1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to mobile sculptures. More particularly, the invention concerns a mobile sculpture which forms the principal component of an award kit that can be used by parents of an elementary school student to award the student for academic performance, effort and attitude. In addition to the mobile sculpture, the award kit of the invention includes a plurality of awards provided in the form of award stickers that can be selectively applied to specially designed holders that comprise a part of the mobile sculpture.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In the past, a variety of abstract sculptures, generally termed mobiles, have been constructed to provide pleasing kinetic movement in various types of objects. This kinetic movement is generally accomplished by the interconnection of different various forms of rings, rods, discs and like decorative components that are suspended from the ceiling of a room by thread, filaments or fine wires so that the decorative components can be set in motion by air currents.
As a general rule, the prior art mobile sculptures have been constructed and used primarily for purposes of decoration. However, applicant is unaware of any prior art use of mobile sculptures as a part of an award program for awarding academic and related achievement. In this regard, one of the aims of the present invention is to devise a novel award program that features a unique mobile sculpture award kit which is of a character that can readily be marketed through elementary schools by means of open houses, or marketing flyers given to the student or mailed to the parent or by other common types of fund raising activities. Profits from sales of the kits, over and above the sales price of the kit, would be realized by the school.
Since the award kit of the invention includes the sticker awards which are to be given to the child, the parents are empowered to determine how and when their children will be rewarded via these novel sticker awards. Parents will also have the opportunity to create their own individualized student's award system based on effort, improvement or results. The sticker awards contained in the kit generally cover areas of achievement that typically occur in most elementary schools.
By way of brief summary, the present invention concerns a kit for construction of an academic award mobile sculpture which comprise: a first support member; a second support member interconnected with the first support member and extending substantially perpendicularly with respect thereto; a third support member interconnected with the first support member and extending substantially perpendicularly with respect thereto; first and second spaced apart award holders connected to and depending from the second support member; third and fourth spaced apart award holders connected to and depending from the third support member; and a plurality of academic award stickers selectively interconnectable with the first, second, third and fourth support members.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel mobile kit that can be used by parents of elementary school students for rewarding academic achievement, performance and effort.
More particularly, it is an object of the invention to provide a mobile kit of the aforementioned character that contains a plurality of unique, cooperating components which, when easily assembled, create an attractive hanging mobile that will accommodate a plurality of award commemoratives in the form of award stickers of various designs. From time to time some of the award stickers can be selected by the parent and given to the student to reward a particular achievement by the student. The selected award sticker can then be easily applied by the student in one of the specially designed holders that form a part of the mobile sculptures so that the award can be prominently displayed in a unique and attractive manner.
Another object of the invention is to provide a mobile kit of the character described that includes a plurality of stickers in the form of a school's logo, mascot or like indicia.
Another object of the invention is to provide a mobile kit that comprises blank stickers upon which the indicia can be imprinted and can be used by the parent to create individualized student award stickers that can be used to reward student effort, improvement, results and the like.
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First and second spaced apart award holder assemblies 32 and 34 are connected to second support member by elongated, very thin filaments 37 the ends of which are connected to the hook-like extremities provided proximate the ends of the second support member. With this construction, award holder assemblies 32 and 34 depend from the ends of the second support member and are free to rotate and sway in air currents as though suspended in space. As indicated in
In a similar manner, third and fourth spaced apart award holder assemblies 42 and 44 are connected to third support member 28 by elongated, very thin filaments 37 the ends of which are connected to the hook-like extremities provided proximate the ends of the third support member. Third and fourth award holder assemblies 42 and 44 are of identical construction to award holder assemblies 32 and 34 and each includes a generally circular-shaped body portion 39 having generally planar first and second opposing surfaces 39a and 39b. As before, award holder assemblies 42 and 44 are free to rotate and sway relative to third support member 28 and, accordingly, appear to be suspended in space.
In like manner, fifth and sixth spaced apart award holder assemblies 46 and 48 are connected to fourth support member 30 by elongated, very thin filaments 37 the ends of which are connected to the hook-like extremities provided proximate the ends of the fourth support member. Fifth and sixth award holder assemblies 46 and 48 are also of identical construction to award holder assemblies 32 and 34 and each includes a generally circular-shaped body portion 39 having generally planar first and second opposing surfaces 39a and 39b. As before, award holder assemblies 46 and 48 are free to rotate and sway relative to fourth support member 30 and, accordingly, also appear to be suspended in space.
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Having now described the invention in detail in accordance with the requirements of the patent statutes, those skilled in this art will have no difficulty in making changes and modifications in the individual parts or their relative assembly in order to meet specific requirements or conditions. Such changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention, as set forth in the following claims.