Patent ID: 6345457
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A decorative article for simulating a snow scene, comprising:a) a housing; b) a figurine disposed in said housing; c) simulated snow disposed in said housing; d) circulating apparatus disposed in said housing and circulating said simulated snow therearound; and e) illuminating apparatus disposed in, and illuminating, said housing, wherein said housing is hollow, rectangular-parallelepiped-shaped, and has: i) a bottom wall for resting on a surface; ii) a back wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall of said housing; iii) a pair of side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall of said housing; iv) a top wall that is disposed above said bottom wall of said housing; and v) a front wall that is disposed in front of said back wall of said housing, wherein said housing further has a figurine support that extends transversely therein, a distance above said bottom wall of said housing, wherein said front wall of said housing has a figurine-viewing throughbore that occupies a majority thereof, and is disposed between said figurine support in said housing and said top wall of said housing, wherein said back wall of said housing has a snow scene thereon that extends from said figurine support in said housing to said top wall of said housing, and is viewed through said transparent panel in said figurine-viewing throughbore in said front wall of said housing, wherein said figurine is at least translucent, shaped like a snowman to coordinate with said snow scene on said back wall of said housing, faces, but is spaced rearwardly from, said transparent panel in said figurine-viewing throughbore in said front wall of said housing, and has a hollowed-out back that faces, but is spaced forwardly of, said back wall of said housing.