Sales promotion vehicle for demonstrating mobile electronic accessories
First Claim
1. A portable sales promotion apparatus, operable for in situ comparative demonstrations of competitive electronic systems within a potential customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle, wherein said portable sales promotion apparatus comprises:
- a) a first modular deck selector for control of a first electronic system in response to operation by an occupant from within a passenger area of said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle;
b) a second modular deck selector for control of a second competing electronic system in response to contemporary operation by said occupant from within said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle passenger area;
c) at least one first competing electronic output device for delivery of information of interest and value to said occupant from said first electronic system, said first electronic output devices having been temporarily placed at preferred locations within said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle passenger area;
d) at least one second competing electronic output device for delivery of information of equivalent interest and value to said occupant from said competing second electronic system, said second competing electronic output devices having been temporarily placed at said preferred locations within said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle passenger area for comparative evaluation;
e) an electrical power supply for activating and operating said competitive electronic systems during said in situ demonstrations independently of any electrical power system of said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle.f) a demonstration vehicle for use by an attending salesperson for transporting said competitive electronic systems, from a stockroom of supplies maintained for sales, to an outside parking place of said customer'"'"'s vehicle and for said comparative demonstrations of said competitive electronic systems;
g) means for supplying said demonstration vehicle with a source of energy for said independent electrical power supply; and
h) means, operable during said in situ demonstrations, for demonstrating the comparative performances of said competitive electronic systems.
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Abstract
A portable sales promotion apparatus for electronic systems comprises electronic control modules and electronic output devices that are transported from the retailer'"'"'s supply storeroom to the outside site of the customer'"'"'s parked mobile vehicle where they are placed in the passenger area of the: vehicle for demonstrations of system performance, for experimental determination of any modifications required of the vehicle for installation of the system, and for the subjective evaluation of the customer or occupant of the vehicle prior to execution of a contract for purchase of a system to be installed. The demonstration vehicle, operable by the salesperson, is a roll-about cabinet that houses supporting electronic modules of the systems being demonstrated, an independent power supply, and control accessories subject to operation by the salesperson for conductiong the demonstrations.
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17 Claims
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1. A portable sales promotion apparatus, operable for in situ comparative demonstrations of competitive electronic systems within a potential customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle, wherein said portable sales promotion apparatus comprises:
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a) a first modular deck selector for control of a first electronic system in response to operation by an occupant from within a passenger area of said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle; b) a second modular deck selector for control of a second competing electronic system in response to contemporary operation by said occupant from within said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle passenger area; c) at least one first competing electronic output device for delivery of information of interest and value to said occupant from said first electronic system, said first electronic output devices having been temporarily placed at preferred locations within said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle passenger area; d) at least one second competing electronic output device for delivery of information of equivalent interest and value to said occupant from said competing second electronic system, said second competing electronic output devices having been temporarily placed at said preferred locations within said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle passenger area for comparative evaluation; e) an electrical power supply for activating and operating said competitive electronic systems during said in situ demonstrations independently of any electrical power system of said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle. f) a demonstration vehicle for use by an attending salesperson for transporting said competitive electronic systems, from a stockroom of supplies maintained for sales, to an outside parking place of said customer'"'"'s vehicle and for said comparative demonstrations of said competitive electronic systems; g) means for supplying said demonstration vehicle with a source of energy for said independent electrical power supply; and h) means, operable during said in situ demonstrations, for demonstrating the comparative performances of said competitive electronic systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A portable sales promotion apparatus, operable for in situ demonstrations of an electronic system within a potential customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle, wherein said portable sales promotion apparatus comprises:
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a) a modular deck selector for control of said electronic system from a temporary location within said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle, said deck selector responsive to manual operation by an occupant of said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle for establishing an operating mode of said electronic system; b) at least one electronic output device for delivery of information of interest and value to said occupant from said electronic system, said electronic output device having been temporarily placed at at least one location within said customer'"'"'s vehicle during said in situ demonstration of said electronic system; c) an electrical power supply for activating and operating said electronic system during said in situ demonstration independently of any electric power system of said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle; d) a demonstration vehicle for use by an attending salesperson for transporting said electronic system, from a stockroom of supplies maintained for sales, to an outside parking place of said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle and for said demonstration of said electronic system; e) means for supplying said demonstration vehicle with a source of energy for said independent electrical power supply; f) means, operable during said in situ demonstrations, for demonstrating performance of said electronic system for the satisfaction of said customer'"'"'s personal preferences; g) means, operable during said in situ demonstrations, for establishing locations for the custom installation of the components of said electronic system in said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle that are acceptable to said customer; and h) means, operable during said in situ demonstrations, for determining essential modifications of said customer'"'"'s vehicle prior to the execution of a purchase contract for a permanent installation of said electronic system in said customer'"'"'s mobile vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A portable demonstration apparatus for the experimental specification of design modifications of a mobile passenger vehicle for the custom installation of an electronic system to supply information of interest and value to passengers of said mobile vehicle, wherein said demonstration apparatus comprises:
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a) a deck selector for experimental control of said electronic system from temporary locations within said passenger vehicle in response to operation by an occupant of said passenger vehicle; b) at least one electronic output device for delivery of said information from said electronic system, said electronic output device having been temporarily placed at alternative locations in said passenger vehicle for experimental evaluation of the performance of said electronic system; c) an electrical power supply for activating and operating said electronic system during said experimental performance evaluations, said electrical power supply operable independently of any electrical power system of said passenger vehicle; d) a demonstration vehicle for transporting said electronic system from a stockroom of supplies to an outside parking place of said passenger vehicle for said experimental performance evaluations; e) means for supplying said demonstration vehicle with a source of energy for said electrical power supply; f) means for experimental operation of said electronic system; and g) means for experimental measurement of said design modifications of said passenger vehicle for a custom installation of said electronic system to serve said mobile vehicle passengers. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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