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Waiter signal device

  • US 4,250,491 A
  • Filed: 10/15/1979
  • Issued: 02/10/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A table signal device for signalling a service attendant in a restaurant or lounge and the like comprising:

  • a base for supporting said device on a table;

    an upstanding elongated pole carried by said base terminating at a free tip end;

    a signal mechanism slidably carried by said pole for movement generally along the entire length thereof;

    said signal mechanism being manually movable between a lowered non-signal position adjacent said base and a raised signal position adjacent said tip end of said pole;

    said raised signal position presenting said signal mechanism as a signal for service;

    illumination means carried by said signal mechanism;

    power means for energizing said illumination means; and

    switch means for activating said power means to energize said illumination means automatically in response to said signal mechanism reaching said raised signal position;

    whereby said raised signal mechanism provides a visual service signal in a lighted room while said illumination means illuminates said signal mechanism to provide a visual service signal as required by darkness in a room.

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