Patent ID: 6338884
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: A63F,B44C,B44F,Y10T

Abstract:
An enhanced structure for an animated ornament comprising:a globular shell having a front surface and a rear surface; a hollow ball having a lower part and an upper part, said hollow ball being totally surrounded by said globular shell, said hollow ball and said globular shell forming a space there between, said space being filled up with liquid for floating said hollow ball in said globular shell, and said hollow ball capable of freely turning around in all directions while in said globular shell and surrounded by said liquid; a piece of non-magnetic, high-density material having a bottom and a top, said bottom of said piece of non-magnetic, high-density material installed inside the lower part of said hollow ball and freely turning around in all directions with said hollow ball while in said globular shell and surrounded by said liquid; at least one decorative figure connected to said piece of non-magnetic, high-density material and freely turning around in all directions with said hollow ball while in said globular shell and surrounded by said liquid; an inner magnet fixed on the top of said piece of non-magnetic high-density material, said inner magnet having an inner magnetic force; and an outer magnet securely fastened to the rear surface of said globular shell, said outer magnet having an outer magnetic force with an effect of magnetic attraction for attracting said inner magnet, where said outer magnet uses said effect of magnetic attraction to attract said inner magnetic during said freely turning of said hollow ball to slow said hollow ball and line up said inner magnet in the same radius with the effect of magnetic attraction, so that said at least one decorative figure face towards the front surface of said globular shell when the ornament is set still.