ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,058, issued on April 21, was assigned to METRIX GROUP PTY LTD (Australia).

"Animated perforated images" was invented by Phil Moyes (Victoria, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure for depicting a plurality of images has a lower perforated screen having the plurality of images. A first image is formed from first perforations arranged in a series of first image lines. A second image is formed from second perforations arranged in a series of second image lines. An upper defining screen is arranged substantially co-planarly over the lower perforated screen. A width of defining apertures in the upper defining screen is abo...