Patents by Inventor Jim Steinmeyer

Jim Steinmeyer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Illustion creating apparatus comprising a housing and a CRT
    Patent number: 5291297
    Abstract: An apparatus for creating an illusion in which a setting is superimposed around a real image rather a reflected image being superimposed into the middle of the setting as is traditionally the case. More particularly, rather than images being superimposed into a setting by using a beam splitter in the traditional manner, a real, not a reflected image, is used and the setting is superimposed around the real image. In the apparatus of the invention, there are no dead or hidden areas and set proportions are not dictated by the angle of a beam splitter. Additionally, viewing angles do not dictate audience position and, so long as the audience can see inside the setting, the illusion can be created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Inventor: Jim Steinmeyer
  • Illusion apparatus
    Patent number: D345595
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Inventor: Jim Steinmeyer