SERVICE REMINDER APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An indicia indicating apparatus comprising a housing having generally parallel front and back panels, a plurality of front apertures in said front panel, a plurality of corresponding back apertures in said back panel disposed opposite said front apertures, a plurality of corresponding indicia carrying wheels comprising a generally circular body member having a generally cylindrical indicia carrying surface viewably disposed at said front aperture and protruding from said back aperture for rotation by an operator'"'"''"'"'s fingers using said indicia carrying surface, a first hub having a plurality of flat surfaces corresponding in number to the number of indicia on said indicia carrying surface of said body member, said first hub attached to one side of said body member having its axis of rotation coincident with the axis of rotation of said circular body member, a second hub, smaller in diamter than said first hub, attached to the other side of said body member and having its axis of rotation coincident with the axis of rotation of said circular body member, a set of first retainer arms attached to said housing adapted to receive said first hub and exert a force on at least one of said flat surfaces of said first hub, and a set of second retainer arms attached to said housing disposed adjacent said set of first retainer arms, adapted to receive said second hub.
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Abstract
An apparatus for indicating mileage for various automotive maintenance periods is provided having numerical indicia carrying wheels arranged in rows and columns, each wheel rotatable by an operator'"'"''"'"'s fingers from the rear of the apparatus and visible individually from the front. Indicia adjacent each row indicates the type of maintenance to be performed with a blank space for one row having a writing surface for special notations by an operator. A magnet is included for attaching the apparatus to the automobile - also a clip for the sun visor.
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1. An indicia indicating apparatus comprising a housing having generally parallel front and back panels, a plurality of front apertures in said front panel, a plurality of corresponding back apertures in said back panel disposed opposite said front apertures, a plurality of corresponding indicia carrying wheels comprising a generally circular body member having a generally cylindrical indicia carrying surface viewably disposed at said front aperture and protruding from said back aperture for rotation by an operator'"'"''"'"'s fingers using said indicia carrying surface, a first hub having a plurality of flat surfaces corresponding in number to the number of indicia on said indicia carrying surface of said body member, said first hub attached to one side of said body member having its axis of rotation coincident with the axis of rotation of said circular body member, a second hub, smaller in diamter than said first hub, attached to the other side of said body member and having its axis of rotation coincident with the axis of rotation of said circular body member, a set of first retainer arms attached to said housing adapted to receive said first hub and exert a force on at least one of said flat surfaces of said first hub, and a set of second retainer arms attached to said housing disposed adjacent said set of first retainer arms, adapted to receive said second hub.
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Current AssigneeSamuel S. Keith, Spurgeon Q. Bryant
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Original AssigneeSamuel S. Keith, Spurgeon Q. Bryant
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InventorsBryant, Spurgeon Q., Keith, Samuel S.
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Primary Examiner(s)Capozi, Louis J.
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Application NumberUS05/262,321Time in Patent Office539 DaysField of Search116/130,131,133 40/68,70,77.6 235/114US Class Current116/311CPC Class CodesA63F 2003/00264 with rotatable or tiltable ...G07C 7/00 Details or accessories comm...
