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US 2009/0300957 A1Published application
Display holder
OwnerThomas A. Krinke, Alvern J. Krinkeinventors
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Abstract
A device for displaying a disability parking certificate placard in a vehicle, with the device being movable from a storage position to a display position.
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A device for displaying a disability parking certificate placard from within a vehicle comprising a dashboard and a windshield comprising:
- a receptacle to receive a disability parking certificate placard for display connected by a first joint to a mounting unit that is mountable in a fixed position on the dashboard, the windshield, or the intersection therebetween by a fastener, wherein the receptacle comprises a housing portion for receiving the placard through a slot positioned on an edge of the housing portion, and with the receptacle further comprising a leg attached to the receptacle by a second joint that allows the leg to be pivoted from a parallel position substantially parallel to the housing to a position at least about 30 degrees away from the parallel position.
A method for displaying a placard from within a vehicle comprising a dashboard and a windshield comprising:
- providing a receptacle to receive a disability parking certificate placard for display, the receptacle comprising a housing that receives the placard and being connected by a joint to a mounting unit that is mountable in a fixed position onto the dashboard or the windshield by a fastener, with the receptacle further comprising a leg attached by a second joint that allows the leg to be pivoted from a parallel position substantially parallel to the housing to a position at least about 30 degrees away from the parallel position;
- mounting the mounting unit onto the dashboard or the windshield;
- resting the receptacle on the dashboard in a storage position;
- pivoting the receptacle about the joint at least thirty degrees from the storage position to a display position, and
- pivoting the leg to support the housing and maintain the housing in the display position,
- with the placard being visible through the windshield in the storage position and the display position.
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