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US 7,572,166 B2Granted
Transformable scenery
AssigneeUniversal City Studios LLLP
InventorsSteven C. Blum, Justin Michael Schwartz, Scott R. Trowbridge
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Abstract
Transformable scenery includes a shell wherein at least one discrete portion of the shell is configured to be transformable between one outward appearance and one or more other outward appearances wherein the one outward appearance and the one or more other outward appearances are three-dimensional.
Claims20
Transformable scenery comprising:
- a shell wherein at least one discrete portion of the shell is configured to be transformable between one outer appearance and one or more other outer appearances, wherein the one outer appearance and the one or more other outer appearances are three-dimensional, the at least one discrete portion of the shell comprising:
- a shaped surface comprising a rigid or semi-rigid mesh having a non-uniform shape in cross section;
- and
- a flexible material supported by the shaped surface and the flexible material configured to receive a medium for expanding the flexible material to a first extended position which creates the one or more other outer appearances and to second contracted position adjacent the shaped surface which creates the one outer appearance;
- wherein the one outer appearance is a damaged appearance.
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A method of transforming scenery comprising:
- providing a shell having at least one discrete portion, the discrete portion comprising a shaped surface having a rigid or semi-rigid mesh with a non-uniform shape in cross section and locating a flexible material on the shaped surface;
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- transforming the at least one discrete portion of the shell between one outer appearance and one or more other outer appearances, wherein the one outer appearance and the one or more other outer appearances are three-dimensional, and wherein the one outer appearance is a damaged appearances.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.