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Method and means for information presentation

  • US 3,968,573 A
  • Filed: 10/24/1974
  • Issued: 07/13/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An information display system for presenting information about objects, such as tourist attractions, having a common characteristic throughout, namely a location within a particular geographical area, said system comprising:

  • a plurality of separate and distinct, portable panels, said panels being disposable substantially in parallel columns and/or rows and orientated in the same upright position for ready viewing, each said panel including a carrier having the following information disposed thereon;

    a. a geographical chart consisting of a map of said geographical area, and means for dividing said map into a plurality of subsections, each of said subsections identified by a unique character positioned thereon,b. a marginal scale, said scale consisting of a predetermined order of said unique characters disposed upon said carrier at intervals along the edge of said carrier, said marginal scale identically disposed on each said carrier,c. a plurality of separate and physically independent, self-sufficient and self-contained, main charts, each of said main charts expressing an essential element of said information, said main charts disposed, one after the other, along the length of said carrier, each of said main charts containing at least one of the same forms of information, said forms of information positioned within said main chart identically from chart to chart, said forms of information limited in number to facilitate comparison of the content of each of said forms of information within each panel and between said panels, said information within each main chart related to a particular object located within said geographical area,d. means for referencing each said particular object described in each said main chart to the location along said marginal scale representing the geographical location of said particular object, said referencing means identical in form for each said main chart,said identical position and same forms of information in each main chart, said identical marginal scales along the edge of said panel and said identical means for referencing each said particular object to the marginal scale combining to facilitate the comparison of the different objects described in each of the main charts both within and between panels.

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