Inflatable, illuminatable globe

• US 3,346,731 A
• Filed: 05/25/1965
• Issued: 10/10/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Poncy, George W.
• Original Assignee: Poncy, George W.
• Inventors: Poncy, George W.
• Application Number:
  US04/458,713
• Time in Patent Office: 868 Days
• US Class Current: 362/278
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/00 Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 27/08 Globes celestial globes G09B27/06
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 362/809 Terrestrial globe

Claims

5. AN INFLATABLE, COLLAPSIBLE AND ILLUMINATABLE, ROTATABLE FLOBE OF THE WORLD HAVING A PAIR OF POLES AND COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE, TRANSLUCENT BODY HAVING A TRANSPARENT AREA ADJACENT ONE OF SAID POLES, A BEARING SECURED TO THE GLOBE AT EACH POLE, A STAND FOR SUPPORTING SAID GLOBE FOR ROTATION IN AN INFLATED CONDITION, A TRUNNION ON SAID STAND ENGAGING ONE OF SAID BEARINGS, A DISHED MEMBER ON SAID STAND ADJACENT SAID TRANSPARENT AREA, SAID DISHED MEMBER CONTAINING LIGHTING MEANS TO ILLUMINATE SAID GLOBE THROUGH SAID AREA, SAID DISHED MEMBER HAVING A TRUNNION THEREIN, SAID TRUNNION ENGAGING THE OTHER BEARING OF SAID GLOBE, SAID TRUNNION EXTENDING THROUGH SAID DISHED MEMBER TO PROVIDE A SUPPORTING LEG FOR SAID GLOBE, SAID LAST NAMED TRUNNION CONNECTING SAID STAND TO SAID DISHED MEMBER.