A Natural Entrepreneur

By Susan Lundline Brett Kingstone began making money on his own at 6 years old   Brett Kingstone started his first business — a lemonade stand — at age 6 in New York. But instead of buying soda or candy with his earnings, he chose to save it for college. A couple of years later, he earned money by selling …

Fiber Optic Light Source Apparatus and Method (Patent # 5,838,860)

Jun 18, 1996 – Super Vision International, Inc. A fiber optic cable lateral illumination system comprising a housing having an internal cavity and an aperture communicating the cavity externally of the housing, an optical system located within the internal cavity; the optical system comprising a reflector and a high intensity lamp positioned within the reflector for directing light along an …

AT&T/Super Vision Throw Switch On World’s Largest Fiber Optic Sign

Last Thursday night, with the Mayor of New York City and prominent city officials looking on, Robert Allen the Chairman of AT&T turned on AT&T’s new signage display in New York’s Time Square. The cheering could be heard all the way across the continent to the factory of Super Vision International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUPVA) in Orlando, Florida which constructed the …

Lateral Illumination Fiber Optic Cable Device and Method of Manufacture (Patent # 5,617,497)

Dec 22, 1994 – Super Vision International, Inc. A fiber optic cable suitable for lateral illumination lighting installations has a central core, wrapped perimetrically with angularly distributed bundles of optical fibers and covered with a transparent sheath. In one form, the core includes an outer cylindrical surface of reflective material that deflects inwardly directed lateral emissions back outwardly so they …

Fiber Optics Light Source with Adjustable Mounting, Replaceable Color Wheel Elements and Cooling (Patent # 5,528,714)

Sep 23, 1994 – Super Vision International, Inc. A light source for illuminating a fiber optic cable comprising a housing having an internal cavity and an aperture communicating said cavity externally of said housing, an optical system located within said internal cavity; said optical system comprising a reflector and a high intensity lamp positioned within said reflector for directing light …