Display for illusion of floating in the air
AssigneeTenyo Co., Ltd.
InventorLubor Fiedler
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Abstract
When front and rear pendulum arms are swung together under the action of a clock movement, the front pendulum arm can swing behind an article supported on a pin because a slit formed in the front pendulum arm allows the front pendulum arm to pass by the article supporting pin. The slit in the front pendulum arm is camouflaged not to exist by camouflaging patterns. Therefore, although the article is supported on the pin with a space from the back board, the front pendulum arm can swing behind the article. The slit is camouflaged not to exist, so that the article will seem as if it supported itself or were floating in the air. Since the front pendulum arm can swing behind the article, the illusion of the floating article in the air is further enhanced.
Claims6
A display, comprising:
- a case;
- a back board and a pendulum drive, both fixed to the case;
- an article supported on a pin on the back board with a space from the surface of the back board;
- a rear pendulum arm disposed behind the back board and connected to a pendulum arm of the pendulum drive to be swingable;
- a front pendulum arm disposed between the front side of the back board and the rear side of the article, having formed therein a slit to allow the front pendulum to pass by the article supporting pin, and formed integrally with the rear pendulum arm to be swingable through an angle larger than the width of the article;
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- camouflaging patterns provided on the surfaces of the back board and front pendulum arm to make the existence of the slit unnoticeable.
A display, comprising:
- a case having a clock dial disposed on the upper front side thereof and a lower compartment open at the front thereof;
- a clock movement fixed in the upper portion of the case to be a pendulum drive;
- an hour hand and a minute hand fitted on a stem of the clock movement and disposed over the clock dial;
- a back board fixed near the bottom of the compartment of the case;
- an article supported on a pin on the back board with a space from the surface of the back board;
- a rear pendulum arm disposed behind the back board and connected to a pendulum arm of the clock movement to be swingable;
- a front pendulum arm disposed between the front side of the back board and the rear side of the article, having formed therein a slit to allow the front pendulum to pass by the article supporting pin, and formed integrally with the rear pendulum arm to be swingable through an angle larger than the width of the article;
- a pendulum clock bob model provided at the lower end of the front pendulum arm;
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- camouflaging patterns provided on the surfaces of the back board and front pendulum arm to make the existence of the slit unnoticeable.
A display, comprising:
- a case;
- a back board fixed to the case;
- an article supported on a pin on the back board with a space from the surface of the back board;
- a rear pendulum arm disposed behind the back board and installed to the case to be swingable;
- a front pendulum arm disposed between the front side of the back board and the rear side of the article, having formed therein a slit to allow the front pendulum arm to pass by the article support pin, and formed integrally with the rear pendulum arm to be swingable together with the rear pendulum arm;
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- camouflaging patterns provided on the surfaces of the back board and front pendulum arm to make the existence of the slit unnoticeable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.