality of light emitting diodes,
a base portion, and a power source.
