Office status notifier
OwnerJanice Dill-Schmidtinventor
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Abstract
An office status notifier that may be placed at an employee's work station to let co-workers know where the employee is when they are not at their desk. The notifier may include a plurality of pre-printed (or user defined) cards that may rotate about one or more card holders. The card holders may be suspended from a base by a cross-member supported by legs. The notifier may be designed with an attachment mechanism to affix the notifier to a piece of office equipment, such as a top portion of a computer monitor.
Claims4
A method of providing a status notification, the method comprising:
- providing a notification device, the notification device comprising:
- a substantially planar base member lying in a first plane and having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a double-sided adhesive layer disposed on the bottom surface of the base member;
- a support bar having a first end and second end spaced apart from one another and attached to the base member, the support bar lying in a second plane that is substantially perpendicular to the first plane;
- a plurality of rings disposed about the support bar;
- and
- a plurality of cards having holes therein, the plurality of rings passing through the holes in the cards, wherein the cards are suspended above the base member;
- adhering the notification device to a top surface of a computer monitor;
- and
- providing a status notification indicating a current location of a user by:
- selecting a card of the plurality of cards;
- and
- turning one or more cards of the plurality of cards that are located in front of the selected card about the plurality of rings, thereby displaying a message disposed on a message print area of the selected card indicating the current location of the user.
The method of claim 9, wherein the support bar comprises a plurality of depressions for retaining the rings at predetermined locations along a cross-bar of the support bar.
The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of rings consists of two rings.
The method of claim 9, wherein the support bar has an upside-down U-shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.