US20100029169A1

US20100029169A1 - Levitatable adornment assembly

Info

Publication number: US20100029169A1
Application number: US12/219,971
Authority: US
Inventors: Ling-Yung Lin
Original assignee: Studio Eluceo Ltd
Current assignee: Studio Eluceo Ltd
Priority date: 2008-07-31
Filing date: 2008-07-31
Publication date: 2010-02-04

Abstract

A levitatable adornment assembly includes a shape-convertible object defining an interior cavity; a levitation member disposed within the interior cavity for levitating the shape-convertible object; a lighting unit attached to the levitation member; and an electrical power supply unit being positioned at a predetermined place, the electrical power source unit outputting electrical power to the lighting unit via a conducting wire. The shape-convertible object can float by the buoyancy of the levitation member so that the levitatable adornment assembly can simulate the movement of predetermined objects. Moreover, the lighting unit provides improved lighting effect of the levitatable adornment assembly.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the invention
The present invention relates to a levitatable adornment assembly, and more particularly to a levitatable adornment assembly with a gas filled balloon for showing more attractive simulation and adornment on the garden.
2. Description of Related Art
The lawn and garden industry is further and further developed. Now people purchase gardening products and services, and consumers place the greatest value on their gardens for a range of activities and functions. For example, people buy a solid resin or metal figurine in order to decorate their garden. Especially, people assemble some dolls in the garden to celebrate the holiday.
However, the dolls or the adornments are solid bodies and they are usually in too great size to be transported easily. Some dolls are assembled with a long wood or steal stick which is inserted into the ground. Similarly, length and weight of the stick can not be reduced, therefore, the cost of manufacturing and transportation are high. Further, it's not convenient for a user to preserve the adornments. On the other hand, a kind of inflatable is used for decorating garden. The inflatable has an opening and a blast blower continuously supplies air into the Body through the opening. Thus the garden product in inflatable type requires continue air supply to maintain the shape of the body so that energy consuming is high. Both the fixed doll and the inflatable type have disadvantage in use. Further, some ornaments are hanged on the wall to show the decoration effect. However, the hanged ornaments simply represent still decoration but not simulate the movement of the object. Thus, the traditional adornments fail to show the attractive effect of moving and lighting.
In view of the shortcomings of the lawn and garden product, the inventor of the present invention based on years of experience in the related field to conduct extensive researches and experiments, and finally developed a levitatable adornment assembly for garden application in accordance with the present invention to overcome the foregoing shortcomings-of the prior art.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is a primary objective of the present invention to provide a levitatable adornment assembly, and the levitatable adornment assembly swings smoothly in the air and project lighting illumination in order to perform improved decoration effect.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide a levitatable adornment assembly which is made of soft material so that the levitatable adornment assembly can be easily preserved.
To achieve the foregoing objectives, the present invention provides a levitatable adornment assembly comprising: a shape-convertible object defining an interior cavity; a levitation member disposed within the interior cavity for levitating the shape-convertible object; a lighting unit attached to the levitation member; and an electrical power supply unit being positioned at a predetermined place, the electrical power supply unit outputting electrical power to the lighting unit via a conducting wire.
With the aforementioned design, the levitatable adornment assembly can float and swing in the air to present improved visible effect.
To make it easier for our examiner to understand the expected objectives, technical measures and effects of the present invention, we use preferred embodiments together with the attached drawings for the detailed description of the invention, but it should be pointed out that the attached drawings are provided for reference and description only, but not for limiting the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a levitatable adornment assembly in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 1A is a schematic view of a lighting unit of the levitatable adornment assembly in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 1B is schematic views of supporting member of the levitatable adornment assembly in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 1C is a schematic view of an electrical power supply unit of the levitatable adornment assembly in accordance with a first preferred embodiment of the invention; and

FIG. 2 is a schematic viewing the levitatable adornment assembly in accordance with a second preferred embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

