Conveyor belt with advertisements
OwnerJoseph J. Molinaro, Mark A. Witcherinventors
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Abstract
A conveyor belt of the type used at checkout counters at retail establishments is adapted to the changeable display of advertising material on the visible surface of the conveyor belt. Static cling sheets bearing advertising indicia are adhered to the conveyor belt by electrostatic attraction. As an alternative embodiment, a low friction coating is applied to the visible surface of the static cling sheets. An additional alterative embodiment adds a strip of adhesive material between the conveyor belt and the leading edge of the static cling sheet for releasably securing the leading edge to the conveyor belt.
Claims6
A conveyor belt adapted to the changeable display of advertising materials, comprising:
- (a) a belt for transporting articles placed thereon;
- (b) one or more static cling sheets bearing advertising indicia on a visible surface of said static cling sheets and adhered to an outer surface of said belt by electrostatic attraction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.