Abstract: A self-centering device for assuring that two plates that are rotatable with respect to one another will automatically align in one of two-stable positions. The device includes an O-ring entrained about two spaced posts located on the upper face of a bottom one of the plates and a roller depending from the bottom face of the upper one of the plates into a circumscribed space defined by the O-ring. When an external rotatable force is applied to the upper plate, an elastic force is applied to the roller such that when the external force is removed, the roller will move into one of the two stable positions.

Abstract: A Product Actuation Demonstration System (PADS) is powered from a product to which it is connected. The PADS includes a control module and an image storage module where the control module includes a local power generator which ensures that the power delivery capabilities of the product to be demonstrated are not exceeded while the power requirements of the control module and the image storage module are met.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing assembly including a stationary nozzle, a pump mechanism including a stationary, hollow dispensing tube attached at a first end to the nozzle and at its other end to a piston, a generally cylindrical operating body disposed about the piston and cooperating with the piston and the stationary dispensing tube and a housing containing and maintaining said stationary nozzle and said pump mechanism in relation to one another, wherein the pump mechanism is actuated by moving the cylindrical operating body toward the nozzle in order to dispense a unit dose.

Abstract: A dispensing-type display cabinet includes a frame and a door which is mounted to the frame such that the door is pivotally movable toward and away from the cabinet frame and is also vertically slidable. The cabinet frame includes a plurality of horizontal shelves for receiving product to be displayed and dispensed, and the door includes a plurality of vertically extending spaced partitions which define dispensing slits therebetween equal in number to the number of shelves. The door is vertically slidable between a position in which the slits are aligned with corresponding shelves so that product may be dispensed to a position in which the slits are not aligned with the shelves and product is inaccessible.

Abstract: A holder for displaying a printed sheet on a support wall such as the front face of a vertical machine includes a back plate and a cover plate. The back plate and the cover plate can be assembled together in a snap-fit relationship and the cover plate can be subsequently removed from the back plate. The back plate can be secured to the support wall. The back plate has a front face and a channel formed around the perimeter thereof. The channel rigidifies the back plate and serves to space the back plate from the wall. The cover plate includes a flange which extends around substantially the entire perimeter of the cover plate. The cover plate further includes an inner surface which can be placed adjacent the front face to maintain the printed sheet in a flat position within the display holder.

Abstract: Rotating displays include rotation mechanisms which allow the displays to be easily rotated by consumers, yet automatically returned to one or more desired positions when released by the consumer. Holders for the display are affixed to turntables rotatably mounted upon a base wherein the turntables are attached to a biasing means capable of exerting a sufficient torque upon said turntable, relative to said base to cause an angular acceleration of said turntable toward a predetermined desired orientation. In preferred embodiments, the amplitude of the torque may be adjusted, depending upon the moment of inertia of the display, to cause a predetermined angular acceleration. The number and placement of equilibrium orientations may be selected based upon the desired geometric configuration of the display with which the rotation mechanism is to be used.

Abstract: A pegboard display includes a pegboard rear wall having leftmost and rightmost edges, a plurality of openings being formed in the rear wall at spaced locations extending from the leftmost to the rightmost edges, a display divider, and a bracket assembly which cooperates with the pegboard openings to removably couple the display divider to the rear wall at substantially any position along the rear wall including the leftmost and rightmost edges of the rear wall. The bracket assembly includes a pegboard wall bracket having a divider bracket receiving portion and a plurality of fingers for releasably securing the wall bracket to the openings in the pegboard. The bracket assembly further includes a divider bracket having a first portion which is coupled to the display divider and a second portion adapted to be removably received in the divider bracket receiving portion of the wall bracket.

Abstract: A plurality of factory constructed modules are user assembled to form a free standing display rack. Each module includes a pair of vertically aligned open front pans that are secured to an L-shaped frame constructed of rectangular tube elements. First and second modules are connected together to form a side-by-side array and a third module is connected to the array at right angles thereto. One end of the third module is adjacent the rear of the array and the open front of the third module is generally coplanar with a side of the array. A corner adapter interposed between the third module and the array includes a cover section that is generally coplanar with the front of the third module and bridges a narrow vertical gap between the front of the third module and array side adjacent thereto.

Abstract: A plurality of factory constructed modules are user assembled to form a free standing display rack. Each module includes a pair of vertically aligned open front pans that are secured to an L-shaped frame constructed of rectangular tube elements. First and second modules are connected together to form a side-by-side array and a third module is connected to the array at right angles thereto. One end of the third module is adjacent the rear of the array and the open front of the third module is generally coplanar with a side of the array. A corner adapter interposed between the third module and the array includes a cover section that is generally coplanar with the front of the third module and bridges a narrow vertical gap between the front of the third module and array side adjacent thereto.