With reference to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 sets forth a perspective view of the levitatable adornment assembly constructed in accordance with the present invention and generally designated by reference numeral 1. The levitatable adornment assembly 1 performs as the garden and lawn product to provide an improved decoration effects. The levitatable adornment assembly 1 comprises a shape-convertible object 10, a levitation member 11, a lighting unit 12, a conducting wire 13, and an electrical power supply unit 14. For the purpose of illustration, the levitation member 11 and other members that are inside the shape-convertible object 10 shown in dashed-line representation. It is recognized that the shape-convertible object 10 is formed of a light-weight textile or the like and are formed to a variety of shapes. FIG. 1 shows the first embodiment of the present invention and the shape-convertible object 10 is formed as a ghost torso. The shape-convertible object 10 defines an interior cavity 100 within which the levitation member 11, the lighting unit 12, and a portion of the conducting wire 13 are disposed. The levitation member 11 disposed within the interior cavity 100 is provided for levitating the shape-convertible object 10. In this embodiment, the shape-convertible object 10 has a head portion 101, a body portion 103 and two arm portions 102. The levitation member 11 is disposed within the interior cavity 100 defined by the head portion 101 for levitating the shape-convertible object 10 in an upright position.
Moreover, the lighting unit 12, the conducting wire 13, and the electrical power supply unit 14 provide the lighting effect of the levitatable adornment assembly 1. The lighting unit 12 is attached to the levitation member 11 and the electrical power supply unit 14 is positioned at a predetermined place. The conducting wire 13 is connected electrically between the lighting unit 12 and the electrical power supply unit 14 so that the electrical power supply unit 14 can output electrical power to the lighting unit 12. In the embodiment, the electrical power supply unit 14 is positioned on the ground and the levitation member 11 can be held not to float away by the conducting wire 13. In other words, the conducting wire 13 provides not only electrical connection but also holding force to keep the levitation member 11 from floating away. Concerning the stress concentration, two ends of the conducting wire 13 preferably have a bend, i.e., have the shape of an L to prevent the conducting wire 13 from breaking at the connection between the levitation member 11 and the conducting wire 13, and between conducting wire 13 and the electrical power supply unit 14.
Besides the above-mentioned L-shape of the ends of the conducting wire 13, a supporting member 15 further contributes to securing the conducting wire 13. The supporting member is located at a predetermined position of the conducting wire 13 and is held by at least two wires 16 that extend obliquely upwards to connect to the shape-convertible object 10. Please refer to FIG. 1B, the supporting member 15 comprises a base 151, a hole 152 on the base 151 and at least two first arch-shaped ring member 153 integrally formed with the base 151. On the other hand, an end of a wire 16 is connected to the first arch-shaped ring member 153 and the other end of the wire 16 is connected to a position of the shape-convertible object 10 (for example a shoulder portion). Each wire 16 is longer than a section of the conducting wire 13 between the lighting unit 12 and the supporting member 15. The longer wire 16 and the supporting member 15 are constructed as supporting means in order to provide greater force against the stress when the shape-convertible object 10 swings so that the conducting wire 13 is protected.
With reference to FIG. 1A, the lighting unit 12 comprises a holder 121 and at least one first lighting element 122 disposed inside the holder 121. The lighting unit 12 is attached on the levitation member 11 in order to project light onto the levitation member 11. The levitation member 11 is preferably made of a transparent material so that the light can be seen. The lighting unit 12 further comprises an extending socket 123 which is electrically connected to the electrical power supply unit 14 for another electrical element. For example, the shape-convertible object 10 has two second lighting elements 122′ at the eye positions. The second lighting elements 122′ are electrically connected with the extending socket 123 so that the second lighting elements 122′ can illuminate as the sparkle of eye. The first and the second lighting elements 122, 122′ are light emitting diodes (LEDs) or electro luminescent (EL) elements with a variety of colors. For example, the first lighting elements 122 shown in FIG. 1A are red, blue and green LEDs, and the two second lighting elements 122′ are red LEDs. In another embodiment, if the shape-convertible object 10 is a pumpkin-shaped (not shown), the first lighting elements 122 can project orange color.
FIG. 1C shows the perspective view of the electrical power supply unit 14 and the electrical power supply unit 14 can be inserted and positioned on the ground. In the embodiment, the electrical power supply unit 14 is a rectangular box which preserves a battery and a controlling circuit. The battery and the controlling circuit respectively supply power and control the first and the second lighting elements 122, 122′. For example, the battery can be at least one rechargeable battery or a solar-powered battery. Alternatively, the electrical power supply unit 14 can be a solar-power power supply unit. The solar-power power supply unit has a chip on the top thereof and rechargeable batteries thereinside for supplying the power of the above-mentioned electronic devices. The controlling circuit includes a motion sensor, illumination sensor or a time controller and another electrical circuit so that the lighting element can project light depending on movement of human (i.e. motion detection) or project light in a time period (i.e. timing control). Furthermore, the electrical power supply unit 14 has an insertion structure 141 extending downwardly from the bottom of the rectangular box. The insertion structure 141 with a tip is used to insert into ground for fixing the electrical power supply unit 14 on the ground. There are two second arch-shaped ring members 142 on the opposite side of the rectangular box and two auxiliary insertion members 143 are inserted into the ground. A hook portion of each auxiliary insertion members 143 hooks the corresponding second arch-shaped ring member 142 for fixing the electrical power supply unit 14 to the ground more steadily. In other words, the arch-shaped ring members 142 and the auxiliary insertion members 143 are used as auxiliary insertion means to fix the electrical power supply unit 14 on the ground.
Please refer back to FIG. 1, there are auxiliary levitation members 11′ disposed within the cavity defined by arm portions 102 of the shape-convertible object 10 so that the levitatable adornment assembly 1 can perform some particular effects.
In accordance with the above-mentioned structure, the levitatable adornment assembly 1 can be set forth on the lawn or garden. The shape-convertible object 10 is levitated by the floatation of the levitation member 11 in order to perform a Halloween adornment. In other words, the light-weight shape-convertible object 10 can be floated by the buoyancy of the levitation member 11. The electrical power supply unit 14 is steadily fixed on the ground and the shape-convertible object 10 and the levitation member 11 is essentially held by the conducting wire 13 which connects to the un-levitatable electrical power supply unit 14. Furthermore, the wire 16 and the supporting member 15 provide the supporting function and protection for the conducting wire 13. When wine blows, the soft and fabric shape-convertible object 10 swings smoothly for performing some special ornamental and floating effects. On the other hand, the electrical power supply unit 14 outputs electrical power to the first lighting element 122 of the lighting unit 12 to project illumination in order to show the face of the shape-convertible object 10. The electrical power can controlled by the time controller of the controlling circuit so that the lighting element 122 project light in the dark environment for example 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM. Alternatively, The electrical power can controlled by the motion sensor of the controlling circuit so that the lighting element 122 project light as a person goes pass the shape-convertible object 10. Simultaneously, the second lighting elements 122′ project light as the eyesight of the ghost-shaped doll.
During an application, the lighting unit 12 further has fiber optics (not shown) to improve the lighting effect and the electrical power supply unit 14 can be a rechargeable battery or a solar-power battery to provide the power for the fiber optics and lighting elements.
Referring to FIG. 2 for a second preferred embodiment of the present invention, the second embodiment shows another shape-convertible object 10 with different shape. In other words, the shape-convertible object 10 can be any shape for different holidays or decoration, for example angel shape with wings, snow shape or animal shape. In the first and second embodiments, the levitation member 11 and the auxiliary levitation members 11′ can be helium (He) gas filled balloons and the balloons can be any suitable shape, for example, the balloons inside the head portion 101 is circular and the balloons in the arm portion 102 is bar-shaped. However, the levitation member 11 and the auxiliary levitation members 11′ can be any levitatable means for providing the buoyancy to levitate the levitatable adornment assembly 1. On the other hand, the shape-convertible object 10 can be used for various purposes, such as ornamental dressing, some advertising or special messages.
In summation of the description above, the present invention has the following advantages:
1. The levitatable adornment assembly 1 of the invention provides more living garden product. The levitatable adornment assembly 1 can swing naturally in the air and provides the improving lighting effect.
2. The levitatable adornment assembly 1 uses soft materials and the elements of the levitatable adornment assembly 1 can easily preserved and transported.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A levitatable adornment assembly comprising:

