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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
May. 19, 2003
Applicants:
Karl A. Collida, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Edwin T. Wood, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Inventors:
Karl A. Collida, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Edwin T. Wood, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A charm display apparatus and method of charm display capable of continuously retrieving charms or hearts from a hopper and blowing or moving the charms into a transparent outer display tube whereby a levitating effect is shown. In the preferred embodiment, the art of the present invention allows a person to retrieve a charm between the display tube and the hopper as it flutters in the turbulent air of the tube under gravitational force. Also in a preferred embodiment, a unique venturi flow generator assembly is utilized to move the charms from the hopper into the outer display tube.