Patent ID: 7578719

Claim:
A sculpture depicting a scene for an activity that may be carried out at said scene, said device comprising: a base member, said base member having at least one surface configured to represent a scene comprising a setting for an activity carried out in said setting; a cylindrical optical viewer mounted in said base, said optical viewer comprising a wide angle lens through which an observer can observe the scene; at least one figure configured to represent an actor in said activity carried out in said setting, said figure being movably attachable to said base for movement to various locations in said setting by the observer; a control element configured to be movable along a lower surface of the base by the observer; and wherein: the observer can view the scene and the figure and achieve the visual effect of being at the scene; the control element being configured such that movement thereof by the observer to a position on the lower surface of the base causes corresponding movement of the figure to a corresponding position on an upper surface of the base; the control element has at least one of a magnet and magnetically attractable material disposed therewith; the figure including at least one of a magnet and magnetically attractable material disposed therewith and being configured to be magnetically attractable to the control element; the magnetic attraction between the control element and the figure causing the figure to be retained against the upper surface of the base; the magnetic attraction between the control element and the figure further causing movement of the figure along the upper surface to a corresponding position of the control element along the lower surface.