US3905140A
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Animated display tree-frame
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1974-04-03
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Granted: 1975-09-16
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Expires: 1994-04-03
Abstract
Abstract In a preferred embodiment of the invention, there is provided a segmented tubular tree having tubular branches with passages communicating from an inlet port of the base of the tree trunk to the tips of the branches and to the top of the trunk, with obstructing screens which prevent particulate blown within the trunk passage from passing into the branch passages, and with a transparent plastic enclosure spaced both around and above the tree trunk and branches thereof, there being snow-like particulate within the enclosure for being blown upwardly through the tree trunk passage out through the tree trunk upper outlet port and the snow-like particulate being driftable downwardly in the nature of falling snow flakes, each of the branch tubes also having mounted in association with its outlet branch port air motors or air turbine motors having miniature animated structure(s) caused to move by air actuation of the motor(s) such as whistle(s) in the nature of bird(s), and/or as merry-gorounds, spinning wheel(s), wind-tinkles or rattles or the like, associated therewith. The pump motor preferably includes gearing and an associated phonograph turntable and phonograph for the playing of records of prerecorded music and/or messages and/or advertisements.
Inventors
- 👤 Frank Damiano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 03:24
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F19/00; G09F19/12; G09F19/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
221 words
A display tree-frame device comprising in combination: a fluent light weight particulate; an upright tubular trunk means for providing trunk tubular structure including a trunk conduit structure and branch structures mounted on and extending from the trunk conduit structure, the branch structures having unobstructed passages in flow communication with the trunk conduit; the trunk conduit structure and the branch structures respectively, having outlet ports located at substantially distal upper ends thereof to the conduit structure and to the passages respectively, and having a base inlet port at a base of the trunk conduit structure, such that there is unobstructed fluid flow of fluid having the light weight particulate suspended therein through the trunk conduit and unobstructed passages serially respectively; enclosure means for substantially totally enclosing said upright tubular trunk means and branch structures, a major portion of the enclosure means being of substantially transparent sheet-like material through which upper portions of the upright tubular trunk means are visibly discernable; pump means for propelling a fluid composition as a carrier for the light-weight particulate into the inlet port and out of the outlet ports; and rotatable ornaments having fluid-drivable turbine motor means being mounted on at least one of the branch structures at the outlet port thereof such that flow of fluid from the outlet port thereof drives the turbine motor means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
221 words
A display tree-frame device comprising in combination: a fluent light weight particulate; an upright tubular trunk means for providing trunk tubular structure including a trunk conduit structure and branch structures mounted on and extending from the trunk conduit structure, the branch structures having unobstructed passages in flow communication with the trunk conduit; the trunk conduit structure and the branch structures respectively, having outlet ports located at substantially distal upper ends thereof to the conduit structure and to the passages respectively, and having a base inlet port at a base of the trunk conduit structure, such that there is unobstructed fluid flow of fluid having the light weight particulate suspended therein through the trunk conduit and unobstructed passages serially respectively; enclosure means for substantially totally enclosing said upright tubular trunk means and branch structures, a major portion of the enclosure means being of substantially transparent sheet-like material through which upper portions of the upright tubular trunk means are visibly discernable; pump means for propelling a fluid composition as a carrier for the light-weight particulate into the inlet port and out of the outlet ports; and rotatable ornaments having fluid-drivable turbine motor means being mounted on at least one of the branch structures at the outlet port thereof such that flow of fluid from the outlet port thereof drives the turbine motor means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
113 words
A display tree-frame device of claim 1, including a fluid escape port defined within an upper portion of said enclosure means, and an inlet port defined in operative flow relationship with said pump means such that said fluid is pumpable by said pump means from space exterior to said enclosure means to and through the trunk means'' tubular passage and through the escape port to an exterior space, said fluid composition being air, said escape port including screen means for obstructing escape of the light-weight particulate with escaping air through the escape port such that particulate will settle through the space within the enclosure means exterior to the trunk means and branch structures.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
A display tree-frame device of claim 1, in which said trunk means includes tube segments for shortening or lengthening the tubular passage of the trunk means, and said enclosure means including a three-legged annular clamp means for supporting the trunk means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
77 words
A display tree-frame device of claim 3, in which the light-weight particulate being of predetermined small mass and density such that air pumped from said pump means serves as a carrier for the light-weight particulate through the trunk means'' tubular passage, said enclosure means including a funneling-structure means for collecting and channeling said light-weight particulate as it settles, into a flow path of pumped air from the pump means into the inlet port of the pump means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
80 words
A display tree-frame device of claim 4, including a screen-like display support means mounted so as to extend substantially horizontally within space defined within the enclosure means exterior to the trunk means and to the branch structures, substantially above the funneling structure and substantially below the branch structures such that settling portions of said light-weight particulate are passable therethrough while the display support means is supportable of structural items to be displayed for viewing from exterior of the enclosure means.
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