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US 4,070,973 AGranted
Mechanized display device
OwnerJerome Morganinventor
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Abstract
A mechanized display for articles, such as cigarette packages, includes rotating platforms upon which the packages rest. The rotating platforms are supported in openings through a plastic housing by drive shaft means, which is driven with a battery powered electric motor. The battery powered electric motor is retained in the bottom of the plastic housing, so that the housing can either sit stably on a flat surface or be suspended from its top.
Claims12
A mechanized display device for advertising a product by displaying packages of the product, comprising:
- at least one rotating, horizontally extending platform for supporting packages for the product;
- shaft means fixed to and supporting said platform for rotation about an axis;
- a substantially hollow housing extending vertically and having front and rear surfaces and an opening extending therethrough, wherein said platform is disposed in said opening and extends beyond the front and rear surfaces of the housing, said housing supporting said shaft means;
- electric motor means disposed within said housing and beneath said platform for driving said shaft to rotate said platform in said opening and relative to said housing
- wherein,
- said platform means includes means thereon for retaining said packages, wherein said retaining means are arranged in a circular pattern around the axis of said shaft, and wherein said housing has a portion which projects from the top of said opening in the direction of said axis and into said opening, so that said opening is U-shaped with the packages revolving around the projecting portion when retained on said platform by said retaining means.
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