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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356951 | Inflatable dancing toy with music An inflatable toy may include a housing, a balloon-like structure, a blower mechanism, a drive mechanism, and a motor. The balloon-like structure may include a base, an inflatable portion, and an inlet. The base and the inflatable portion may define an air storage a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7331131 | Display assembly for a vehicle A display assembly for removably mounting to a vehicle. The display assembly includes a base member having opposite end portions and an accessory item having a predetermined configuration such that when the vehicle reaches a sufficient speed the accessory item rises... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322137 | Dynamic display air inflatable device The invention is directed to an inflatable display that has a plurality of inflation modules. The modules are inflated by a fan element. More specifically, a first inflation module is formed from a permeable material and configured to represent a predetermined shape... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310900 | Liquid-filled display device A liquid-filled display device includes a hollow member mounted on a transparent top end wall of a hollow base and confining a water-tight inner space filled with a liquid body, and a display unit mounted on the top end wall and having a top wall and two transparent... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7300178 | Device integrated into a card to activate and/or deactivate a light, sound or light and sound module by means of blowing A greeting card device which enables, by blowing, an LED to be switched off or a sound module (music, voice or noise) to be activated or deactivated, or a combination of a light and a sound to be activated or deactivated simultaneously. The device is composed of a b... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7213934 | Light emitting medium and illumination system The present invention relates to a light emitting medium which includes a container and a liquid core. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention, the liquid core includes an aqueous solution or mixture of a water-soluble polymer. The refractive indices... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7040050 | Window-like display with snow effect An amusement device for simulating the appearance of snow including a window-like structure having a space between 2 front panes and a rear pane, where at least one of the panes is a transparent pane, and the panes are mounted in a frame support. There is a recyclin... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6955440 | Decorative light defusing novelty lamp The invention provides a decorative light-defusing novelty lamp. The novelty lamp includes a housing, a tube coupled to the housing, a fan rigidly disposed in the housing and adapted to draw air into the housing and through the tube. In addition, the invention has a... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6935760 | Ultrasonically induced plumbing-free controllable plurality of fountains and fog (ULIFOG) The present invention provides a design of an apparatus that controllably generates plurality of fountains or fog. The apparatus comprises of a plurality of concave focused transducers that are immersed in a fluid with the focus located at the fluid surface. The app... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6836986 | Apparatus for displaying a flying object In an apparatus for displaying a flying object, an air flow is created in a duct by a group of blowers. A holding line is attached to a lightweight flying object, and movement of the lightweight flying object is restricted by the holding line. By making the lightwei... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6804905 | Portable sign A portable sign which includes a base member having a generally cylindrical rigid lateral wall with an air input opening and an upper opening. An air blower is positioned in the base member, and an elongated display member having a flexible generally cylindrical sec... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6550167 | Advertisement stand An advertisement stand includes a transparent hollow member mounted on a hollow base, and confining a water-tight inner space filled with a liquid body. The hollow member has a surrounding wall adapted to be printed with an advertisement thereon. An air p... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6550168 | Promotional display with fluid movement A display assembly intended primarily but not exclusively for use in the advertisement of any of a variety of different products or services structured to visually simulate the presence of moving liquid representative of an effervescent or bubbling liquid... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6539654 | Bubble-type multicolor-liquid lamp A lamp includes a main body mounted on a base and formed from multiple layers of transparent wall panels that are spaced from one another by a small distance so that a narrow chamber is provided between any two adjacent layers of wall panels. Each of the ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6499263 | Decorative window assembly A decorative window assembly for creating dazzling eye-catching designs in any room. The decorative window assembly includes a window frame with a window panel being securely mounted to the window frame. Tubular reservoir members are securely attached to ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6456273 | Flap array under fluidic and electrical control A bistable flap array display in which flaps selectively cover portions of a background substrate in response to fluid flow and a flap catchment mechanism, each flap rendering at least one pixel of the display. The catchment mechanism can be electrostatic... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6428185 | Decorative lighting device for festival or the like A lighting device includes a decorative sleeve member disposed on a base, one or more light devices may be used for lighting the interior of the decorative sleeve member, and a fan device may be used to generate an air stream to flow through the interior ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6389718 | Opening/closing apparatus of petals of artificial flowers An opening/closing apparatus of petals of artificial flowers adapted to unfold and fold petal members like a natural flower. The apparatus has an expansion member internally disposed underneath a body to expand during absorption of liquid or to shrink dur... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6363637 | Spinning mobile A spinning mobile includes a central shaft having first and second ends, a top mounting cap located at the first end of the shaft and a bottom mounting cap located at the second end of the shaft. A plurality of design plates are mounted to the top mountin... