Patent ID: 8099885
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: A01G,A41G

Abstract:
1. A flower display with hydraulically activated plants, said display comprising: a front portion visible to an observer; a first branch, a first plurality of leaves and a first flower disposed within said first plurality of leaves and hidden thereby; a second branch, a second plurality of leaves and a second flower disposed within said second plurality of leaves and hidden from an observer thereby; hydraulic means for elevating said first plurality of leaves to a first level and said first flower to a second level above said first plurality of leaves; second hydraulic means for elevating said second plurality of leaves to a first level and said second flower to a second level above said first plurality of leaves; said hydraulic means including a first pool for confining a fluid mass of water and a second pool for confining a second mass of water and a cover covering said first and second pools and defining a first opening over said first pool and a second opening over said second pool; an image of a cloud and a bottle of water hidden from an observer by said image of said cloud and defining a plurality of small openings in a upper portion thereof for producing an appearance of rain when inverted over one of said pools to thereby raise the level of water in said one of said pools; said first branch including a float fixed to a lower portion thereof and disposed in said first of said pools below a first of said openings with said branch extending upwardly and partially through a first of said openings so that said first flow of water raises said branch upwardly above said cover as the water in said first pool rises as a result of water being added to said first pool; said second branch including a float fixed to a lower portion thereof and disposed in said second of said pools below a said second opening with said second branch extending upwardly partially through said second opening so that said second branch raises upwardly above said cover as the water in said second pool rises as a result of water being added from said bottle to said second pool; and in which said hydraulic means for elevating said first plurality of leaves to a first level and said first flower to a second level above said first plurality of leaves includes an outer sleeve mounted on said first branch and moveable upwardly with respect to said cover and including said first plurality of leaves and including an outwardly extending arm engaging the bottom of said cover to thereby arrest the upper movement of said plurality of leaves while permitting said branch to continue to elevate said flower above the level of said leaves.