U.S. patent application number 14/488027 was filed with the patent office on 2016-03-17 for dynamic liquid ornament.
The applicant listed for this patent is Jui-An Tsai. Invention is credited to Kuan-Pin TSAI.
Application Number | 20160074768 14/488027 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 55453828 |
Filed Date | 2016-03-17 |
United States Patent
Application |
20160074768 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
TSAI; Kuan-Pin |
March 17, 2016 |
DYNAMIC LIQUID ORNAMENT
Abstract
A dynamic liquid ornament including a transparent container, an
ornamental object and a base is revealed. The transparent container
has an opening on a bottom thereof, at least one cavity filled with
liquid, and a neck portion on the bottom of the cavity. The size of
the ornamental object is larger than the neck portion of the
cavity. Thus the ornamental object is compressed and
elastically-deformed to pass through the opening of the transparent
container, the neck portion of the cavity, and suspend in the
liquid. A first magnet is disposed on the bottom of the ornamental
object. The base mounted with a rotation device therein is
connected to the bottom of the transparent container. The rotation
device is connected to a second magnet for driving the second
magnet to rotate. The first magnet is affected by the second magnet
to make the ornamental object rotate.
Inventors: |
TSAI; Kuan-Pin; (New Taipei
City, TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Tsai; Jui-An |
Taoyuan City |
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TW |
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Family ID: |
55453828 |
Appl. No.: |
14/488027 |
Filed: |
September 16, 2014 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
446/236 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63H 33/22 20130101;
G09F 19/02 20130101 |
International
Class: |
A63H 33/22 20060101
A63H033/22 |
Claims
1. A dynamic liquid ornament comprising: a transparent container
having at least one cavity disposed therein, a neck portion on a
bottom of the cavity and an opening arranged at a bottom thereof;
the cavity is filled with a kind of liquid or two kinds of liquid;
an ornamental object whose size is larger than an inner diameter of
the neck portion of the cavity, able to be compressed, passed
through the opening of the transparent container and the neck
portion of the cavity, mounted in the cavity and suspended in the
kind of liquid or two kinds of liquid; a bottom of the ornamental
object is disposed with a first magnet; and a base that is
connected to the bottom of the transparent container and having a
rotation device mounted therein; a drive shaft is extended from a
top of the rotation device and a top of the drive shaft is
connected to a second magnet; the second magnet is rotated along
with the drive shaft and the first magnet is affected by a magnetic
force of the second magnet to make the ornamental object
rotate.
2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a diameter of the neck
portion of the cavity of the transparent container is equal to a
diameter of the opening of the transparent container.
3. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a diameter of the neck
portion of the cavity of the transparent container is smaller than
a diameter of the opening of the transparent container.
4. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transparent
container is disposed with one cavity and the neck portion of the
cavity is formed by the opening of the transparent container.
5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a transparent
container is vertically arranged with two cavities overlapped and
communicating with each other; a neck portion of an upper cavity is
formed between the upper cavity and a lower cavity while a neck
portion of the lower cavity is formed on a bottom of the lower
cavity; the ornamental object is able to be compressed and passed
through the opening of the transparent container, the neck portion
of the lower cavity, and the neck portion of the upper cavity to be
arranged into the upper cavity.
6. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cavity of the
transparent container is ball-shaped and the neck portion of the
cavity is a circular opening.
7. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ornamental object
is made from polyurethane (PU) foam.
8. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ornamental object
is a flexible ornament made from flexible materials.
9. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ornamental object
is an inflated ornament.
10. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ornamental object
includes a space therein for mounting a closed floating ball.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a liquid ornament,
especially to a dynamic liquid ornament that includes a transparent
container with a cavity and a neck portion on a bottom of the
cavity. An ornamental object whose size is larger than the neck
portion of the cavity is compressed and deformed to be set in the
cavity. Then a liquid is filled into the cavity and the ornamental
object is suspended in the liquid. Next the ornamental object is
driven to rotate by magnet means.
[0002] By a magnet attached to a transmission device, an ornamental
object with magnetism is driven to rotate in a transparent
container of a dynamic liquid ornament. The dynamic ornamental
object has special visual effect and interesting effect. However,
in conventional dynamic liquid ornament, the ornamental object
therein is made from hard material that is incompressible. Thus the
size of the ornamental object must be smaller than the size of the
opening of the transparent container for being mounted into the
transparent container smoothly. While the ornamental object is
rotating dynamically in the transparent container, the motion of
the ornamental object is not so obvious due to the limited size.
