Automobile window message display device

• US 6,446,375 B1
• Filed: 07/14/2000
• Issued: 09/10/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Michael C. Davis
• Original Assignee: Michael C. Davis
• Inventors: Davis, Michael C.
• Primary Examiner(s): GREEN, BRIAN
• Application Number:
  US09/616,264
• Time in Patent Office: 788 Days
• Field of Search: 405/93, 405/97, 406/11, 406/43, 406/50, 406/61, 407/38, 407/66
• US Class Current: 40/597
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/20 for adjustable, removable, or interchangeable labels
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/203 specially adapted to be attached to a transparent surface, e.g. the window of a car

Abstract

A durable lightweight rigid transparent envelope that is slightly curved in shape from top to bottom and attaches to automobile windows via suction cups in order to hold and display a variety of double-sided thin flexible lightweight message sheets, which are highly color-contrasted, light-reflective and contain large font character size messages in order to facilitate visual communication between automobile operators, passengers and pedestrians at distances normally encountered on streets and highways. A selected message can be displayed in the envelope through the envelope'"'"'s transparent front side when it is attached to the inside of an automobile window, or a selected message can be displayed through the envelope'"'"'s transparent back side while the envelope is attached to the outside of an automobile window by the same means. Indentations at the top of the envelope provide for quick and easy removal of message sheets by grasping them with the tip of a thumb and finger of the hand Small notches at the top of the envelope provide for the attachment of elastic bands in order to hold the message sheets in place inside the envelope when laying flat while not in use or being stored

Claims

1. A transparent envelope comprising:

(a) a front section, a back section, side sections, and a bottom section, a top of the envelope including an opening for allowing a double-sided message sheet to be slid into the envelope;

(b) the envelope having a curved shape from top to bottom;

(c) suction cups attached to opposite edges of the envelope;

(d) an indentation located at a top edge of each of the front and back sections for facilitating grasping and removal of the double-sided message sheet;

(e) at least one notch in the top edge of each of the front and back sections;

(f) and an elastic band passing through the at least one notch in each of the front and back sections for securing the band to the envelope and for covering a portion of the opening of the envelope for preventing the double-sided message sheet from falling out of the envelope.