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6279254 | Fan advertising device A fan advertising device has a portable barrel with a fan, a pivotable or tiltable stand and a modified exterior fan housing. Metal fittings on the inside of the barrel, near the output end of the fan, allow for connection of metal inserts for accessories... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6187394 | Liquid filled bubbling display The present invention of a Bubbling Liquid Display includes a variable-pressure air source which injects air into a liquid within a panel at variable flow rates into an number of individual chambers to create a unique bubbling pattern for each chamber whi... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6186857 | Apparatus and method for providing inflated undulating figures Apparatus and method for providing a dynamic gas-inflated object such as a figure with legs, a torso and head, and a pair of arms. The figure performs generally repetitive movements such as dance-like undulations in a manner that appears to keep time with... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6176027 | Water display device A cascading water system for aesthetically enhancing the appearance of a room includes a water display member having an inlet and an outlet. The display member is mounted within an architectural structure such as a wall, ceiling, doorway or floor. The num... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6172658 | Bubble imaging technology A method and apparatus for producing an image defined by fluid bubbles in a medium fluid. Alphanumeric digits and/or graphic images in a fluid medium are formed by injecting into the fluid medium a multitude of fluid bubbles having a density different tha... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6070348 | Bubble display device A visual display device which produces a display utilizing bubbles emitted in liquid filled tubes. A computer controls the timing and size of bubbles emitted into the liquid so as to form designs, which can be symbols, letters, words, or sentences, or pic... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5802750 | Device for simulating flying fish Disclosed is an apparatus for simulating a flying fish which includes a pump, piping connected to the pump, a tube bundle connected to an end of the piping opposite from the pump for dividing pressurized water within the piping into parallel section of fl... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5758824 | Method and apparatus for creating reverse raindrops Pressurized fluid enters by way of the flow control valve 90 which regulates flow and thus simulated raindrop size, through the fluid supply tube 80 and enters the fixed fluid distributor body 20, past a rotational seal 154 and into the rotating shaft 10,... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5678617 | Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter This invention involves a Jumping Drink Bar Device. This document discloses a novelty device for installation in a bar or counter whereby when a patron orders a specific drink the bartender or host places a drinking glass upon a designated location on top... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5678918 | Lamp stand Disclosed is a lamp stand which mainly includes a clear and closed tubular container as its main body. A rotational shaft with blades is mounted in the tubular container and can be driven by magnetic rotational members to rotate and stir liquid contained ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5426878 | Dual motion liquid-filled amusement device An amusement device which includes a transparent tank filled with a liquid medium such as water. Contained within the tank is a plurality of uniform diameter, positive and negative buoyant spheres. Disposed inside the tank is a downward directional tubal ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5363577 | Alphanumeric and graphic water display A liquid display that has a plurality of adjacent parallel tubes filled with a fluid and connected to a source of air that introduces bubbles into the tubes, so that the combination of bubbles form a word, or another recognizable graphic display. Each tub... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5349771 | Rising bubble display device A rising bubble display device includes a reservoir with a lamp positioned beneath the reservoir. An air pump is mounted adjacent the lamp to pump air via orifices located at the base of the reservoir. A translucent colored element is interposed between t... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5329714 | Amusing floating gadget A floating body disposed within a liquid-filled container has top and bottom portions provided with extensible and retractable objects, some of which have a greater buoyancy then the body and the remainder of which tend to sink in the liquid. The body and... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5314368 | Flying ball apparatus A toy or display suspends a ball in mid-air and moves the ball in a closed path without any visible means of support above a housing. The ball is moved radially toward, and alternately away from, a central housing axis, and may also be raised and lowered ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5228225 | Progressive liquid display device A progressive liquid display device comprising a plurality of display strips movably held in a liquid between plural pairs of symmetrical grooves behind a transparent wall, the symmetrical grooves each having a stop plate fastened therein to confine the m... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5167993 | Color changing transparent plate device A color changing transparent plate device comprises transparent plates facing each other with a gap between the plates, the gap being charged with a plurality of fluids having colors and relative densities different from each other and freely moving verti... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5165580 | Optical illusion water display device The invention relates to creating an optical illusion of fluid or water in a display device which shows a solid water stream with undulations that rises, levitates or falls slowly. The illusion can be viewed under certain circumstances in ordinary room li... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5110316 | Practical joke device A practical joke device comprises a mouthpiece attached to a rolled-up (or deflated) display portion. The display portion can be unrolled (or inflated) and thereby extended by delivering air thereto by way of the mouthpiece, in order, in use, to display i... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5097954 | Package organization An organization for display and entertainment of individuals includes a lid receiving an underlying container therewithin. A first embodiment of the invention includes a lid formed with a pre-inscribed message, such as for a particular greeting and the li... | 03/24/1992 |
| 4939859 | Air-liquid kinetic sculpture apparatus A kinetic sculpture apparatus comprising a transparent tank filled with a transparent liquid and an air supply system wherein air bubbles are introduced along the bottom of the container and thus are distributed thorughout the liquid. Immersed in the liqu... | 07/10/1990 |