Thus the interest is reduced and the application is reduced. There
is room for improvement and a need to provide a novel dynamic
liquid ornament.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0003] Therefore it is a primary object of the present invention to
provide a dynamic liquid ornament that overcomes shortcomings of
conventional dynamic liquid ornaments and having a better visual
effect, decorative effect and interesting effect.
[0004] In order to achieve the above object, a dynamic liquid
ornament of the present invention includes a transparent container,
an ornamental object and a base. The transparent container consist
of at least one cavity disposed therein, an opening on a bottom
thereof and a neck portion on the bottom of the cavity. The cavity
is filled with one kind of liquid or two kinds of liquid. Through
the neck portion, the cavity together with the opening is
communicating with the external environment. The ornamental object
can be compressed and then passed through the opening of the
transparent container, and the neck portion of the cavity to be
mounted in the cavity and suspended in the liquid/or two kinds of
liquid. The size of the ornamental object is larger than the inner
diameter of the neck portion of the cavity. A first magnet is
disposed on the bottom of the ornamental object. The base is
mounted with a rotation device therein and is connected to the
bottom of the transparent container. The rotation device has a
drive shaft that is connected to a second magnet. The drive shaft
is driven by the rotation device and the second magnet is further
driven by the driven shaft to rotate. Thus the first magnet is
affected by a magnetic force of the second magnet to make the
ornamental object rotate.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0005] The structure and the technical means adopted by the present
invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best
understood by referring to the following detailed description of
the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings,
wherein:
[0006] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a dynamic
liquid ornament according to the present invention;
[0007] FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the embodiment in
FIG. 1;
[0008] FIG. 3 is a schematic drawing showing a longitudinal section
of another embodiment with a transparent container having an upper
cavity and a lower cavity according to the present invention;
[0009] FIG. 4 is a schematic drawing showing a longitudinal section
of a further embodiment in which the size of a neck portion of a
cavity of a transparent container is smaller than that of an
opening of the transparent container according to the present
invention;
[0010] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a further embodiment of a
dynamic liquid ornament according to the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0011] Refer to FIG. 1, a dynamic liquid ornament of the present
invention includes a transparent container 10, an ornamental object
20 and a base 30.
[0012] Refer to FIG. 2, the transparent container 10 is a one-piece
hollow housing and having an opening 11 on a bottom thereof, at
least one cavity 12, and a neck portion 13. The cavity 12 is used
for mounting a kind of liquid 40 or two kinds of liquid 40. The
neck portion 13 is formed between the opening 11 and the cavity 12.
Through the neck portion 13, the cavity 12 together with the
opening 11 is communicating with the external environment. A seal
plug 14 is arranged at the opening 11 to close the opening 11 and
prevent the liquid 40 from flowing out through the opening 11. The
cavity 12 of the transparent container 10 is ball-shaped and the
neck portion 13 of the cavity 12 is a circular opening.
[0013] As shown in FIG. 2, a diameter of the neck portion 13 of the
cavity 12 is equal to a diameter of the opening 11 of the
transparent container 10. As shown in FIG. 4, in another
embodiment, the diameter of the neck portion 13 of the cavity 12 is
smaller than the diameter of the opening 11 of the transparent
container 10.
[0014] Refer to FIG. 2, the neck portion 13 of the cavity 12 can be
formed by the opening 11 of the transparent container 10 when there
is one cavity 12 arranged at the transparent container 10.
[0015] Refer to FIG. 3, when a transparent container 10 is
vertically disposed with two cavities 12 overlapped and
communicating with each other, a neck portion 13 of an upper cavity
12a is formed between the upper cavity 12a and a lower cavity 12b
while a neck portion 13 of the lower cavity 12b is formed on the
bottom of the lower cavity 12b. An ornamental object 20 can be
compressed and passed through an opening 11 of the transparent
container 10, the neck portion 13 of the lower cavity 12b, and the
neck portion 13 of the upper cavity 12a to be mounted into the
upper cavity 12a. Similarly, when the transparent container 10 is
vertically arranged with at least three cavities 12 overlapped and
communicating with one another, the neck portion 13 of the upper
cavity 12 is formed between the upper cavity 12 and the adjacent
cavity 12 while the neck portion 13 of the lowest cavity 12 is
formed on the bottom of the lowest cavity 12.
