Abstract: A display device wherein decorative objects are immersed in a liquid-filled housing which is rotatably mounted on a base and driven by a windup music box mechanism through a transmission assembly so that rotation of the housing relative to the base in a first direction winds up the music box mechanism which, during unwinding and the production of music, causes the housing to rotate in a second opposite direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making decorative ornaments of personalized nature. The method provides for the use of a three-dimensional ornament which is covered by a coating having acrylic resin and then one-color outline of a design is printed on the coating. The space formed within the outline of the design serves as a coloring space for an individual. A second method provides for the use of a heat-shrinkable plastic sleeve positionable about an object and exposable to heat to cause shrinking of the sleeve to conform to the shape of the ornament. In this embodiment, a one-color outline is imprinted directly on the sleeve prior to positioning of the sleeve on the three-dimensional ornament.

Abstract: An ornament installable on an automotive vehicle antenna to achieve a colorful light reflecting effect at night. A threaded socket within the ornament threadably receives a split plug that extends around a rod portion of the antenna. A spherical enlargement on the antenna is located within the socket inwardly from the split plug, so that the ornament is prevented from being separated from the antenna. The plug can be manually unscrewed from the socket to permit removal of the ornament from the antenna.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to several different woven wire joint structures, each comprising a plurality of intersecting wire elements. The intersecting elements preferably comprise an odd number of wires and are capped or joined at the ends. Retainers are used control the movability of the joint.

Abstract: A Christmas tree ornament formed of a rectangularly shaped battery box and an ornamentally shaped ornament. The battery box and ornament are interconnected by a flexible cable of two electrical conductors. Visual ornamentation disguises the battery box as a Christmas wrapped give box. The ornament includes a D.C. motor for driving at least one moveable part for performing a decorative visual effect.

Abstract: A visual display device having two helices each wound from a single tubular-like material about a common axis and one of the helices being within the peripheral confines of the other and the coils of the one helix being wound in the same direction as the wound direction of the coils in the other helix, so that when the device as a whole is rotated the two helices appear to perpetually move in simultaneously opposite directions, thus offering to the viewer of the rotating display device an aesthetically interesting sight.

Abstract: The combination comprises rigid planar thin sheet substrate means. An envelope defined by sheets composed of transparent material and having an outer edge is secured on the rigid planar thin sheet substrate means. A postage stamp is disposed between the sheets within the envelope. The envelope is sealed along its outer edge to confine the postage stamp while allowing a visual examination of the postage stamp through the envelope. A clear material is disposed over the envelope to form a transparent dome-like structure through which the postage stamp may be viewed. A particular feature of the invention is a method for forming rigid first and second planar thin sheet substrate members. The first member is registered with and disposed within a recessed area on one displaying face of the second thin sheet substrate member.

Abstract: A pile-surfaced toy ball is made by affixing to the exterior of a hollow rubber ball, such as a tennis ball, the inner end portions of stubs in closely spaced relationship by hotmelt, and when the hotmelt has set, the outer end portions of the stubs which can be of twisted strand rope or slit film in roll form can be fluffed by tumbling or combing to provide a dense pile surface. A tail such as of twisted strand rope can be attached to the ball during its manufacture by inserting in the core of the ball a knot on the end of the tail by movement through a slit in the core ball spread apart to enable the knot to pass into the interior of the ball by movement transversely of the length of the tail.

Abstract: An advertising display includes a spherical styrofoam ball having a luminescent outer coating and means for hanging the sphere on a variety of supports. The supports may include automobile antennas and lines hung across billboards. The advertising system would include hanging a plurality of these spheres at spaced intervals on a line with wind generated motion providing means for attracting attention to the sign. Shapes other than spheres may be used. Another aspect of the invention is a method of manufacturing a display device which includes pushing a wire through a styrofoam sphere, bending an inserted end of the wire into a hook, and pulling the hooked inserted end back towards the sphere, thereby embedding the hook in the sphere. An opposite end of the wire is provided with a fishing line spinner for connecting the sphere to a support while providing a universal joint so that the sphere can freely rotate.