a shape-convertible object defining an interior cavity;

a levitation member disposed within the interior cavity for levitating the shape-convertible object;

a lighting unit attached to the levitation member; and

an electrical power supply unit being positioned at a predetermined place, the electrical power supply unit outputting electrical power to the lighting unit via a conducting wire.

2. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 1, further comprising a supporting member penetrated by the conducting wire, and at least two wires obliquely extending upwards from the supporting member to connect to the shape-convertible object.

3. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 2, wherein the supporting member is located at a predetermined position of the conducting wire and each wire is longer than a section of the conducting wire between the lighting unit and the supporting member.

4. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 1, wherein the lighting unit comprises a holder and at least one first lighting element disposed in the holder.

5. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 4, wherein the lighting unit further has an extending socket electrically connected to the electrical power supply unit.

6. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 5, wherein the shape-convertible object further has at least one second lighting element, and the second lighting element is electrically connected to the extending socket.

7. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 6, wherein the first and the second lighting elements are light emitting diodes (LEDs) or electro luminescent (EL) elements.

8. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 1, wherein the electrical power supply unit further has a battery and a controlling circuit.

9. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 8, wherein the -controlling circuit further has a motion sensor or a time controller.

10. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 8, wherein the battery is rechargeable or solar-powered.

11. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 1, wherein the electrical power supply unit further has an insertion structure extending downwardly to fix the power supply on the ground.

12. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 11, wherein the electrical power supply unit further has at least one auxiliary insertion structure.

13. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 1, wherein the shape-convertible object further has a head portion, a body portion and two arm portions, the levitation member is disposed within the interior cavity of the head portion for levitating the shape-convertible object in an upright position.

14. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 13, wherein the levitation member further has a plurality of auxiliary levitation members disposed within the interior cavity of the arm portions.

15. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 14, wherein the levitation member and the auxiliary levitation members are gas filled balloons.

16. The levitatable adornment assembly as in claim 13, wherein the shape-convertible object is made of textile.