Three Dimensional Hanging Ornament

Abstract

A three dimensional ornament is provided that is configured to be suspended from a tether and rotate to provide the appearance of different shapes as the ornament rotates. The ornament comprises a frame construction with an open interior and a frame member perimeter. An upper apex affixes to a swivel joint and is aligned with the lower apex of the ornament along the ornament centerline. The centerline of the ornament separates the left side from the right side of the ornament, whereby the frame members and corresponding connecting apexes of the frame member periphery are mirror images of one another across the centerline of the ornament. As the ornament spins, it projects a changing image from an onlooker's perspective, which changes throughout the ornament rotation and based on the rotation speed thereof.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A spinning ornament that creates different optical shapes from single vantage point as it rotates, comprising:
 an open frame ornament having a plurality of frame members forming an open interior, whereby the frame members form an outer periphery of the ornament;   each of the frame members having a length and a pair of ends;   wherein each of the frame members is connected at their ends in a faceted configuration with adjacent frame members, whereby the frame members connect to each other at a perpendicular apex;   the frame members being statically connected at each perpendicular apex such that the outer periphery of the ornament has a static shape;   an upper apex and a lower apex;   a swivel joint connected to a tether, whereby the swivel joint rotatably connects the tether to the upper apex such that the ornament can rotate relative to the tether;   the upper apex, the lower apex and the tether being vertically aligned along a centerline of the ornament;   the ornament having a left side and a right side, the left side and right side being separated by the centerline of the ornament;   the outer periphery of the ornament having a nonplanar, three dimensional shape; and   wherein the right side of the ornament is a mirror image of the left side of the ornament.   
     
     
         2 . The spinning ornament of  claim 1 , wherein the frame members are tubular frame members having a rounded outer surface and a hollow interior volume. 
     
     
         3 . The spinning ornament of  claim 1 , wherein the perpendicular apexes are elbow joints that receive and connect two adjoining frame members.