Abstract: A shelf system which provides a decorative ornament for use inside of aquariums or terrariums. A rigid planar sheet is provided with a means for removable attachment to the inside surface of the wall of an aquarium at any height along the wall. The attachment means does not alter the ability of the wall to hold water in the aquarium while maintaining a secure attachment to the inner surface of the aquarium wall. The shelf may be provided with ornamentation, particularly a decorative texture on the outer edge and it may be provided with a supporting column.

Abstract: An ornamental flower bed base assembly or matrix material comprising a flower bed base plate having a plurality of insertion through-holes disposed at appropriate intervals and a plurality of flower plant holders each having a side wall provided with irrigation orifices and an open top end, each of the flower plant holders being removably engageable with the respective insertion through-holes of the base plate. This matrix is lightweight and can be easily transported to the contemplated site of erection. Using this ornamental flower bed matrix material, a variety of ornamental flower beds can be constructed easily at site. The resulting flower beds are attractive and easy in maintenance.

Abstract: An article for cooling a beverage includes a container of plastic material for containing a phase-change medium such as water. The cooling article is used by freezing the phase-change medium and immersing the article in the beverage. The article is preferably weighted to compensate for its positive buoyancy so that it is either generally suspended within the beverage or at the bottom of the beverage. Preferably, the article has projections thereon which increase its surface area, and the article may include internal metallic fins to increase the rate at which heat is transferred from the surface of the article to the interior thereof. If desired, the article may be configured to provide a secondary meaning, and it may include a phosphorescent medium so as to glow in areas of little or no light.

Abstract: Fur garland is prepared by cutting strips crosswise to the length of pelted knitted pile fabric, applying spray contact adhesive to the lengthwise edges of the plush pile, pulling on the strip lengthwise causing the knitted body to curl into a tubular shape adhesively attaching the edges together forming a plush garland, attaching tubular force fit interlocks on both ends of the garland allowing the garland to be connected in a continuous length.

Abstract: An ornamental or amusement device has the geometric configuration of two inter-penetrating tetrahedra including eight apices and presenting the appearance of a six-pointed star when viewed along the axis of any one of the eight apices. In one described embodiment, the body is disposed within a transparent housing filled with a transparent liquid, the body having a density different from that of the liquid such that it slowly moves from one end to the opposite end of the housing when inverted. In a second described embodiment, the body is enclosed by a housing having a plurality of planar faces to permit the geometric body to stably rest in any position on a flat horizontal surface.

Abstract: A segmented geometric structure that when rotated serves as a functional mood-setting device or simply as a static or rotatable object d'art. The structure is comprised of a plurality of spirally formed curvilinear segments that are joined at their respective top and bottom to form a single rigid structure. The structure may take the form of a spheroid, ellipsoid or any other three-dimensional geometric form amenable to a segmented construction. The structure is suspended by means of a suspension line that is attached to an elevated support or a shaft may be attached to either the top or bottom end of the structure. The other end of the shaft is attached to a reversible electrical motor that is housed within a mounting base. When the structure is rotated, either manually or by the motor, in a clockwise direction the segments appear to move spirally upwards conversely when rotated in a counter clockwise direction the segments appear to move spirally downward.

Abstract: A bell having a mantle which is fully broken through by a plurality of gaps longitudinally and axially formed along the circumference of the mantle and dimensioned to tune the bell to a predetermined tonal frequency range.

Abstract: A mobile-type Christmas tree (10) conveying the impression of Christmas ornaments (13) hung upon an invisible coniferous tree is disclosed. The mobile (10) includes an overhead support (11), and a multiplicity of filaments (12) depending from the overhead support (11). A multiplicity of ornaments (13) are attached to the filaments (12). The above ornament length of the filaments (12) increases in outward radial progression from the center of the overhead support (11) so that the ornaments (13) are supported in spaced locations such that the peripheral ornaments define the invisible tree's branches and, thus, the shape of the tree.

Abstract: This invention relates to a honeycomb structure reinforced with geodesic structure. The honeycomb structure includes a plurality of elongated structural members with cross sections having a large moment of inertia, which are assembled into a hexagonal network. Each hexagonal subassembly included in the hexagonal network is reinforced by a first set of reinforcing elongated structural members disposed in a triangular pattern wherein three corners of the first reinforcing triangular subassembly disposed flush to one face of the hexagonal subassembly are respectively connected to one set of three alternate corners of the hexagonal subassembly and further reinforced by a second set of reinforcing elongated structural members disposed in a triangular pattern wherein three corners of the second reinforcing triangular subassembly disposed flush to the other face of the hexagonal subassembly are respectively connected to the other set of three alternate corners of the hexagonal subassembly.

