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Glasses with subliminal message

Official drawing from US 5,175,571, Glasses with subliminal message

US 5,175,571 · December 29, 1992

A pair of subliminal imaging spectacles with a matched pair of visual subliminal images designed and placed so as to merge into one image due to the stereoscopic effect of human vision and thus to impart a subliminal message to the wearer.

Source: United States Patent and Trademark Office, www.uspto.gov. Official PDF: USPTO patent PDF. Also at Google Patents. The drawing on this page is a reduced copy of the official figure; see the original drawing.