Simulated winged insect or the like for advertising display
AssigneeMartin Paul, Inc.
InventorsMartin P. Belokin, Norman P. Belokin
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Abstract
An advertising display including a simulated winged butterfly, bee or the like, and which is rotatably driven by a battery operated electromotor to simulate the flight of a butterfly and draw the customer's attention to the merchandise displayed therewith. The rotatable display includes a thin piano wire on which the butterfly is mounted at the upper end of the wire, the lower end of the wire being secured to a rotatably driven member in such a manner as to preclude breakage due to the repeated flexing. An upper end portion of the wire is bent so that the butterfly trails in the direction of rotation of the driven member and produces a particularly lifelike, articulated and swinging movement of the butterfly.
Claims10
A display simulating a flying insect such as a butterfly, bee or the like, and comprising;
- a rotatably driven member having a central, generally vertically disposed hole for being drivingly engaged on a driving shaft,
- a thin, tempered piano wire of a small diameter having means for being attached to said driven member adjacent the periphery of the latter,
- said wire extending upwardly from said driven member and being bent to form a bent portion at an upper portion of said wire,
- and a simulated insect such as a butterfly or the like secured to the upper end of said wire, whereby when said simulated insect display is drivingly rotated, said insect assumes a flying motion in a wide swinging and vigorously undulating action.
A point of purchase advertising display assembly including, a vertically arranged support having a plurality of merchandise supporting members extending therefrom and having an upper end, a battery driven motor assembly including a motor having an upwardly extending driven shaft, said motor assembly being mounted in the upper end of said display stand, a display of flowers located at the upper end of said display stand, and a display simulating a winged flying insect such as a butterfly, bee or the like and comprising,
- a rotatably driven member having a central, generally vertically disposed hole for being drivingly engaged on said shaft,
- a thin, tempered piano wire of a small diameter to render it difficult to see, said wire having means for being attached to said driven member adjacent the periphery of the latter,
- said wire extending upwardly from said driven member and being bent to form a bent portion at an upper portion of said wire,
- and a simulated insect such as a butterfly or the like secured to the upper end of said wire, whereby when said simulated insect display is drivingly rotated, said insect assumes a flying motion in a wide swinging and vigorously undulating action.
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