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US 7,610,704 B1Granted
Display structure with moving attraction elements
OwnerMichael J. Nowickiinventor
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Abstract
A tension fabric display structure incorporates segmented tubular framework permitting easy on-site assembly and disassembly and includes an integral drive motor coupled to a drive shaft that is supported for rotation within a framework tube. Each one of a plurality of attraction elements suspended from the framework tube housing the drive shaft is rotationally driven by a coupling assembly connected to the drive shaft.
Claims15
A ring banner tension fabric display structure adapted to be hung from an attachment point above the structure, comprising:
- an upper circular support tube positioned horizontally, said upper circular support tube comprising a plurality of arcuate segments coupled together;
- a lower circular support tube positioned horizontally below said upper support tube, said lower circular support tube comprising a plurality of arcuate segments coupled together;
- a plurality of generally vertical structural members connected between said upper and lower circular support tubes for maintaining said upper and lower circular support tubes in a fixed, parallel relationship;
- a flexible segmented drive shaft supported for rotation within said upper circular support tube;
- a drive motor coupled to said drive shaft for imparting rotational motion to said drive shaft;
- a fabric membrane attached along an outer periphery of said upper and lower circular support tubes to form a cylindrical membrane banner, said fabric membrane banner having a plurality of spaced apart openings therein;
- a plurality of attraction elements, each positioned in a selected one of said openings in said fabric membrane, each of said attraction elements being suspended for rotation from said upper circular support tube;
- and
- means coupled to said drive shaft and to each one of said plurality of attraction elements for rotationally driving each of said attraction elements.
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A free-standing display structure comprising:
- a base;
- a plurality of segmented upwardly and outwardly curved support tubes;
- an upper circular support tube horizontally positioned and attached at a top end of each of said plurality of upwardly and outwardly curved support tubes;
- a fabric membrane attached outside said plurality of upwardly and outwardly curved support tubes to define an upwardly and outwardly extending conical form;
- a drive motor mounted in said base;
- a first flexible segmented drive shaft supported for rotation within a selected one of said plurality of upwardly and outwardly curved support tubes and coupled to said drive motor for rotationally driving said first drive shaft;
- a second flexible segmented drive shaft supported for rotation within said upper circular support tube;
- a plurality of attraction elements, each of which is suspended for rotation from said upper circular support tube;
- and
- a plurality of drive transfer elements, each coupled to said second drive shaft and to each one of said plurality of attraction elements for rotationally driving each of said attraction elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.