Abstract: An ornament including a plurality of hoops having fabric mounted therein. The hoops are arranged so that the plane of each hoop intersects the plane of the remaining hoops. Various embodiments are disclosed wherein the external geometric configuration of the hoops and the quantity of hoops is varied. Further, a variety of fabric patterns are attached to the hoops. In one embodiment, two pieces of fabric are joined together at their centerline with the centerline the being positioned in line with the inner intersection of two hoops. The outer edge of one fabric is then attached to a hoop while extending through the plane of the hoop to the intersection hoop line and then outwardly with the opposite edges of the fabric attached to the remaining hoop. The second fabric is attached in like fashion to the two remaining portions of the hoops not having fabric attached thereto.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a decorative ornamental object suitable for use as a Christmas ornament, Valentine heart, Easter egg or other holiday or occasion-related article. The ornamental object comprises a hollow housing having an aperture for viewing the inside of the housing. The present invention provides for mounting a picture, personalized message, and other two- and three-dimensional elements inside the housing which may be viewed through the viewing aperture. These display elements may be easily placed in or removed from the ornamental object. In addition, the ornamental object may be used as a gift container.

Abstract: A blank for forming a spherical filling body for material-exchange columns is formed by stamping from a strip sheet of metal series of tongue-like elements extending from a middle strip. The spherical body can be formed by bending the tongue-like elements into a curved form, then bending the middle strip to form a ring. The tongue-like elements provide a plurality of drip edges to facilitate the interaction of the liquid and the gas in the material exchange column. Additional elements can be formed with the tongue-like elements to provide additional drip edges when the filling body is assembled.

Abstract: An article for cooling a beverage includes a container of plastic material for containing a phase-change medium such as water. The cooling article is used by freezing the phase-change medium and immersing the article in the beverage. The article is preferably weighted to compensate for its positive buoyancy so that it is either generally suspended within the beverage or at the bottom of the beverage. Preferably, the article has projections thereon which increase its surface area, and the article may include internal metallic fins to increase the rate at which heat is transferred from the surface of the article to the interior thereof. If desired, the article may be configured to provide a secondary meaning, and it may include a phosphorescent medium so as to glow in areas of little or no light.

Abstract: A multi-purpose ornament assembly is disclosed which includes a plurality of separate interchangeable elements, including a lightweight plastic main body surrounded by a shrink-wrapped decorative film and a pair of upper and lower end caps which frame the main body. In its preferred form the invention includes a spring powered music generator which is enclosed by the main body and the upper end cap. The winding element for the music generator is coupled to the hook or eyelet at the top of the ornament from which the ornament is suspended. Rotary motion of the hook or eyelet relative to the top of the ornament winds the music generator and causes the suspended ornament to thereafter rotate on its vertical axis as the spring motor of the generator unwinds. Alternative embodiments include a musical ornament which serves the additional function of being a gift box for small objects such as jewelry or the like.

Abstract: An ornamental star display device adapted for use with strands of decorative electric lights having clip attachment means. The star is formed of a plurality of identical point members each of which is formed in the shape of an open-base triangle having sides terminating in outwardly extending leg portions. Brace members, one for each point member, form the base of each triangular point member when the display device is assembled. Fastening means securely hold a brace end and a leg portion in a parallel, superposed relationship with a side of each point member to form a rigid display device capable of easy assembly and disassembly.

Abstract: An ornament simulating a bell is provided and consists of a hollow generally conical shaped inverted cup, an outer covering placed about the cup, a hanger element disposed through top portion of the cup with one end affixed to a decorative element being spheroidal in shape simulating a bell clapper with other end of the hanger extending outwardly for attachment to a support from which said ornament is adapted to be supported.

Abstract: An ornamental assembly comprising a supporting core and a plurality of similar radially-extending decorative elements each having an attachment end securable to said core and a decorative end supported a fixed distance from said core. The core contains a sufficient number of uniformly-spaced radially-extending retainer means to receive a sufficient number of decorative elements of such dimensions as to produce a substantially round ornamental assembly having a central core which is concealed by a uniformly-radially-extended surface comprising the decorative ends of said decorative elements.

