Rotating display device
First Claim
1. A rotatable display device suspendable from a ceiling and allowing a planter to be rotatably suspendable therefrom, comprising:
- a) a shallow and bowl-like lower housing;
b) a shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing replaceably attached to said shallow and bowl-like lower housing;
c) a top hanger assembly extending upwardly from said shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing for suspending said rotatable display device from the ceiling and providing a means for grabbing said shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing when said shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing is to be removed from said shallow and bowl-like lower housing;
d) a rotatable plate contained in, and rotatable relative to, one of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing and said shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing;
e) a bearing assembly rotatable connecting said rotatable plate to other of said one of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing and said shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing;
f) a large and horizontally-oriented driven gear fixedly attached to, for rotation with, said rotatable plate;
g) a bottom hanger assembly extending downwardly from, and rotating with, one of said rotatable plate and said large and horizontally-oriented driven gear for rotatable suspending the Planter therefrom;
h) a motor contained in said other of said one of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing and said shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing for rotating said rotatable plate;
i) a motor shaft extending from said motor; and
j) a small and horizontally-oriented motor driver gear fixedly attached to said motor shaft for rotation therewith and being contained in said shallow and bowl-like lower housing;
said small and horizontally-oriented motor driver gear being smaller than, and rotatably operatively connected to, said large and horizontally-oriented driven gear, so that when said motor shaft rotates, said small and horizontally-oriented motor driver gear rotates, which in turn rotates said large and horizontally-oriented driven gear, which in turn rotates said rotatable plate and said bottom hanger assembly which is suspended from said one of said rotatable plate and said large and horizontally-oriented driven gear, and which in turn rotates the planter suspendable therefrom, wherein said shallow and bowl-like lower housing has a circular-shaped and downwardly tapering side wall, wherein said shallow and bowl-like lower housing further has a circular-shaped and slightly downwardly tapering bottom that extends downwardly from, and is integral with, said lower edge of said circular-shaped and downwardly-tapering side wall of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing, wherein said circular-shaped and downwardly-tapering bottom of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing has a centrally-disposed throughbore that is defined by a radially-inwardly tapering perimeter with an outwardly diverging upper edge and an outwardly diverging lower edge, wherein said shallow and bowl-like lower housing further has an open top defined by said upper edge of said circular-shaped and downwardly-tapering side wall of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing, wherein said rotatable plate is a shallow dish-like rotatable plate contained in said shallow and bowl-like lower housing and has a circular-shaped and downwardly tapering side wall that is inward of, and in close proximity to, said circular-shaped and downwardly tapering side wall of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing and has a lower edge.
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Abstract
A rotatable display device that is suspendable from a ceiling and allows a planter to be rotatably suspendable therefrom. The device includes a lower housing. An upper housing is replaceably attached to the lower housing. A top hanger assembly extends upwardly from the upper housing and suspends the rotatable display device from the ceiling while providing a means for grabbing the upper housing when the upper housing is to be removed from the lower housing. A rotatable plate is contained in, and rotatable relative to, one of the lower housing and the upper housing. A bearing assembly rotatably connects the rotatable plate to the other of the one of the lower housing and the upper housing. A driven gear is fixedly attached to, for rotation with, the rotatable plate. A bottom hanger assembly extends downwardly from, and rotates with, one of the rotatable plate and the driven gear for rotatably suspending the planter therefrom. A motor is contained in the other of the one of the lower housing and the upper housing for rotating the rotatable plate. A motor shaft extends from the motor. A driver gear is fixedly attached to the motor shaft for rotation therewith and is contained in the lower housing, and is rotatably operatively connected to, the driven gear.
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39 Claims
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1. A rotatable display device suspendable from a ceiling and allowing a planter to be rotatably suspendable therefrom, comprising:
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a) a shallow and bowl-like lower housing;
b) a shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing replaceably attached to said shallow and bowl-like lower housing;
c) a top hanger assembly extending upwardly from said shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing for suspending said rotatable display device from the ceiling and providing a means for grabbing said shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing when said shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing is to be removed from said shallow and bowl-like lower housing;
d) a rotatable plate contained in, and rotatable relative to, one of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing and said shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing;
e) a bearing assembly rotatable connecting said rotatable plate to other of said one of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing and said shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing;
f) a large and horizontally-oriented driven gear fixedly attached to, for rotation with, said rotatable plate;
g) a bottom hanger assembly extending downwardly from, and rotating with, one of said rotatable plate and said large and horizontally-oriented driven gear for rotatable suspending the Planter therefrom;
h) a motor contained in said other of said one of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing and said shallow and inverted bowl-like upper housing for rotating said rotatable plate;
i) a motor shaft extending from said motor; and
j) a small and horizontally-oriented motor driver gear fixedly attached to said motor shaft for rotation therewith and being contained in said shallow and bowl-like lower housing;
said small and horizontally-oriented motor driver gear being smaller than, and rotatably operatively connected to, said large and horizontally-oriented driven gear, so that when said motor shaft rotates, said small and horizontally-oriented motor driver gear rotates, which in turn rotates said large and horizontally-oriented driven gear, which in turn rotates said rotatable plate and said bottom hanger assembly which is suspended from said one of said rotatable plate and said large and horizontally-oriented driven gear, and which in turn rotates the planter suspendable therefrom, wherein said shallow and bowl-like lower housing has a circular-shaped and downwardly tapering side wall, wherein said shallow and bowl-like lower housing further has a circular-shaped and slightly downwardly tapering bottom that extends downwardly from, and is integral with, said lower edge of said circular-shaped and downwardly-tapering side wall of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing, wherein said circular-shaped and downwardly-tapering bottom of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing has a centrally-disposed throughbore that is defined by a radially-inwardly tapering perimeter with an outwardly diverging upper edge and an outwardly diverging lower edge, wherein said shallow and bowl-like lower housing further has an open top defined by said upper edge of said circular-shaped and downwardly-tapering side wall of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing, wherein said rotatable plate is a shallow dish-like rotatable plate contained in said shallow and bowl-like lower housing and has a circular-shaped and downwardly tapering side wall that is inward of, and in close proximity to, said circular-shaped and downwardly tapering side wall of said shallow and bowl-like lower housing and has a lower edge.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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