Motion-generating illuminated inflatable decoration

• US 6,786,793 B1
• Filed: 11/13/2003
• Issued: 09/07/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sheng-Chien Wang
• Original Assignee: Sheng-Chien Wang
• Inventors: Wang, Sheng-Chien
• Primary Examiner(s): Ackun, Jacob K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Francis, Faye
• Application Number:
  US10/705,979
• Time in Patent Office: 299 Days
• Field of Search: 446/353, 446/178, 446/176, 446/220-226, 446/397, 404/06, 404/12, 404/14, 404/19, 404/39
• US Class Current: 446/226
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2027/1033 Inflation devices or methods for inflating balloons
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2027/1058 associated with light or sound
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 27/10 Balloons connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00; other than toy aspects B64B1/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/06 Air-filled or inflatable toy figures connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/026 being inflatable
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/08 Dolls, faces, or other representations of living forms with moving parts in the nature of toys A63H

Abstract

A motion-generating illuminated inflatable decoration includes an inflatable body with an inner space mounted on the mounting base, an air pump and a dynamic controlling device. The air pump is mounted in the inner space to pump ambient air into the inner space. The dynamic controlling device is mounted in the inflatable body and includes a pulling cord, a cord driving motor, multiple illuminating elements, a controller and a sensor. The pulling cord interconnects the inflatable body with the cord driving motor and will cause a motion of the inflatable body as the cord driving motor is rotated to change its length. The illuminating elements are mounted on the inflatable body to produce lights. The controller controls the cord driving motor and the illuminating elements to work as the sensor detects a person going through the inflatable decoration to attract the person'"'"'s attention.

Claims

1. A motion-generating illuminated inflatable decoration comprising:

a mounting base having an intake air entrance;

an inflatable body mounted on the mounting base, made of resilient material and having a bottom, an inner space and an interior periphery with a desired exercising position;

an air pump mounted in the inflatable body and connecting to the intake air entrance of the mounting base to pump air into the inflatable body via the intake air entrance;

a dynamic controlling device mounted in the inner space of the inflatable body and comprising

a cord driving motor mounted on the interior periphery of the inflatable body and having a rotating shaft;

a pulling cord drawn by the cord driving motor and having a proximal end wrapped around the rotating shaft of the cord driving motor and a distal end fastened on the desired exercising position of the interior periphery of the inflatable body to cause a motion of the inflatable body at the desired exercising position;

a controller electrically connecting to the cord driving motor to selectively actuate the rotating shaft of the cord driving motor; and

a sensor electrically connecting to the controller and mounted on the inflatable body at a detectable height to detect a person who goes past the inflatable decoration; and

a power supply electrically connecting to both the controller and the air pump to provide an electricity supply for both the air pump and the controller.

2. The motion-generating illuminated inflatable decoration as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inflatable body is made of light transmittable material;

and

the dynamic controlling device further comprises an illuminated device electrically connected to the controller and has multiple illuminating elements mounted on the interior periphery of the inflatable body to produce blinking lights.

3. The motion-generating illuminated inflatable decoration as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dynamic controlling device further comprises a speaker electrically connected to the controller to produce sound.

4. The motion-generating illuminated inflatable decoration as claimed in claim 2, wherein the dynamic controlling device further comprises a speaker electrically connected to the controller to produce sound.

5. The motion-generating illuminated inflatable decoration as claimed in claim 4, wherein the speaker is mounted on the mounting base and the mounting base further has a sound outlet aperture corresponding to the speaker.

6. The motion-generating illuminated inflatable decoration as claimed in claim 5, wherein the inflatable body resembles a human figure with two arms, and the desired exercising position is located at one of the arms whereby the pulling cord moves the connected arm to make a beckoning gesture as the pulling cord is actuated by the cord driving motor.

7. The motion-generating illuminated inflatable decoration as claimed in claim 6, wherein the mounting base comprises a weighted frame, a back plate and multiple foldable feet, the weighted frame has a top, a bottom and a heavy weight to provide a reliable and stable support to the inflatable body, the back plate is attached to the top of the weighted frame to fasten and clamp the bottom of the inflatable body and the foldable feet are pivotally mounted on the bottom of the weighted frame;

and

the intake air entrance and the sound outlet aperture are respectively defined through the top of the back plate, the clamped bottom of the inflatable body and the bottom of the weighted frame.