US 12,440,007 B2
Device comprising decorative objects having restrained freedom to move and suspended in fluid
Sandro Reginelli, La Neuveville (CH); Toralf Bork, Enges (CH); Jean Gubelmann, Yverdon-les-Bains (CH); Johann Rohner, Pomy (CH); Mathieu Oulevey, Lausanne (CH); Luc Maffli, Fribourg (CH); and Alain Jaccard, Sainte-Croix (CH)
Appl. No. 17/598,899
Filed by Preciflex SA, Neuchâtel (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/053025
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/201993, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/828,672, filed on Apr. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0183428 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A44C 15/00 (2006.01); G04B 37/02 (2006.01); G04B 45/00 (2006.01); G04B 47/04 (2006.01); G09F 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC A44C 15/00 (2013.01) [G04B 37/02 (2013.01); G04B 45/0023 (2013.01); G04B 47/044 (2013.01); G09F 13/24 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable fluidic animation system having a capsule comprising at least one decorative element, the capsule filled with one or more fluids, the one or more fluids having a selected viscosity, refraction index, or a volumetric mass enabling an interaction with the at least one decorative element such that a mechanical fixation element which fixes or limits motion of the at least one decoration element has substantially the same refractive index as the one or more fluids so as to be essentially invisible therein, said at least one decorative element mechanically and moveably suspended in the one or more fluids by the mechanical fixation element, wherein a combination of (a) the density of the at least one decorative element, (b) the density of the fluid, (c) the viscosity of the one or more fluids, and/or (d) a change of the orientation of the capsule relative to gravity generates an animation or movement of the at least one decorative element.