Advertising display unit for a public telephone
AssigneeJM Industries, Inc.
InventorR. Craig Martin
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Abstract
A vandal resistant mounting method and apparatus for an advertising display unit for use with a public telephone is disclosed. The advertising display unit mounting comprises a vertical post having, a recessed support in a front opening to secure the public telephone, and an advertising unit including a display wall having an aperture. The mounting disclosed operably prevents removal of the display wall from the post. The display wall has at least one laterally outwardly extending wall section adjacent the aperture of the unit for display of advertisements. Additionally, a transparent covering is attached to the display wall to operably shield the advertisements.
Claims1
An advertising display unit adapted for use with a public telephone having a rear housing with means for mounting said telephone rear housing to a rigid member, comprising:
- a display wall having an aperture, said display wall adapted for positioning adjacent said rigid member with said aperture of the display wall being received about the periphery of said telephone rear housing,
- said display wall having at least one outwardly laterally extending section adjacent said aperture,
- at least one advertisement positioned on said at least one outwardly laterally extending section of said display wall,
- means for fastening said display wall to said rigid member, and
- rigid transparent means secured to said at least one outwardly laterally extending section of said display wall for protecting said at least one advertisement, whereby a user of said public telephone when facing said telephone substantially faces said at least one advertisement on said display wall adjacent said telephone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.