Advertising sign support

• US 4,490,932 A
• Filed: 08/11/1982
• Issued: 01/01/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Andrew N. Mcintire
• Original Assignee: Andrew N. Mcintire
• Inventors: McIntire, Andrew N.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Contreras, Wenceslao J.
• Application Number:
  US06/407,083
• Time in Patent Office: 874 Days
• Field of Search: 40/124, 40/473, 40/493, 40/617, 40/472
• US Class Current: 40/473
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 11/02 the display elements being secured to rotating members, e.g. drums, spindles

Abstract

An exhibiting device in the form of a cabinet having a base, side walls and a top wall extending across the side walls thereof above the base, the side walls thus forming compartments between the top wall and the base with open fronts for the compartment. Rotors are centrally and vertically disposed in the compartments and have at one end a conic termination for the rotor in the base and engage supporting means in the base receiving the conic termination, the rotors having at the other end a drive termination and a supporting member engaging the top wall. A panel configured as a regular polygon and constructed of rigid material is supported proximate the drive means on the rotor. A hanger is disposed centrally along each side of the polygon for hanging displaying panel members or advertising elements and located in such relationship that the displaying panel members occupy different planes spaced longitudinally of the rotor. A hinged convex curved member overlies the top wall.

Claims

1. A display device comprising a cabinet having a substantially planar front viewing area, polygonally-shaped support means rotatably mounted in said cabinet for selective positioning of respective sides of the support means in substantially coplanar registry with said viewing area, drive means connected to said support means, and means on the respective sides of said support means to removably support a plurality of display items for movement into registry with said viewing area, wherein said viewing area is a vertically disposed window, said support means including a vertically disposed shaft journaled in the cabinet, a support member mounted on the upper end portion of the shaft, said support member including a polygonal peripheral edge with a portion of the edge being disposed adjacent the viewing area, said means supporting display items including a plurality of hooks mounted in circumferentially spaced relation on said edge of the support member, a rectangular planar display panel supported from each of said hooks, the display panels conforming in width to the respective portions of the polygonal edge and being disposed in substantially contiguous relation defining an enclosed polygonal cylinder, said drive means including a motor having an output drivingly connected to the upper end of the shaft.