Display apparatus having a pivotal message card holder
AssigneeAlvern ASA
InventorStein Alvern
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Abstract
A display apparatus is removably attachable to a fluid pump filler gun. The display apparatus comprises a protective body shaped to generally conform to enclose side, bottom, and upper portions of the gun head of the filler gun. The protective body has an upper surface. A holder is pivotally connected to the protective body for releasably holding a message card between the holder and the protective body and adjacent to the upper surface. The holder pivots to a side of the gun head so as to provide access for insertion and removal of the message card from the side of the gun head.
Claims18
A display apparatus attachable to a gun head of a fluid filler gun, comprising:
- a protective body shaped to generally conform to enclose side, bottom, and upper portions of the gun head, said protective body having an upper surface;
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- a holder pivotally connected to said protective body for releasably holding a message card between said holder and said protective body and adjacent said upper surface, said holder having a hinge connection, a locking connection, and an axis passing through said hinge and locking connections, said holder including a fixed frame portion on one side of the axis and a pivotal frame portion on the other side of the axis, said pivotal frame portion pivoting around said hinge connection to a side of the gun head so as to provide access for insertion and removal of the message card from the side of the gun head, said locking connection releasably securing said pivotal frame portion to said fixed frame portion.
A display apparatus attachable to a gun head of a fluid filler gun, comprising:
- a lower member configured to enclose a bottom portion and side portions of the gun head;
- an upper member releasably engageable with said lower member and configured to enclose an upper portion of the gun head, said upper member having an upper surface, said upper member having a hinge connection, a locking connection, an axis passing through said hinge and locking connections, and a fixed frame portion on one side of the axis, said fixed frame portion having a recess for receiving the edge of a message card along a portion of the periphery of the message card;
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- a pivotal frame portion positioned on the other side of the axis pivotally connected at said hinge connection to said upper member for releasably holding the message card between said pivotal frame portion and said fixed frame portion and adjacent said upper surface, said pivotal frame portion having a recess for receiving the edge of the message card along a portion of the periphery of the message card, said pivotal frame portion pivoting to a side of the gun head so to provide access for insertion and removal of the message card from the side of the gun head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.