{"id":4420,"date":"2024-12-10T08:59:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T14:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2024-12-10T08:59:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T14:59:59","slug":"december-10-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=4420","title":{"rendered":"December 10, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On December 19, 1968, U.S. Patent No. 3,415,512 issued on Apparatus Causing Artificial Snowfall:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-23.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"538\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-23.png 538w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-23-194x300.png 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The principal object of the invention is &#8220;to provide apparatus that assures a continuous movement of snow particles, repeatedly blowing them upwardly to a point where they are dispersed and will fall downwardly and thence return to a predetermined point without manual or mechanical assistance, for an indefinite period of time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somewhat surprisingly, there is some prior art: U.S. Patent No. 3,147,175 issued September 1. 1964:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-24.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"539\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-24.png 539w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-24-192x300.png 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Inventors continued to refine the technology into the 1970&#8217;s, see U.S. Patent No. 4,028,830:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-26.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-26.png 606w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-26-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it was not until 1975 when someone thought to enclose the whole system, as shown in U.S. Patent No. 3,905,140.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-25.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"888\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-25.png 591w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-25-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Patent No. 4076234 continued the development of this important decorating technology:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-28.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-28.png 607w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-28-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Interest in turning the living room into a snowglobe continued into the &#8217;90&#8217;s, as evidenced by U.S. Patent No. 4,962,922<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-27.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"902\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-27.png 593w, 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