Palm-tree-like rising bubble display device

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Description

FIG. 1 is a front-right perspective view of a palm-tree-like rising bubble display device which incorporates my new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a top view thereof.

The small circles visible in the vertically extending columns of the device are bubbles of gas rising in a liquid contained in the columns. FIG. 6 shows a pump that introduces these bubbles into the lower portion of the columns.

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Patent History
Patent number: D401886
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 7, 1998
Date of Patent: Dec 1, 1998
Assignee: Midwest Tropical, Inc. (Lincolnwood, IL)
Inventor: Kenneth A. Burnett (Lincolnwood, IL)
Primary Examiner: Dominic Simone
Law Firm: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Application Number: 0/81,620
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Sculpture, Table Or Wall Ornament (D11/131); Tree (D11/118); Simulative (D11/157)
International Classification: 1102;