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Various types of underwater ornaments are provided for aquariums. However, what is needed is a kit that provides components for installing an air bubble operated underwater ornament for an aquarium.
The present invention relates to underwater ornaments, and more particularly, to an air bubble operated underwater ornament.
The general purpose of the present air bubble operated underwater ornament, described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide an air bubble operated underwater ornament which has many novel features that result in an air bubble operated underwater ornament which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by prior art, either alone or in combination thereof.
To accomplish this, the present air bubble operated underwater ornament kit includes a base disposed in an upright position under water. An air supply tube is disposed through an internal cavity of the base. A receiver member, having an opening on a upper side thereof, is disposed over the air supply tube internal end. A plurality of air bubbles is distributed through the air supply tube through the receiver member opening. An ornament body, having a least one movement member, is disposed atop the base. A dome-shaped cap is removably disposed over the receiver member opening. The cap has an open raised position and an alternate closed lowered position. Upon the release of the air bubbles from the air supply tube into the cap interior cavity, the cap is in the open raised position. Upon the non-release of the air bubbles from the air supply tube into the cap interior cavity, the cap is in the closed lowered position. The cap top end is attached to the movement member. The ornament body is provided in three forms. One ornament body is a motorcycle ridden by a skeleton and a respective movement member is a forward pipe attached to the motorcycle underside. Upon the release of the air bubbles from the air supply tube into the cap interior cavity, the forward pipe rises and the pivoting axle pivots upwardly whereby a front wheel of the motorcycle rises. The rising movement of the front wheel simulates the performance of a “popping a wheelie” by the skeleton. An alternate ornament body is a pair of skeletons consisting of a first skeleton and a second skeleton disposed on each side of a barrel. The first skeleton has a first hand and a pair of knees while the second skeleton has a second hand attached to the cap top end. The second hand is attached to a first arm.which is attached to a swivel point disposed within the second skeleton. A second arm of the skeleton has one end attached to the swivel point and a second end attached to a swivel rod disposed within an upper torso of the first skeleton. A ring is disposed proximal to each first skeleton knee. A swivel joint is disposed in a hip of the first skeleton. The respective movement member is the second hand. Upon the release of the air bubbles into the cap interior cavity, the second hand and first arm of the second skeleton rise, the second skeleton second arm rises upon the rising the of the first arm, the first skeleton rises and moves toward the second skeleton upon the rising of the second arm, while the knees and hip of the first skeleton move. The movement of the first skeleton toward the second skeleton simulates a fight between the first skeleton and the second skeleton for viewers' entertainment. Another ornament body is alternately a motorcycle ridden by a skeleton having a dagger in a hand thereof. A stand is attached to the base top side proximal to the front side. A front wheel of the motorcycle is attached to the stand. A rear wheel of the motorcycle has a tire disposed on a rim thereof. The rim is spinningly attached to a rod disposed on a central horizontal axis of the rear wheel. The respective movement member is a plurality of spaced-apart parallelepiped blades radially disposed on the tire by which the rear wheel spins upon the release of the air bubbles onto the blades. Marks on the tires visually enhance the spinning of the rear wheel.
Thus has been broadly outlined the more important features of the present air bubble operated underwater ornament and method so that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated.
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular
Referring to
An ornament body 50 is disposed atop the base 20. The ornament body 50 has at least one movement member 52. A dome-shaped cap 60 is removably disposed over the receiver member 40 opening 42. The cap 60 is in operational communication with the air supply tube 34. The cap 60 has a top end 62, a continuous external wall 64, and an interior cavity 66. The cap 60 has an open raised position, as shown in
The ornament body 50 is provided in three forms. One ornament body 50, which is illustrated in
An alternate ornament body 50, illustrated in
Another ornament body 50, shown in
A plurality of spaced-apart diamond-shaped marks 107 is radially disposed on an outer perimeter 108 of the tire 199 between the blades 105 for visual enhancement of the spinning of the rear wheel 99.
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