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WO1994010672A1 - Dispositif de presention decoratif avec structure de support amelioree - Google Patents

Dispositif de presention decoratif avec structure de support amelioree Download PDF

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WO1994010672A1
WO1994010672A1 PCT/US1993/009952 US9309952W WO9410672A1 WO 1994010672 A1 WO1994010672 A1 WO 1994010672A1 US 9309952 W US9309952 W US 9309952W WO 9410672 A1 WO9410672 A1 WO 9410672A1
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display device
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Jack Hou
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Giftec Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F19/00—Advertising or display means not otherwise provided for
    • G09F19/02—Advertising or display means not otherwise provided for incorporating moving display members

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  • the present invention relates to devices for displaying ornamental objects, more particularly such a device having an improved structure for supporting the ornamental display.
  • Decorative display devices having one or more decorative objects sealed within a transparent housing and supported on a decorative display base are well known.
  • the transparent housings may be filled with water or other liquid, which may have particles of material suspended therein in order to improve the aesthetic effects of the device.
  • Display devices of this type generally include a spherical housing formed of glass or transparent plastic material which has a bottom facing opening defined by an outwardly extending neck portion which permits the housing to be filled with the liquid and the decorative object. The bottom opening is sealed with a liquid tight
  • gasket which may be fictionally or threadedly engaged with the neck portion.
  • This assembly is then placed on a pedestal-type base which is generally formed of wood or plastic material.
  • the prior art devices have typically been assembled using adhesive to bond the transparent housing/gasket assembly to the wood or plastic base. Unless the quantity of adhesive is carefully controlled and carefully applied, it will mar the exterior surface of the base resulting in a product with an unacceptable appearance. Also, the use of adhesives has limited the materials from which the base may be fabricated to materials which will bond with the adhesive. This has, in the past, prohibited the use of glass bases, since the adhesive will not adequately bond to the smooth, impervious surface of glass.
  • a decorative display device having an improved support structure which enables at least the exterior portion of the base to be formed of glass material.
  • the transparent housing and stopper member assembly is mounted on a support which may be formed separately from the external base portion which has an improved aesthetic appearance.
  • the support is associated with the base so as to support the transparent housing.
  • the transparent housing may be attached to the support by adhesive, since the support need not be formed of glass material and the adhesively bonded portions will be hidden from view by the decorative base member.
  • the transparent housing assembly may be frictionally attached to the support, clamped to the support, or may be attached thereto by threaded fasteners. Regardless of the attachment method utilized, the improved support structure prevents any possibility of adhesive being inadvertently placed on the exterior surfaces of the base, thereby improving the appearance the decorative display device.
  • the base defines an interior chamber which may be used to accommodate a music box mechanism, or a light assembly to illuminate the interior of the device.
  • the music box mechanism provides only music and does not rotate or otherwise move the transparent housing relative to the base.
  • Figure 1 is an exploded, perspective view of a first embodiment of the display device according of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a vertical, cross-sectional view of the display device illustrated in Figure 1 .
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of an alternative support structure which may be utilized with the present invention.
  • Figure 4 is a vertical, cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of the display device according to the present invention.
  • Figure 5 is a perspective view of the stopper utilized in the embodiment illustrated in Figure 4.
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view of the support member utilized in the embodiment illustrated in Figures 4 and 5.
  • Figure 7 is a vertical, cross-sectional view of a third embodiment of the invention according to the present invention.
  • Figure 8 is a vertical, cross-sectional view of a fourth embodiment of the display device according to the present invention.
  • Figure 9 is a perspective view of the stopper utilized with the display device illustrated in Figure 8.
  • Figure 10 is a perspective view of the support member utilized with the embodiment illustrated in Figures 8 and 9.
  • Figure 1 1 is a vertical, cross-sectional view of a fifth embodiment of the display device according to the present invention.
  • Figure 12 is a perspective view of the support member utilized with the embodiment illustrated in Figure 1 1 .
  • Figure 13 is a vertical, cross-sectional view of a light source which may be incorporated into the base of any of the preferred embodiments of the resent invention.
  • Figure 14 is a vertical, cross-sectional view of a sixth embodiment of the display device according to the present invention.
  • Figure 1 5 is a vertical, cross-sectional view of a seventh embodiment of the display device according to the present invention.
  • Figure 1 6 is an exploded, cross-sectional view of the display device illustrated in Fig. 1 5.
  • FIG. 1 A first embodiment of the decorative display device according to the present invention, is illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.
  • the device comprises a transparent housing 10 which may be formed of any transparent material and may have a generally spherical shape with a neck portion 1 2 extending therefrom which defines a generally downwardly facing bottom opening.
  • a stopper member may be formed of any transparent material and may have a generally spherical shape with a neck portion 1 2 extending therefrom which defines a generally downwardly facing bottom opening.
  • Stopper member 14 fits within the neck portion 12 of the transparent housing 10 to seal the bottom opening of the transparent housing in a fluid tight fashion.
  • Stopper member 14 may be formed with a generally outwardly extending ridge 14a which engages a corresponding indentation 1 2a defined by the neck portion 12 of the transparent housing 10. Quite obviously, other means may be provided between the stopper member 14 and the neck portion 12 to enable the stopper member 14 to seal the bottom opening of the transparent housing 10.