Abstract: A construction kit for forming a variety of curvilinear faced polyhedrons all surfaces of which are arcuate and clusters of such polyhedrons from one or more of a variety of planar foldable polygonal components derived from arcuate lobed equilateral triangles, squares, rhombuses, pentagons and hexagons.

Abstract: The invention is a beaded, trimmed satin Christmas ornament, that includes variously-shaped and colored sequins and beads pinned on a Christmas ball, to form a pleasing design.

Abstract: Problems in producing decorative articles having a shrinkable plastic film secured thereto are eliminated by disposing between the article and the plastic film finely divided particulate matter. The particulate matter is of a particle size to form a texture on the article surface which permits escape of trapped air when the shrinkable plastic film is shrunk or to form trapped air cells which are so small and distributed so as to be substantially invisible to the naked eye. The particulate material can be dusted and evenly distributed on the article itself or dusted and distributed over the surface of the shrinkable film which contacts the article. Most preferably, the particulate material is applied in the form of a liquid coating.

Abstract: The invention refers substantially to games and their construction. The games are played on the outer surface of a geometric solid necessitating piece and gaming surface construction adequate to permit piece and surface adherance. Also the geometric solid utilized is scribed or covered with an appropriate map or grid pattern to provide separate playing positions and thus specific moves of play are possible. The geometric solid chosen is a three phase icosahedron geodesic sphere. The icosahedron geodesic sphere is supported by support pins projecting from the sphere resting in a concave support surface.

Abstract: A combined bank for coins and noisemaker forms an attractive and durable hand-held device for displaying the name of a favorite athletic team or the like at indoor and outdoor events. Provision was made for advertising indicia on the device. The body portion can be shaped to resemble a football or other game ball.

Abstract: An assembly for attachment to a hollow ornament such as a Christmas tree ball having a cap adapted to fit over the open end or neck of the ornament, and defining a cut-out area. A clip having an elongated central portion and outwardly extending end portions, stop means located at each end of the central portion and teeth means interposed between the stop means and the outwardly extending end portions also comprises part of the assembly. The cap and clip are comprised of a flexible and bendable plastic material which is electrically non-conductive and fire resistant. The central portion of the clip extends in U-shape configuration through the cut-out area of the cap and the outwardly extending end portions of the clip engage the interior part of the hollow ornament beneath its open end. The stops are positioned above the cap and are of sufficient length compared to the cut-out area to prevent the central portion of the clip from falling through the cut-out area into the interior of the ornament.

Abstract: A self-containing accessory providing illuminated decoration of a cake or like, comprising, in certain preferred versions, an externally applied decorative cover of eye-defining light-transmissive portions and including a module, secured to the underside of said cover, to provide flashing illumination by means of an electric light source, battery, and interconnecting circuitry contained therein; the module being positioned such as to locate the electric light source beneath or within said light-transmissive portions so as to give the visual appearance of winking eyes; a recess being within the cake to receive the module. Another embodiment carries circuitry beneath the cake with illumination being provided atop a probe-like extension inserted upward from beneath said cake. Another embodiment achieves illuminiation by use of phosphorescent devices. Yet another embodiment achieves illumination by filtering light through various light-transmissive materials.

Abstract: An automatically expanding pop-up decoration for use in gift-wrapping a package is capable of assuming a compact folded orientation suitable for storage in a limited area, yet expands automatically upon application to a package so as to create a substantially upstanding portion. The decoration comprises an ornament having a pair of opposed end members and an expansible structure pivotally joining the end members together. It further comprises an elastic cord operatively engaging the opposed ornament end members so that application of the cord about a package so as to tension the cord automatically causes the ornament end members to pivot into a substantially edge-to-edge relationship with the expansible structure standing substantially upright from the package.

Abstract: An automatically expanding pop-up decoration for use in gift-wrapping a package is capable of assuming a compact folded orientation suitable for storage in a limited area, yet expands automatically upon application to a package so as to create a substantially upstanding portion. The decoration comprises an ornament having a pair of opposed end members and an expansible structure pivotally joining the end members together. It further comprises an elastic cord having the opposite ends thereof secured to the opposed ornament end members so that application of the cord about a package so as to tension the cord ends automatically causes the ornament end members to pivot into a substantially edge-to-edge relationship with the expansible structure standing substantially upright from the package.

