Patent ID: 7056184

Claim:
A three-dimensional apparatus for use in simulating a crowd of real people seated in stadium or auditorium style seating and viewing a particular event in a foreground scene, the plurality of three-dimensional apparatus for use in background crowd scenes in visual recording media productions, the three-dimensional apparatus comprising: a plurality of inflatable life-sized humanoid figures, each of said inflatable humanoid figures including; a head member; a neck member contiguously connecting said head member to a torso member; said torso member including; a waist, a left side, a right side; and an interior surface which forms a gas-tight cavity contiguous with said head member, said neck member, and said torso member wherein said gas-tight cavity of one of the inflatable life-sized humanoid figures is contiguously connected to the gas-tight cavity of another of the inflatable life-sized humanoid figures by one or more narrow tubular sections situated between adjacent humanoid figures which allows inflating gas to fill an entire line of humanoid figures; and wherein the plurality of inflatable life-sized humanoid figure is shaped such that the plurality of inflatable life-sized humanoid figures, when placed in adjacent stadium or auditorium style seating, simulates a crowd of real people viewing the particular event in the foreground scene when visually recorded in a manner that does not capture a clear image of the plurality of inflatable life-sized humanoid figures as compared to the foreground scene.