Abstract: A label holder which is intended to be mounted in front of the outer end of a rod (3) that projects out from a product display stand or corresponding structure. The rod includes a member (7) which enables the holder (4) to be pivotally mounted to the rod so that the holder can swing vertically. The rear side of the holder (4) includes a number of support surfaces (14, 15). The surfaces are located at mutually different distances from the rear surface of the holder and can be caused to coact selectively with the end surface of the rod (3) or with a rod-mounted member to enable the holder (4) to be adjusted to different angles relative to the rod.

Abstract: A foldable safety sign includes a base and a sign member. The sign member can either be fold and slide when mounted on the base or detached from the base. Accordingly, the store length of the foldable safety sign is much shorter.

Abstract: A display device, comprising a central shaft; at least one support arm, rotatably attached to the central shaft; and a cam member having at least one cam surface, the cam surface positioned so as to be engageable with at least one support arm, the cam member being movable at least axially in relation to central shaft. As the cam member moves axially of the central shaft, a cam surface contacts at least one support arm and moves it circumferentially around the central shaft. The shapes of the cam surfaces provide choreographed movement of the support arms. Visual elements may be attached to the support arms.

Abstract: An apparatus for displaying and dispensing disposable rain protection devices comprising a sign holder and a bracket member on the sign holder, the bracket member configured to hold disposable rain protection devices when the bracket member is mounted on a wall. The bracket member comprises a pair of hooks. A support portion of each hook extends from the sign holder. A suspension portion of each hook is positioned to extend outward from the wall and the sign holder when the device is mounted on the wall to thereby permit the suspension portion to hold the disposable rain protection devices for display and dispensing. The bracket member further comprises an elongated bar, the elongated bar fixedly positioned substantially along a lower edge of the sign holder, and an upper end the support portions of the hooks fixedly positioned on either end of the elongated bar.

Abstract: A rotatable label system includes a container having a removable closure and a shell of heat-shrinkable material arranged about the container. The shell has a tamper-evident portion which extends over at least a portion of the closure to prevent its removal. The remainder of the shell comprises a rotatable label portion having indicia disposed thereon. The rotatable label portion is provided with at least one transparent window through which co-located indicia disposed on an inner label affixed to the container may be viewed. The rotatable label portion is rotatable relative to the container about a vertical axis thereof to enable viewing of a selected subset of the indicia disposed on the inner label. At least one perforation line divides the tamper-evident portion of the shell from the rotatable label portion and facilitates detachment of the tamper-evident portion.

Abstract: Spaced upper and lower sections are connected to medial sections by fold lines forming a pleat. The upper, lower and medial sections have decorative indicia forming an integrated decorative image. One or more of the indicia bearing sections have tongues that span the pleat and, optionally, mate in slits or openings to form these sections into an integrated, front indicia bearing portion of the card. The medial sections of the pleat between the upper and lower sections are folded back from the upper and lower sections into a substantially juxtaposed relation. The tongue or tongues comprise material from at least one of the medial sections which is broken free of the medial section to form an opening therein. Both medial sections have openings, which openings align when the sections are juxtaposed for receiving a product.

Abstract: A two-dimensional display having a three-dimensional visual appearance has printed on a substantially flat or planar surface a predetermined message or information. Superposed over the message is a lenticular lens. Adjacent to the message are a series of spaced apart lines which may either be coplanar or non-coplanar relative to the message. The spaced apart lines are arranged so that they are in a non-registration relationship with the spacing of individual lenticules forming the lenticular lens. The display produces an appearance of having the lines float or move as a viewer's focal angle or perspective of the display changes. A method for making such a display is also provided.

Abstract: A device for successively changing elongated flexible sheets or similar flexible objects from an active position to non-active positions includes a drum, relative to which the sheets or similar flexible objects are fixed. The drum is rotatable in two opposing rotational directions. The rotational directions of the drum are controlled by a timing device in relation to the rotational speed of the motor so that rotation takes place in a first direction for such a time that the sheet located in the active position becomes wound up onto the drum and that a second sheet, located in the first rotational direction after the first sheet, is carried to a position from which the second sheet is unwound from the drum to the active position, upon rotation of the drum in the other rotational direction. Thereafter the drum is rotated in the other rotational direction for such a time that the second sheet becomes unwound from the drum.

Abstract: A product marking system particularly for marking delicatessen or cheeses at a manned service counter for the purpose of displaying the identity or price of the product. The marking system includes a sign (4) that has a foot (41). A connecting element (2) is adapted to stably embrace the product (1) and to carry an attachment means (3) for releasable magnetic connection with the foot (41).

