Patent ID: 6386941
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A soft-shelled crystal ball comprising a thin and soft shell made of a transparent plastic material adapted to contain a predetermined amount of liquid and floating decorative articles therein to provide a spherical body for said crystal ball, a disc-shaped baffle having a predetermined thickness and being positioned in said soft shell near a lower opening thereof, and a seat including detachably connected upper ring portion, middle annular wall portion and bottom; said soft-shelled crystal ball being characterized in thatsaid baffle includes a downward extended filling port, an upper part of which defining an internal downward expanded stepped filling hole that is tightly sealed with a first stepped plug made of a soft and elastic plastic material and is therefore leakproof, a lower part of said filling port on said baffle being a tube portion defining an expanded inner hole tightly sealed with a second plastic plug, said second plastic plug having a conic front adapted to press against said first stepped plug to ensure tight and firm location of said first stepped plug in said stepped filling hole; that a first extension portion of said thin and soft shell that is closely below said baffle is tightened around said tube portion of said filling port on said baffle by means of a first fastener, and a second extension portion of said thin and soft shell that extends beyond said tube portion being further tightened below said second plug by mean of a second fastener; and that said baffle having a plurality of through holes evenly distributed thereon and a plurality of stubs having a predetermined length evenly provided along a bottom outer periphery of said baffle, and said stubs supporting and separating said first extension portion of said soft shell from a lower surface of said baffle so that a lower space is provided in said soft shell below said baffle to be communicable with said crystal ball via said through holes.