Patents by Inventor Gordon P. Swartz

Gordon P. Swartz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4008534
    Abstract: A rotating display having a plurality of display members connected by support elements, the display members being of progressively larger sizes, nested one within another to form an array. Each display member has many open areas, preferably being made of angularly spaced wire meridians formed in a generally spherical shape, so that the inner display members are at least intermittently visible to an observer during rotation of the array on a driven shaft coupled to the outermost display member. The structural elements of each display member are colored, preferably with fluorescent pigments of various hues creating a varicolored dynamic visual impression when illuminated by ultraviolet or "black" light during shaft rotation. The support elements are preferably made of thin flexible wire virturally invisible when the display is so illuminated, the flexibility of the support elements permitting random movement of the display members relative to one another during rotation of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1977
    Inventor: Gordon P. Swartz