Speaker's prompting podium
OwnerGregory M. Waltersinventor
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Abstract
An improved speaker's prompting podium (10) for providing a speaker with a visual display for prompting notes, speech text, or other textual information. A video display monitor (38) is supported by at least one vertical support member (12), (14), and (16) in such a manner as to be visible to a speaker using such a podium (10). Electronic data input and processors (46) send the textual information to the display monitor (38) for selective viewing by a person standing behind such a podium (10).
Claims18
An improved speaker's podium including at least one upright support member and at least one bracing means for bracing said upright support member, said improved speaker's podium for supporting a video display monitor mounted therein, said improvement comprising:
- at least one supplementary support member, supported by said upright support member, said supplementary support member for containing and supporting said video display monitor, having a viewscreen of said monitor positioned at a selectable angle such that said viewscreen is substantially perpendicular to a line of sight of a user facing said viewscreen, said user being positioned proximate to said improved speaker's podium such that said viewscreen is substantially exclusively visible to said user and substantially invisible to an audience to which said user is speaking;
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- framing means for forming a work surface proximate said monitor viewscreen which provides a user with a surface upon which to place papers, speech notes, or the like, and allows said user to view at least a portion of said viewscreen while positioned proximate said podium.
An improved speaker's prompting podium including at least one upright support member and at least one bracing means for bracing said upright support member, said improved speaker's podium for supporting a video display monitor and electronic data input and processing means for displaying on said display monitor data processed into textual video, said textual video being visible to a speaker standing at said podium, said improvement comprising:
- at least one supplementary support member, supported by said upright support member, said supplementary support member for containing and supporting said video display monitor, having a viewscreen of said monitor positioned at a selectable angle such that said viewscreen is substantially perpendicular to a line of sight of a user facing said viewscreen, said user being positioned proximate to said improved speaker's podium such that said viewscreen is substantially exclusively visible to said user and substantially invisible to an audience to which said user is speaking;
- framing means attached to said supplementary support member for providing a support surface peripheral to and substantially co-planar with said viewscreen of said display monitor for placement of papers, notes and similar material of said user;
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- overlayment means for overlaying said viewscreen and at least a portion of said framing means for forming a work surface, said overlayment means having at least a portion thereof transparent, said transparent portion being substantially in register with said viewscreen.
An improved speaker's prompting podium including at least one upright support member and at least one bracing means for bracing said upright support member, said improved speaker's podium for supporting a video display monitor and electronic data input and processing means for displaying on said display monitor data processed into textual video, said textual video being visible to a speaker standing at said podium, said improvement comprising:
- at least one supplementary support member, supported by said upright support member, said supplementary support member for containing and supporting said video display monitor, having a viewscreen of said monitor positioned at a selectable angle such that said viewscreen is substantially perpendicular to a line of sight of a user facing said viewscreen, said user being positioned proximate to said improved speaker's podium such that said viewscreen is substantially exclusively visible to said user and substantially invisible to an audience to which said user is speaking;
- framing means attached to said supplementary support member for providing a support surface peripheral to and substantially co-planar with said viewscreen of said display monitor for placement of papers, notes and similar material of said user;
- overlayment means for overlaying said viewscreen and at least a portion of said framing means of forming a work surface, said overlayment means having at least a portion thereof transparent, said transparent portion being substantially in register with said viewscreen;
- an adjustment means for exclusively adjusting said selectable angle of said viewscreen;
- and wherein
- said bracing means includes at least one member defining a substantially horizontal planar top surface, said bracing means for relatively fixing said upright support members and supporting said electronic data input and processing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.