Content display for use with conveyor systems

A content displaying conveyor system comprising:

• a plurality of content displaying conveyor plates for retrofitting an existing conveyor system to display content on the conveyor system by removing preexisting conveyor base plates from the conveyor system and replacing them with the content displaying conveyor plates, the content displaying conveyor plates, each plate consisting essentially of:
• a base plate having a leading, a trailing, and opposing side edges between the leading and trailing edges defining a perimeter for the base plate, a plurality of first connection members, an upper surface extending to the perimeter and an opposing lower surface configured to be directly attached to the conveyor system, wherein the lower surface includes means for connecting directly to the conveyor system, and wherein the base plate upper surface is a flat, planar surface;
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• an upper plate having a leading, a trailing, and opposing side edges between the leading and trailing edges defining an upper plate perimeter, a plurality of second connection members that align with the base plate connection members, the upper plate having a lower, flat, planar contact surface extending to the upper plate perimeter and facing the base plate upper surface and an upper, flat, planar display surface, the upper plate configured to be releasably coupled to the upper surface of the base plate;
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• visual content located on or above the upper surface of the base plate;
• wherein the upper plate is coupled to the base plate such that the content is displayed by the upper plate.

A method for retrofitting an existing carousel conveyor system to display advertising content on the conveyor system, comprising the steps of:

• (a) removing at least a section of one of an inner or an outer rail of the carousel conveyor system located a preexisting height above an upper surface of a preexisting base conveyor plate;
• (b) removing at least one preexisting base conveyor plate from the conveyor system where the removed preexisting plate was located adjacent the removed section of the rail and the preexisting base conveyor plate does not contain any visual content layer;
• (c) installing at least one replacement content displaying conveyor plate to replace the removed preexisting base plate by connecting the replacement plate to the carousel conveyor system, the replacement content displaying conveyor plate consisting essentially of:
• 1) a base plate having a leading, a trailing, and opposing side edges between the leading and trailing edges defining a perimeter for the base plate, a plurality of first connection members, an upper surface extending to the perimeter and an opposing lower surface configured to be directly attached to a conveyor system, wherein the base plate upper surface is a flat, planar surface;
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• 2) a first upper plate having a leading, a trailing, and opposing side edges between the leading and trailing edges defining an upper plate perimeter, a plurality of second connection members that align with the base plate connection members, the upper plate having a lower, flat, planar contact surface extending to the upper plate perimeter and facing the base plate upper surface and an upper, flat, planar display surface, the upper plate releasably secured to the upper surface of the base plate;
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• 3) visual content located on or above the upper surface of the base plate;
• wherein the upper plate is secured to the base plate such that the content is displayed by the upper plate;
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• (d) reinstalling the removed at least a section of one of the inner or the outer rail such that the removed rail section is not modified with respect to the preexisting height.