Abstract: An inflatable ornament suitable for hanging on a Christmas tree limb or the like is formed from a pair of flexible plastic sheets joined along their periphery to define a collapsible, substantially fluid-tight envelope. The envelope includes a reduced neck portion having a valve therein for filling the ornament with a suitable fluid such as air. The valve comprises a stem extending laterally outward from one of the sheets and a removable plug for sealing the stem. A hook member connected to the stem, or formed integral with the plug, is adapted to suspend the ornament from the limb. A reflective metal coating applied to the envelope gives the appearance of a glass ornament.

Abstract: High efficiency multi-cellular non-absorbing light weight insulation which has anti-friction flow characteristics for reaching and filling nooks and crannies not fillable by ordinary insulations, and which can be applied by usual methods comprises a plurality of relatively small, evacuated spheres of glass or suitable plastic; means and method for fabrication and evacuation are also disclosed.

Abstract: A personalized decorative ornament is provided which includes high sheen strand material spirally wound in individual side-by-side windings about the smooth exterior surface of a three dimensional core, a barrier coating covering the windings of strand material and the exterior surface of the core, a sheet of flexible, conformable material adhesively secured to said barrier coating and bearing thereon decorative ornamentation having a personal significance to the user, and an outer coating of transparent material providing a protective covering for the decorative ornamentation and barrier coating to anchor the windings in place and protect them from abrasion, fraying and displacement and to protect the decorative ornamentation from damage during handling and use.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a raised relief, illuminated globe includes printing a hemispherical map design on a flat vinyl plastic sheet, forming the vinyl plastic sheet into a substantially hemispherical shape, positioning the hemispherically formed sheet in a mold cavity, positioning a mold core on the back side of the sheet, injection molding a styrene backing for the hemispherical shaped sheet to conform the sheet with the mold cavity including relief areas defined in the cavity wall, and removing the molded hemisphere from the mold. A second molded hemisphere is produced in substantially the same manner and is attached to the first hemisphere to form a complete globe. The printed map design of the globe is positioned in the mold cavity to insure that the relief areas are properly positioned with respect to the design.

Abstract: A tubular band of pre-decorated heat shrinkable material is positioned over the bulbous or central portion of a seasonal ornament and the ornament-band assembly is then subjected to a heat source and the band is permanently shrunk onto the outer surface of the ornament, thus providing a surface decoration therefore.

Abstract: A stand structure, preferably for candle chimes comprises a base member, a pillar member which is detachably connected to said base member, a bracket member, preferably in the shape of a star and serving to hold the bells of the chime and a vertical shaft, the upper end of which being conical and serving as a journal for the rotor of the candle chime. The bracket comprises two identical parts, having indentations and cut out portions which when said parts are superimposed in register with each other form a circular opening for the shaft as well as an opening for cooperation with a corresponding portion of the pillar to keep the bracket parts pressed against each other and the shaft clamped between said bracket parts.

Abstract: In molding a ball consisting of a cover on a hard spherical core, e.g. a base ball, or a golf ball, one of the problems is maintaining accurate location of the core in the ball. According to the invention there is provided a molded shell for surrounding the core. The molded shell comprises a pair of half-shells clipped or adapted to be clipped together, and having a plurality of spaced projections extending substantially radially therefrom, with the tips of the projections located on an imaginary sphere concentric with the core.

Abstract: A ball adapted to cling to a textile surface as an incident of being tossed thereagainst. The ball includes a lightweight spherical body having affixed to the external surface thereof a sheet of flexible Velcro fabric. The sheet is provided with a plurality of slits defining therebetween longitudinal strips. Prior to affixation to the spherical body surface, the sheet may have a generally rectangular configuration, with the slits extending parallel to each other and terminating in spaced adjacency to the opposite ends of the sheet. When formed about the spherical body, the slits are spread to have a maximum width about a circumferential portion of the spherical body. The strips are joined at one end by a first end wall extending polygonally about one portion of the spherical body and at the opposite end by a second end wall extending similarly polygonally about a diametrically opposite portion of the spherical body.

