| US 7,578,719 B1 | ||
| Sculpture method utilizing new means of simulating, viewing, and displaying sporting, undersea and other environments | ||
| Perry C. Faanes, 34247 Via Santa Rosa, Capistrano Beach, Calif. 92624 (US); and Phil Dean Roberts, Corona Del Mar, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Perry C. Faanes, Capistrano Beach, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 15, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/424,422. | ||
| Application 11/424422 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/781587, filed on Feb. 17, 2004, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/450342, filed on Feb. 28, 2003. | ||
| Int. Cl. A63H 33/22 (2006.01); A63H 33/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 446—219 [446/129; 446/139; 472/61] | 9 Claims |
| 1. 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.
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