DISPLAY

• US 3,596,389 A
• Filed: 08/26/1969
• Issued: 08/03/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Drueck Fred Jr
• Original Assignee: Drueck Fred Jr
• Inventors: DRUECK FRED JR
• Application Number:
  US04/853,163
• Time in Patent Office: 707 Days
• US Class Current: 40/476
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 11/23 the advertising or display material forming part of rotating members, e.g. in the form of perforations, prints, or transparencies on a drum or disc

Abstract

A point-of-sale display device including two parallel panels which are pivotally operated to display advertising indicia and the like provided on each of the opposite sides thereof, said panels being proportioned to overlap to close a window in the display and when so overlapped, the advertising indicia on each of the respective panels is positioned to form a complete message.

Claims

1. A point-of-sale display comprising:

a main panel having a rectangular-shaped window formed in it;

a divider panel of a preestablished width affixed centrally of said window;

a movable display panel having a rear panel section and two side panel sections each of said side panel sections being Pivotally connected to an opposite side of said rear panel section, said movable display panel being pivotally affixed to said divider panel with the rear panel section disposed behind said divider panel and said side panel sections disposed on opposite sides of said divider panel and parallel to one another; and

drive means for rotatably pivoting said movable display panel between two extreme limits whereat said side panel sections are disposed substantially parallel to said main panel and substantially completely close said window, one of said side panel sections overlapping and concealing said divider panel in one of said extreme limits and the other one of said side panel sections overlapping and concealing said divider panel in the other one of said extreme limits.

2. The point-of-sale display of claim 1, wherein said side panel sections each having advertising indicia on each of the opposite sides thereof which is alternately displayed for viewing when said movable display panel is in each of said two extreme limits.

3. The point-of-sale display of claim 2, wherein said divider panel has advertising indicia provided on it.

4. The point-of-sale display of claim 1, wherein said divider panel is removably affixed to said main panel, wherein said divider panel and said movable display panel can be removed and replaced by another divider panel and movable display panel.

5. The point-of-sale display of claim 1, wherein said drive means comprises a first lever arm, a prime mover affixed to and rotatably operating said first lever arm, a second lever arm pivotally affixed at its one end to support means so as to extend behind said main panel, an elongated guide slot in said second lever arm extending along its longitudinal length, a first connecting rod pivotally affixed at each of its opposite ends to said first and second lever arms, respectively so as to rotatably pivotally operate said second lever arm along said elongated guide slot and its opposite end affixed to said rear panel section of said movable display panel, said movable display panel thereby being rotatably pivotally moved back and forth between said two extreme limits as said second lever arm is rotatably pivotally operated.

6. The point-of-sale display of claim 1, wherein said movable display panel is formed from a single blank sheet material which is scored and folded to form said rear panel section and said two side panel sections, said material further being scored and folded so as to provide a pair of securement tabs of each of said side panel sections for affixing said movable display panel to said divider panel, said score lines defining said rear and side panel sections and said securement tabs functioning as hinges whereby no additional hinge means are required to rotatably pivotally affix said movable display panel to said main panel.

7. The point-of-sale display of claim 1, further including a boxlike member having a top wall and a cover removably affixed atop said top wall, said drive means being affixed to said boxlike member and generally substantially completely concealed by said cover.

8. The point-of-sale display of claim 7, wherein said main panel is affixed to and supported in a vertically disposed position by said boxlike member.

9. The point-of-sale display of claim 6, wherein said rear panel section of said movable display panel has a stiffener panel affixed to it.