Abstract: An ornamental display container comprising a pair of hollow housing sections and a connecting ring for releasably joining the housing sections together to define a closed container. In one embodiment of the invention the assembled housing is a ball and the connecting ring comprises a circular rib with opposed outwardly extending flanges extending from opposite sides of the rib to frictionally receive and retain the housing sections. An inner portion of the rib projects inwardly from the flanges to define an annular support for two and three dimensional objects selectively displayed on the annular support.

Abstract: An ornamental device defined by three identical, normally planar pieces of flexible material, such as fabric or the like, secured together along adjacent peripheral edges to provide a three-dimensional ornamental device. The ornamental device may be constructed of many shapes and configurations including the disclosed embodiment in the form of a Bethlehem star having seven points and the three planar pieces being constructed of fabric in the form of a five point star. A central portion of the lower portion of the connected peripheral edges of the three fabric pieces is left unattached, thereby providing an opening to the hollow interior of the ornamental device to enable it to be installed at the upper end of a Christmas tree trunk by inserting the upper end of the trunk into the opening, thereby enabling the star to be used as a Christmas tree top ornament. Many other ornamental devices may be constructed by utilizing the same construction technique.

Abstract: A spray-like decorative ornament for use in gift-wrapping a package comprises a rigidifying core having top and bottom edges and a strip of metal foil wound about the core, a section of the strip being of greater height than the core and the top portion of the strip being vertically slit to define a plurality of fingers. Preferably the strip tapers substantially smoothly from one end thereof to the other, with a portion of the strip radially closer to the core having taller fingers than the portion of the strip radially further from the core, thereby to produce a spray-like appearance. In one preferred embodiment the core is hollow and the ornament additionally includes an elasticized cord having a section of enlarged diameters incapable of passing through the core, the core being slidably mounted on a loop of the cord passing longitudinally therethrough with the enlarged section at least partially disposed above the core top portion.

Abstract: A decorative ornament is provided which includes strand material spirally wound in individual, side-by-side windings about the smooth exterior surface of a three dimensional core and one or more printed contrasting designs on and spanning a substantial number of the windings of strand material to stabilize the windings on the core while also providing additional decorative ornamentation for the ornament.

Abstract: A decorative ornament construction is disclosed in which two substantially flat sheets are adapted to be interconnected so as to form a three-dimensional ornament capable of being suspended and thus useful as a Christmas tree decoration or the like. One of the sheets is centrally slotted so as to receive the other sheet in intersecting relation while the other sheet is provided with a pair of spaced seats for the support of said one sheet. Generally, the periphery of the sheets each define a similar design configuration such that the ornament presents a substantially uniform three-dimensional appearance.

Abstract: A kit for making an ornament which can be supported on a stand or hung from a Christmas tree or the like includes a pair of transparent preferably hemispherical hollow housing-forming members lockable into confronting relation to form a transparent housing with a vertical line of juncture therebetween to provide an unobstructed view into the housing from opposite sides thereof. The housing-forming members have complimentary confronting narrow neck-forming portions between which a tiny hand rod can be mounted. A hook-receiving cap member is provided which frictionally fits over the neck-forming portions of the housing-forming members to lock the same together. The kit also includes an ornamental article or articles to be mounted in a predetermined position initially in one of the members before the other member is fitted thereover. The ornamental article may be a greeting card supportable in a vertical position by hanging the same on the hang rod.

Abstract: An educational book device having pages made from a plurality of flat sheets of printable material provided with a special configuration when in a flat form prior to assembly into the book form. The special configuration is such that the flat sheet may be folded in a manner so as to provide an extending flap portion. Additional fastening or securing strips may be provided for the flap in order to positively hold the flap together. A preformed notch on the outer corner edge of the extending flap permits the flap to be inserted into the pocket formed at the rear of the adjacent flap when the sheets are bound together in book form. Appropriate edges of the flat sheets are normally prepunched for reception of spiral-type binding material, but may also be secured together in conventional stitched and glued book fashion. One embodiment of the book is in the shape of a sphere, while additional embodiments are diamond-shaped, triangular-shaped, and rectangular cylindrical-shaped when assembled.