Patent ID: 7954264

Claim:
An ornamental display that comprises: (a) a mounting assembly that includes a stationary, non-rotating housing and a base that is rotatable about an axis; (b) an electric motor operatively coupled to the base to impart rotation thereto; and (c) an expandable decorative element, which comprises a plurality of elongated strips of flexible material, with each elongated strip haying an interior surface and exterior surface, and that is secured to the rotatable base whereby the expandable decorative element is radially expandable when subjected to centrifugal forces that develop when the rotatable base is rotated and characterized in that the elongated strips of flexible material attain a generally spherical shape when the speed that the rotatable base is rotated reaches a certain level, the interior surface of each of the strips being substantially non-observable exteriorly of the decorative element while in a non-expanded state and observable exteriorly of the decorative element when the generally spherical shape is attained.