United States Patent
US Patent 6623366: Magic trick with vanishing effect
US 6623366 ยท granted 2003-09-23
Abstract
A magic trick in which one of two perpendicularly extending subjects vanishes behind a lenticular screen while the other subject remains visible and extends over aligned locations formerly occupied by portions of the one subject. The screen has parallel lenticules. One subject is an upright human figure, living creature or other vertically extending article, printed or live, and adjacent the second subject which is a series of printed horizontal parallel stripes or solid bars/wires forming a background for the first subject. The subjects can form scenery on a stage or be on the inside back cover of a book with the screen mounted across the front.
| Patent Number | 6623366 |
|---|---|
| Title | Magic trick with vanishing effect |
| Filed | 2002-02-26 |
| Granted | 2003-09-23 |
| Inventor(s) | Fiedler; Lubor |
| Assignee | Setteducati; Mark |
| CPC Classification | A63J 21/00 |
| Number of Claims | 46 |
Abstract
A magic trick in which one of two perpendicularly extending subjects vanishes behind a lenticular screen while the other subject remains visible and extends over aligned locations formerly occupied by portions of the one subject. The screen has parallel lenticules. One subject is an upright human figure, living creature or other vertically extending article, printed or live, and adjacent the second subject which is a series of printed horizontal parallel stripes or solid bars/wires forming a background for the first subject. The subjects can form scenery on a stage or be on the inside back cover of a book with the screen mounted across the front.
Claim 1
A method of performing a vanishing trick comprising the steps of: providing a scene comprising first and second subjects extending in mutually perpendicular directions; providing a lenticular screen having a series of parallel lenticules; displaying the scene to an audience; relatively positioning the lenticular screen and the scene with the lenticular screen extending a predetermined distance spaced apart from and infront of the scene and with the lenticules extending in a same direction as the direction of extension of the first subject; and, displaying the scene through the lenticular screen to an audience so that the first subject is invisible while an image ofthe second subject seen through the lenticular screen, remains visible.
Claims
46 totalA method of performing a vanishing trick comprising the steps of: providing a scene comprising first and second subjects extending in mutually perpendicular directions; providing a lenticular screen having a series of parallel lenticules; displaying the scene to an audience; relatively positioning the lenticular screen and the scene with the lenticular screen extending a predetermined distance spaced apart from and infront of the scene and with the lenticules extending in a same direction as the direction of extension of the first subject; and, displaying the scene through the lenticular screen to an audience so that the first subject is invisible while an image ofthe second subject seen through the lenticular screen, remains visible.