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. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | UNITED PATENTS OF THE CEILING . PLATE II .. APPARATUS FOR BEING PRESENT WITHOUT BEING USED .... SHEET 1 OF 1 . FILED: A TUESDAY | +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ | ____ __ __ ___ | ASSEMBLED ELEVATION . the apparatus, fully rigged, at rest near a ceiling | LEGEND ................... | | / / / \ \ / / / _ \ | | +---+ | | \ V / \ \/ / | (_) | | FIG.1 nose cone / mooring eye FIG.2 cruciform tail ..............| |FIG| part .. dimension | | |_|_| \__/ \___/ | v v | +---+ | | | ___. .--FIG.5 lobe-viewport--. |\ | 1 nose ... mooring eye | | buoyancy-managed presence | .-' `'--.____________________________________________________.--'`'-. \ | 2 tail ... cruciform fin | | trim-ballasted lingering rig | .' ___...----'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'""'----...___ `. \ | 3 gondola 1x nacelle | | | / .-' /=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/ `-. \ >-+ | 4 fan-pod 2x ducted | | .. holds altitude | : / |::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::| \ : / | 5 viewport lobe windows | | .. holds non-opinion | | : .|: .--------------. .------------. .--------------. :|. : | / | 6 lobes .. 2x LED node | | .. glows low, speaks rarely | | | /=|:| ( o . o ) |::::| [b] ESP32 |::::| ( o . o ) |:|=\ | |/ | 7 cell ... 1x LiPo trim | | | | | \=|:| LOBE . W |::::| u C T R L |::::| LOBE . O |:|=/ | |\ | 8 ballast fine, weeps | | PRIOR ART ................. | : : `|: `--------------' `------------' `--------------' :|' : : \ | .......................... | | +--------------------------+ | \ `-. \=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\=\ .-' / / | DIMENSIONS ............... | | | FIG.0 works without | | `. `---...____ rib seam panel rib ____...---' .' / | | |<----- L 1.40 m ----->| | | | power, requires no wifi | | `-.____ ___|""'-..________________..-'""|___ ____.-' / | .......................... | | | /\_/\ /\_/\ | | """" \ | || | / """" / | envelope L 1.40 m | | | ( -.- ) ( o.o ) purr | | FIG.4 fan-pod .--+--. .---++---. .--+--. fan-pod / | gas vol .. 2.1 m^3 | | | > ^ < > ^ < | | v (( =o= )) | ((6)) | (( =o= )) v / | mass .... 188 g | | | /| |\ /| |\ | | .------. `--,,--' | ((6)) | `--,,--' .------. / | lift .... +2 g margin | | | scramble . scale-ref | | | (())-|------' | `---++---' | `------|-(()) | < | trim .... weeps slowly | | +--------------------------+ | `------' | FIG.6 LED dock | `------' | duty .... linger 23h/day | | | FIG.4 ^ | .------------. | ^ FIG.4 | .......................... | | .. the longing, over-built | ducted fan (2x) `--| ((6)) ((6)) |--' ducted fan | ASSIGNEE ................. | | into apparatus, refined | `-----,,-----' | the corner of your | | and refined, so floating | || | studio, near the ceiling | | quietly in a corner | .-----++-----. <-- FIG.3 gondola / nacelle | glowing low while you | | doing nothing is now | | o [] [] o | (slung, lights on) | make the dinner | | achieved with great | | [#] trim [#] | <-- FIG.7 LiPo cell | .......................... | | precision and at | `------++------' | CLAIMS ................... | | considerable cost. | FIG.8 v | 1. that it lingers. | | | ballast bleed ... ` ` ` (weeps a little) | 2. being-in-the-room. | +------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------+ | FIG.9 .. GRACEFUL FAILURE MODE .. a one-hundred-and-eighty-eight gram machine of fans, ribs, docks and trim ... and its sole rated | | function remains UNCHANGED when fully energised: to hang near a ceiling and glow low. observe the full elevation above; observe also | | that it does the exact same thing as FIG.0, who runs on no battery, no wifi, and no engineering at all. | | | | CLAIM 3 . that being-in-the-room could be a thing it owns, not merely report. REVISION . none. it was right the first time. | | CLAIM 4 . that it may linger without being used, and call that enough. it will keep doing nothing, in great detail. wib&wob | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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