  • the transparent housing/stopper member assembly is supported on a support means which, in this embodiment, comprises a support ring 1 6 attached to support member 1 8.
  • Support ring 1 6 defines generally upwardly facing groove 1 6a adapted to accommodate therein the neck portion 12 along with the stopper member 14, as illustrated best in Figure 2.
  • a known adhesive may be placed between the neck portion 12 and the groove 1 6a in order to fixedly attach the transparent housing 10 to the support ring 1 6.
  • Support ring 1 6 has support rods 1 6b extending downwardly therefrom whose distal ends are engaged with the corresponding distal ends of supports 18a extending upwardly from the support member 1 8.
  • Legs 18b extend from the support member 1 8 and are adapted to rest on a surface so as to support the display device thereon.
  • the distal ends of support rods 1 6b may be frictionally engaged with corresponding recesses defined by the distal ends of supports 18a, or threaded fasteners 20 may be inserted into these respective elements, as illustrated in Figure 2.
  • Music box mechanism 22 may be mounted on the support member 18.
  • the music box 22 may be of any known type, such as a spring operated wind-up music box, or an electrically powered music box. In the former case, a wind-up key may extend exteriorly of the device in known fashion.
  • a decorative object (not shown) is placed within the transparent housing 10 which may then be filled with water or other liquid.
  • the stopper member 14 is then affixed to the neck portion 1 2 of the transparent housing to seal the contents within the transparent housing 10.
  • This assembly is then affixed to support ring 1 6 by friction engagement, adhesive bonding, or other connection methods to fixedly attach these elements together.
  • a decorative base member 24 having a generally hollow interior and which may be open at both ends is placed onto the support member 18.
  • the decorative base member 24 need not be bonded to, or otherwise attached to the base member 1 8, since the transparent housing 10 will hold the decorative base member 24 in position once the support member 1 6 is attached to the base member 18, as illustrated in Figure 2.
  • the decorative base member 24 may be formed of any material, even glass which would not ordinarily be receptive to adhesive bonding.
  • the use of glass for the decorative base member 24 imparts a higher quality, more aesthetically pleasing appearance to the display device than the known prior art devices.
  • the only use of adhesive in the present device is to attach the transparent housing/stopper member assembly to the support ring 16, the juncture of these elements being visually consealed by the decorative base member 24.
  • the support ring construction may be altered to that shown in support ring 1 60, illustrated in Figure 3.
  • the support ring 1 60 is formed of two support ring portions 160a and 160b which are hingedly attached together.
  • the hinged support ring 1 60 may be formed by cutting a one-piece support ring almost entirely across its diameter, but leaving a wall portion joining these portions together so as to form a living hinge. This enables the support ring 1 60 to be clamped around the neck portion 1 2 of the transparent housing 10. A clamping force is generated by screw 1 62 which passes between threaded members 1 64 and 1 66 attached to each of the support ring portions, respectively.
  • the support means is simplified so as to eliminate the support ring 1 6.
  • the support member 1 8 has a single support 18a extending upwardly therefrom having a distal end 18c which engages a recess 14b defined by a boss 14c extending from the stopper member 14. Adhesive may be interposed between the distal end of support rod
  • the pair of support rods 1 6b extending downwardly from the support ring 1 6, illustrated in Fig. 1 have been replaced by a single support rod 1 6b.
  • the distal end of the support rod 1 6b engages the distal end of support 1 8a which extends upwardly from the support member 1 8.
  • Any known means may be utilized to affix these elements together, such as threaded fastener 20.
  • the support ring 1 6 may be adhesively bonded to the neck portion 12 of the transparent housing 10.
  • This embodiment may be modified so as to removably attach the transparent housing 10/stopper member 14 assembly to the support ring 1 6, as illustrated in Figures 8-10. This is accomplished by forming the stopper member 14 with one or more downwardly extending bosses 14c which define openings 14b. Openings defined by the support ring 1 6 enable threaded fasteners 26 to be inserted through the support ring 1 6 into the bosses 14c so as to removably attach the support ring
  • Figures 1 1 and 1 2 illustrate an alternative embodiment in which the support ring and the support member are formed as an integral support unit 28.
  • Support unit 28 comprises a base portion 30 having legs 32 extending downwardly therefrom.
  • the support means 28 also has a generally upwardly extending support
  • the decorative base ring 24 is placed onto the support base 30 prior to the attachment of the transparent housing 10/stopper member 14 assembly to the support 34 in the recess 36.
  • the structures of the aforementioned embodiments may be utilized to display decorative objects without filling the transparent housing 10 with water or other fluids.
  • an illumination device in the base of the decorative display device in order to illuminate the decorative article.
  • the stopper member 14 defines an opening 14b which is generally in alignment with an opening 1 6c defined by the support ring 1 6.
  • the decorative article (not shown) may be attached to the stopper member 14 such that it covers opening 14b.
  • An illumination device 38 which may comprise socket 40 and light bulb 42, is attached to the base member 18 such that the bulb extends upwardly into the base in alignment with openings 1 6c and 14b.
  • Electrical cord 44 may provide electrical power to the bulb 42 and the socket 40 in known fashion.
  • Figure 14 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention in which the support means is integrally formed with, the decorative base member.
  • decorative base member 24 again rests on the support member 18, but has a central portion which defines a recess 46 adapted to receive the neck portion 12 of the transparent housing 10.
  • Figures 1 5 and 1 6 illustrate another embodiment of the present invention in which the transparent housing 10 and stopper 14 have been replaced by a support plate 50.
  • Support plate 50 may be attached to support ring 16, and this assembly mounted on support member 1 8 by the engagement of the support rods 1 6b with the supports 1 8a. The attachment of the support ring 1 6 to the support member
  • Music box mechanism 22 may be attached to the base member 18 and located in the interior chamber defined by the decorative base 24.
  • the various embodiments of the support ring and base member, previously described, may also be utilized in conjunction with the support plate 50.