[0016] The ornamental object 20 can be, but not limited to,
ball-shaped and having a rotation central axis X. The size of the
ornamental object 20 is larger than the inner diameter of the neck
portion 13 of the cavity 12. The ornamental object 20 is made from
compressible elastic material such as PU (polyurethane) foam.
Thereby the ornamental object 20 can be a flexible ornament or an
inflated ornament which is elastically compressed and deformed to
pass through the opening 11 of the transparent container 10 and the
neck portion 13 of the cavity 12. Then the ornamental object 20 is
elastically recovered to original size and floated in one kind of
liquid 40 or two kinds of liquid 40 after being mounted inside the
cavity 12. A top surface of the ornamental object 20 is under an
inner top surface of the cavity 12 or a bit in contact with the
inner top surface of the cavity. Moreover, a first magnet 50 is
disposed on the rotation central axis X and located at the bottom
of the ornamental object 20.
[0017] As shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, in order to increase
buoyancy of the ornamental object 20 in the liquid 40, a closed
floating ball 22 is set on the rotation central axis X, in a space
21 inside the ornamental object 20 and closed to the top of the
ornamental object 20. The floating ball 22 can be a hollow ball or
be made from material whose buoyancy is large than the material for
the ornamental object 20 such as expandable polystyrene for
improving buoyancy of the ornamental object 20. Moreover, in order
to make the ornamental object 20 have direction character in the
liquid 40, a heavy block 23 is arranged at the inner side or the
outer side on the bottom of the ornamental object 20, along the
rotation central axis X of the ornamental object 20. Furthermore,
the heavy block 23 can also be formed by the first magnet 50.
[0018] The base 30 is connected to the bottom of the transparent
container 10 and a rotation device 60 is mounted in the base 30. A
drive shaft 61 is extended from the top of the rotation device 60
and a top end of the drive shaft 61 is connected to a second magnet
70. The first magnet 50 and the second magnet 70 are arranged
vertically and correspondingly to each other. One end of the first
magnet 50 and one end of the second magnet 70 facing each other
have different magnetic poles.
[0019] After being assembled, the drive shaft 61 is rotated to
drive the second magnet 70 rotating when the rotation device 60 is
turned on. Due to that magnets with different poles attract each
other, the first magnet 50 is rotated along with the second magnet
70. Thus the ornamental object 20 is rotated around the rotation
central axis X. Therefore the ornamental object 20 is driven by the
rotating second magnet 70 to move dynamically within the liquid 40
in the transparent container 10.
[0020] As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, besides the ornamental object
20 mounted in the cavity 12, another ornamental object 80 is set in
other cavity 12b, separated from and located under the ornamental
object 20. Thus the aesthetic appearance and the usage of the
dynamic liquid ornament are improved. Yet the ornamental object 80
is not disposed with magnets to avoid disturbance of the magnetic
field.
[0021] As shown in FIG. 5, the ornamental object 20 is having a
special three-dimensional design and made from flexible materials.
A cake is arranged at the center of the ornamental object 20 while
the words of "happy birthday" are disposed around the cake.
[0022] The ornamental object 20 of the present invention can be
connected to at least one other ornamental object by at least one
fine line so as to have the vivid interaction therebetween (not
shown in figure). But other ornamental object connected is not
arranged with magnets to avoid disturbance of the magnetic
field.
[0023] If the ornamental object 20 of the present invention is a
ball, the outer surface of the ornamental object 20 can be printed
with the figure of earth or commercial advertisements for
increasing aesthetic appearance or practical value. The outer
diameter of the ornamental object 20 is 1.1.about.5 times of the
diameter of the neck portion 13 of the cavity 12 of the transparent
container 10 and the range of 1.3.about.2.5 times is preferred.
[0024] In summary, the ornamental object 20 of the present
invention is not limited to floating object with small volume and
poor decorative effect. After being put into the cavity 12 of the
transparent container 10, the elastically deformed ornamental
object 20 turns back to original shape and size. Thus the
ornamental object 20 has a cool and interesting effect in the
liquid 40 in the cavity 12. The aesthetic appearance and usage of
the dynamic liquid ornament are improved.
[0025] Additional advantages and modifications will readily occur
to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the invention in its
broader aspects is not limited to the specific details, and
representative devices shown and described herein. Accordingly,
various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit
or scope of the general inventive concept as defined by the
appended claims and their equivalents.
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