Claims
- 1. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement comprising:
- a building structure having a roof, a plurality of outer side walls connected to said roof, a plurality of moveable inner side walls, a ceiling connected to said inner side walls, a floor, a plurality of windows in the inner side walls, and a signal transmitting and receiving member attached to said roof;
- a simulated engine extending from said floor to said ceiling and further supporting said ceiling;
- a dining table disposed about said simulated engine;
- a plurality of seating members arranged about the inside of said building structure;
- a plurality of display modules suspended from said ceiling and disposed in said floor and arranged outside said building structure for storing and displaying various memorabilia;
- a plurality of image/sound producing means disposed throughout the inside of said building structure and inside said display modules and outside said building structure; and
- a communications system including a control panel disposed about said simulated engine and within reach of a patron for communicating with a host of said dining and entertainment arrangement and for operating said image/sound producing means.
- 2. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement as described in claim 1, wherein said outer side walls are spaced from said inner side walls to form display chambers therebetween, said display chambers being used to store and display various memorabilia from different time periods all of which is visible to said patron through said windows in said inner side walls.
- 3. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement as described in claim 2, wherein said display chambers include said lighting means for illuminating the memorabilia displayed therein.
- 4. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement as described in claim 3 further includes a plurality of wheels upon which said building structure rests, for moving said building structure about as desired.
- 5. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement as described in claim 4 further includes a plurality of feet members connected to said building structure and each of which having a storage compartment for storing memorabilia and some of said image/sound producing means, and also each of which having a lightning-bolt shaped time rod attached thereto and extending upward therefrom.
- 6. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement as described in claim 2, wherein said outer side walls are hingedly attached to said roof and are capable of opened outwardly and upwardly as desired to provide more space within said building structure.
- 7. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement as described in claim 6, wherein said inner side walls can be moved inwardly and outwardly relative to said floor to increase and decrease floor space within said building structure as desired.
- 8. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement as described in claim 7, wherein said building structure is essentially a dome-like structure.
- 9. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement as described in claim 1, wherein said simulated engine is essentially a transparent column centrally disposed inside said building structure and having a plurality of said lighting means disposed inside thereof for simulating an operating engine.
- 10. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement as described in claim 9, wherein each of said display modules suspended from said ceiling include a pair of transparent semi-spherical members hingedly attached to one another and closed upon one another to form a sphere having one of said lighting means, one of said image/sound producing means, and memorabilia disposed therein.
- 11. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement as described in claim 10, wherein each of said display modules disposed in said floor includes a storage area having a transparent cover which is essentially flush with said floor, and having one of said lighting means, one of said image/sound producing means, and memorabilia disposed therein.
- 12. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement as described in claim 11, wherein said image/sound producing means includes image/sound producing support members, image/sound producing members rotatably mounted upon said image/sound producing support members, and image magnifying members.
- 13. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement as described in claim 12, wherein said image/sound producing support members are disposed in said ceiling about said simulated engine.
- 14. A simulated time ship dining and entertainment arrangement as described in claim 13, wherein said image/sound producing members disposed outside said building structure for displaying moving and stationary images upon said outer side walls, and also disposed inside said building structure for displaying moving and stationary images upon said inner side walls.
Parent Case Info
This application claims benefit to U.S. provisional application 60/877,138 filed Mar. 3, 1998.
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