DISPLAY HOLDER
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1. A device for displaying a disability parking certificate placard from within a vehicle comprising a dashboard and a windshield comprising:
- a receptacle to receive a disability parking certificate placard for display connected by a first joint to a mounting unit that is mountable in a fixed position on the dashboard, the windshield, or the intersection therebetween by a fastener, wherein the receptacle comprises a housing portion for receiving the placard through a slot positioned on an edge of the housing portion, and with the receptacle further comprising a leg attached to the receptacle by a second joint that allows the leg to be pivoted from a parallel position substantially parallel to the housing to a position at least about 30 degrees away from the parallel position.
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Abstract
A device for displaying a disability parking certificate placard in a vehicle, with the device being movable from a storage position to a display position.
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1. A device for displaying a disability parking certificate placard from within a vehicle comprising a dashboard and a windshield comprising:
a receptacle to receive a disability parking certificate placard for display connected by a first joint to a mounting unit that is mountable in a fixed position on the dashboard, the windshield, or the intersection therebetween by a fastener, wherein the receptacle comprises a housing portion for receiving the placard through a slot positioned on an edge of the housing portion, and with the receptacle further comprising a leg attached to the receptacle by a second joint that allows the leg to be pivoted from a parallel position substantially parallel to the housing to a position at least about 30 degrees away from the parallel position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for displaying a placard from within a vehicle comprising a dashboard and a windshield comprising:
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providing a receptacle to receive a disability parking certificate placard for display, the receptacle comprising a housing that receives the placard and being connected by a joint to a mounting unit that is mountable in a fixed position onto the dashboard or the windshield by a fastener, with the receptacle further comprising a leg attached by a second joint that allows the leg to be pivoted from a parallel position substantially parallel to the housing to a position at least about 30 degrees away from the parallel position; mounting the mounting unit onto the dashboard or the windshield; resting the receptacle on the dashboard in a storage position; pivoting the receptacle about the joint at least thirty degrees from the storage position to a display position, and pivoting the leg to support the housing and maintain the housing in the display position, with the placard being visible through the windshield in the storage position and the display position. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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