Employing Mirror Patents (Class 119/258)
  • Decorative ant farm
    Patent number: 10653121
    Abstract: An ant farm with an internal light source to front or backlight a decorative background image within a frame to maximize the easthetic beauty of the ant farm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Inventor: Jacob Samuel Lemanski
  • Aquatic apparatus with mirror
    Patent number: 8033251
    Abstract: Provided are, among other things, aquatic apparatuses. In one, an aquarium is at least partially filled with water, and a mirror is disposed within the water, the mirror having a reflective surface area that is between 1-40 square inches. In another, an aquarium is at least partially filled with water, and a mirror is attached to, and thereby suspended beneath, a buoyant object in the water. In yet another, a mirror is attached a buoyant object, the mirror having a reflective surface area that is between 1-40 square inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Zoo Med Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Wayne Bagnall, Stephen H. Dalrymple
  • AQUATIC APPARATUS WITH MIRROR
    Publication number: 20100139571
    Abstract: Provided are, among other things, aquatic apparatuses. In one, an aquarium is at least partially filled with water, and a mirror is disposed within the water, the mirror having a reflective surface area that is between 1-40 square inches. In another, an aquarium is at least partially filled with water, and a mirror is attached to, and thereby suspended beneath, a buoyant object in the water. In yet another, a mirror is attached a buoyant object, the mirror having a reflective surface area that is between 1-40 square inches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Gary Wayne Bagnall, Stephen H. Dalrymple
  • Siamese fighting fish aquarium
    Patent number: 6536374
    Abstract: A aquarium for containing Siamese fighting fish which includes a rectangular housing having a plurality of long, narrow width compartments oriented parallel to a front viewing wall for maintaining fish contained in the compartments in a swim direction parallel to the front viewing wall for enhanced viewing and for interaction with fish passing in adjacent compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Inventors: Frank Suerth, Jerry Levin
  • Display device with visual effect apparatus
    Patent number: 6190019
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing an visual effect of increased depth is provided. The apparatus provides a reflection of an image applied to a substantially transparent panel to create the effect of increased distance between the panel and the reflective surface. The apparatus may be advantageously employed in terrariums, vivariums, aquariums, merchandise displays, timepieces, instrument panels, display boards and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Dimplex North America Limited
    Inventor: Kristoffer Hess