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A simulated laser light system includes a light source which emits substantially parallel light rays and a prismatic element having a plurality of prismatic surfaces. The prismatic surfaces define a curved surface either on the inside or the outside of the prismatic element. The prismatic surfaces r

A simulated laser light system includes a light source which emits substantially parallel light rays and a prismatic element having a plurality of prismatic surfaces. The prismatic surfaces define a curved surface either on the inside or the outside of the prismatic element. The prismatic surfaces redirect the light rays emitted from the prismatic element in a plurality of planes which are perpendicular to a tangent to said curved surface. The simulated laser light system appears to emit light from a centerline of the prismatic element when the light is actually emitted from an exterior surface of the prismatic element.

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1. A method of manufacturing a prismatic element, the prismatic element including a plurality of curved prismatic surfaces, the prismatic element configured to redirect light from a light source in a plurality of planes which intersect at a centerline of the prismatic element causing the light emitt

1. A method of manufacturing a prismatic element, the prismatic element including a plurality of curved prismatic surfaces, the prismatic element configured to redirect light from a light source in a plurality of planes which intersect at a centerline of the prismatic element causing the light emitted from the prismatic element to appear to an observer to be emitted from approximately the centerline of the prismatic element, the method including the steps of:forming the prismatic element; and thermoforming the prismatic features on the prismatic element.