Patent ID: 8056274
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A dioramic apparatus comprising: a vessel having an inferior portion and a superior portion, the vessel comprising a shell and defining an interior space visible from outside the apparatus; a liquid medium; at least one dioramic scene disposed in the interior space; a reservoir having a flow plate disposed on an inferior surface of the reservoir and a base comprising at least one support portion, wherein the flowplate comprises at least one liquid intake port open to the interior space and at least one portion protruding into the reservoir wherein the flowplate comprises at least one liquid output port positioned at least in the center third of the flowplate and protruding into the interior space configured and arranged to output at least a portion of the liquid medium from the reservoir when the vessel is placed in an upright position; and wherein the sizes of the liquid intake port and the liquid output port are such that the amount of time it takes the liquid medium to move from the reservoir to the interior space is at least about double the amount of time it takes the liquid medium to move from the interior space to the reservoir.