CHANGEABLE INFORMATION DISPLAYS AND METHODS THERFOR

• US 20070137076A1
• Filed: 11/09/2006
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Webster Cowden
• Original Assignee: Webster Cowden
• Inventors: Cowden, Webster
• Application Number:
  US11/558,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20070137076A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/514
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 11/21 the elements being flexible sheets

Abstract

A display with changeable information and methods of changing information. An information scroll with opposite ends, each may coil, may include one+ display areas. A scroll support with display and opposite retaining sides includes first and second openings for receiving the scroll ends. The scroll is variously positionable between the openings to selectively display one+ display area. The scroll may support one+ information scrolls through the same openings and/or others. A tick catcher on a scroll may catch a tick to retain the scroll'"'"'s end in an opening. A frame may be positioned on the support'"'"'s display side to frame a display area of the scroll. Framing may cause at least some pressure on a part of the scroll to facilitate movement of the scroll between openings in the support. The frame and support may be unitary. A spacer(s) may be inserted between the support and frame.

Claims

1. An information display, comprising:

an information scroll having two opposite ends, and having an inner surface and an outer surface with two or more display areas;

a scroll support having a display side and a retaining side opposite the display side,

the scroll support including a first opening and a second opening,

the first opening receiving a first end of the information scroll and the second opening receiving a second end of the information scroll so that the first and second ends rest behind the retaining side of the scroll support with the outer surface of the information scroll being visible between the first and second openings on the display side of the scroll support;

the information scroll being positionable between the first and second openings so as to selectively display at least one of the two or more display areas, and

the first opening of the scroll support including at least a tick, and

the information scroll including at least a tick catcher near termination of the first end of the information scroll, whereby the tick catcher catches the tick of the first opening to retain the termination of the first end of the information scroll in the first opening; and

a frame for framing the display side of the scroll support, the frame having a frame opening at least as large as the largest of the two or more display areas of the information scroll.

2. The information display of claim 1, wherein the two opposite ends of the information scroll comprise ends that are coilable towards each other and towards the inner surface of the information scroll.

3. The information display of claim 1, further comprising another information scroll which may be positioned next to the first information scroll so that at least a display area of the second information scroll is visible between the first and second openings on the display side of the scroll support.

5. The information display of claim 1, further comprising another information scroll having a display side;

and

wherein the scroll support includes a third opening and a fourth opening,

whereby the third opening receives a first end of the another information scroll and the fourth opening receives a second end of the another information scroll so that the first and second ends of the another information scroll rest against the retaining side of the scroll support with the display area of the another information scroll being visible between the third and fourth openings on the display side of the scroll support.

6. The information display of claim 1, wherein the scroll support and the frame comprise a unitary piece.

7. The information display of claim 1, wherein framing of the display side of the scroll support by the frame causes at least some pressure on at least a part of the information scroll so as to facilitate movement of the information scroll between the first and second openings in the scroll support.

8. The information display of claim 1, further comprising one or more spacers inserted between the scroll support and the frame.

9. The information display of claim 1, wherein the first opening is spaced apart from the second opening on the scroll support by about either the height or the width of the display area of the information scroll.

10. The information display of claim 1, wherein the information scroll is positionable between the first and second openings so as to selectively serially display the two or more display areas one-at-a-time.

11. An information display, comprising:

an information scroll having an inner surface and having an outer surface with at least a display area,

the information scroll having two ends coilable towards each other and towards the inner surface of the information scroll; and

a scroll support having a display side and a retaining side opposite the display side,

the scroll support including a first opening and a second opening,

whereby the first opening receives a first coiled end of the information scroll and the second opening receives a second coiled end of the information scroll so that the first and second coiled ends rest against the retaining side of the scroll support with the display area of the information scroll being visible between the first and second openings on the display side of the scroll support.

12. The information display of claim 11, wherein the outer surface of the information scroll comprises two or more display areas;

and

wherein any one of the two or more display areas is positionable between the first and second openings.

13. The information display of claim 11, further comprising another information scroll which may be positioned next to the first information scroll so that at least a display area of the second information scroll is visible between the first and second openings on the display side of the scroll support.

14. The information display of claim 11, wherein the first opening of the scroll support includes at least a tick, and

wherein the information scroll includes at least a tick catcher near termination of the first coiled end of the information scroll,

whereby uncoiling the first coiled end of the information scroll to the tick catcher results in the tick catcher catching the tick of the first opening and causing retention of the termination of the first coiled end of the information scroll in the first opening.

15. The information display of claim 11, further comprising another information scroll having a display side;

and

wherein the scroll support includes a third opening and a fourth opening,

whereby the third opening receives a first coiled end of the another information scroll and the fourth opening receives a second coiled end of the another information scroll so that the first and second coiled ends of the another information scroll rest against the retaining side of the scroll support with the display area of the another information scroll being visible between the third and fourth openings on the display side of the scroll support.

16. The information display of claim 11, further comprising a frame for framing the display side of the scroll support,

the frame having a frame opening at least as large as the display area of the information scroll for displaying the display area of the information scroll.

17. A method for displaying information, comprising:

causing an information scroll to include at least an information display on a display side of the information scroll, the information scroll being coilable from either end towards an inner side of the information scroll opposite to the display side of the information scroll;

providing a scroll support for supporting the information scroll between a first opening, which receives at least a first end of the information scroll, and a second opening, which receives at least second end of the information scroll; and

causing the information display to be displayed between the first and second openings of the scroll support by causing a first end of the information scroll to coil and the second end of the information scroll to uncoil until the information display is positioned substantially between the first and second openings of the scroll support.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the information scroll comprises another information display on the display side of the information scroll;

and

wherein causing the first end of the information scroll to coil and the second end of the information scroll to uncoil results in the another information display being positioned substantially between the first and second openings of the scroll support.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein causing the first end of the information scroll to coil comprises causing the first end of the information scroll to further coil.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising providing a frame for framing the information display between the scroll support and the frame.