Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Display with special effects – Fluid operated
Reexamination Certificate
2008-01-29
2008-01-29
Lavinder, Jack W. (Department: 3677)
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Display with special effects
Fluid operated
C040S441000, C040S410000, C040S412000, C040S422000, C446S221000, C446S226000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07322137
ABSTRACT:
The invention is directed to an inflatable display that has a plurality of inflation modules. The modules are inflated by a fan element. More specifically, a first inflation module is formed from a permeable material and configured to represent a predetermined shape or design when inflated, such as a snowman, Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, Uncle Sam or another seasonal or holiday character. The first inflation module is surrounded by a non-permeable material creating an enclosure around the first inflation module and forming a second inflation module. The first inflation module is formed with at least one exhaust port in its base, which has two purposes. First, the exhaust port acts to inflate the second inflation module. Second, the exhaust port in the first inflation module acts in coordination with a mesh screen formed in the surface of the second inflation module to create an airflow that agitates a plurality of “snowlike” particles within the second module, or particles corresponding to any holiday and/or seasonal display.
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Lavinder Jack W.
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