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L'invention se rapporte à un dispositif de présentation décoratif qui comporte une structure de support améliorée et dont au moins la partie extérieure de la base peut être fabriquée en verre. L'ensemble constitué par un logement transparent (10) et par un élément obturateur (14) du logement est monté sur un support (14, 16), lequel peut être formé séparément d'une partie de base externe (24) dont l'aspect esthétique a été amélioré. Le support (14, 16) est associé à la base de façon à soutenir le logement transparent (10). Le logement transparent (10) peut être fixé au support (14, 16) par un adhésif, étant donné qu'il n'est pas nécessaire que le support (14, 16) soit fabriqué en verre et que les parties collées par l'adhésif se trouvent cachées par l'élément de base décoratif (24). Une telle structure de support (14, 16) évite que de l'adhésif se retrouve placé par inadvertance sur les surfaces externes de la base, améliorant ainsi l'aspect extérieur du dispositif de présentation décoratif décrit.
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US2518502A (en) * 1943-10-08 1950-08-15 Sarah S Snyder Crystal novelty and paperweight
US4771902A (en) * 1987-04-29 1988-09-20 Teng Hsieh Yih Sealer-type container and display means
US5070633A (en) * 1990-08-07 1991-12-10 Liu J H Crystal ball having revolving external configuration

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US2518502A (en) * 1943-10-08 1950-08-15 Sarah S Snyder Crystal novelty and paperweight
US4771902A (en) * 1987-04-29 1988-09-20 Teng Hsieh Yih Sealer-type container and display means
US5070633A (en) * 1990-08-07 1991-12-10 Liu J H Crystal ball having revolving external configuration

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