Abstract: A bracing sleeve which includes a base portion and a cover portion. The base portion of the sleeve is affixed along a bracing surface of a flexible sign. The base portion includes a batten recess for receiving the terminal end of a batten. The batten recess is defined by walls disposed along longitudinal sides of the base portion in opposing relation and extending outwardly from the base portion. The walls define tracks along the base wall longitudinal sides. The cover portion includes a recess side and an exterior side, the cover portion is in sliding engagement with the base portion. The cover portion is movable between a first position wherein the batten recess is exposed, and a second interlocked position wherein the batten recess is enclosed by the cover portion. The cover portion and said base portion include releasable interlocking elements which cooperate to releasably interlock the cover portion in the second position.

Abstract: The present display is comprised of a first mounting bracket with holes spaced for attaching to a license plate on a vehicle. An arm is attached to the first mounting bracket. A first snap buckle is attached to an outer end of the arm. A display panel has a lower edge attached to a second mounting bracket. A second snap buckle is attached to the second mounting bracket. The display panel is attached to the vehicle by connecting the first and second snap buckles together. The display panel is easily detached or replaced by disconnecting the snap buckles. In a second embodiment, a flag is attached to a third snap buckle for being detachably connected to the first snap buckle.

Abstract: A multi-functional display with an adjustable aperture to accommodate pictures, photographs, or artwork of different sizes. The display can be used as a postcard or as a stationary frame for displaying pictures in an upright position. The display is made from a blank of flexible material such as paper.

Abstract: A portable traffic signaling and emergency response device including a hand cart. A battery is secured to the hand cart. A CB radio is secured to the hand cart. The CB radio is operatively coupled with the battery. A warning sign is provided having a first side with “stop” printed thereon. The warning sign has a second side with “slow” printed thereon. A pair of warning flags are provided with each having a handle extending downwardly therefrom.

Abstract: A golf cart display apparatus consisting of a rigid transparent material in which superior, graphic golf course maintenance reminders may be placed in a picture type frame. The device is to be sized to fit between or on the upstanding roof support posts on both sides of a motorized golf cart. The display will also be used by local and national merchants for the purpose of advertising their products and services to golfers in the cart and also on the course.

Abstract: The apparatus is a chosen body having messages and connected through a coupling with a single point of connection to a suction cup, the suction cup is suitable to mount onto solid surfaces.

Abstract: An illuminated sign, readable during the night or day, and suitable for use as a house number display, uses a single illuminatable panel, on which a number of stencils are plac critical flicker frequency ed. Each stencil is a rectangular piece of opaque material, such as plastic or metal, in which a central cutout is made in the shape of a number. Several of these stencils are arrayed in front of the illuminatable panel, so that only the light coming through the central cutouts is visible through the stencils. The illuminatable panel is made of an array of LED's, with a diffuser to produce a uniform illumination, and is powered by one or more batteries. A light detector senses the onset of dusk, which activates the illuminatable panel, turning it on, and leaving it on for four or more hours. A constant-current electronic system powers the LEDs, which are pulsed on and off at a speed greater than 90 Hz, which makes the sign appear to the human eye as constantly illuminated.

Abstract: A low cost, repairable memorial marker for marking a gravesite. The marker is created from a top sheet of bronze and a mating bottom sheet of bronze that are formed individually via a sheet metal forming process into the desired shape for the marker and then filled with castable filler material and welded together. Selected internal elements, such as storage compartments and bolt receiving slugs, are molded into the top and bottom sheets when they are formed, and selected external elements, such as nameplates and decorative elements, are created and secured to the top sheet after the top and bottom sheets are secured together. The marker is mounted on a base and the entire unit is installed at the gravesite.

Abstract: A hand-held wafer-like signal which is essentially flat octagonally shaped with a handle at the lower end. It has a front side and a back side. The front side is a unitary construction made by plastic injection molding and has a reflector surface, one-half of a handle and a one-half of a cylindrical light housing which is essentially perpendicular to the reflective surface. There is a back side which is also made by injection molding and also has a reflective surface inside an octagonal frame, one-half of a battery container and one-half a cylindrical light housing. The one-half front and back sides are secured together as by screwing and when assembled it becomes a lightweight weatherproof hand-held signal.

Abstract: A decorative pole cover for enhancing the appearance of an upright building support pole or tree trunk. The decorative pole cover includes a flexible sheet having a generally rectangular shape and having upper and lower end margins and elongated flexible attaching lines connected in spaced apart relation along the side margins of the flexible sheet. The flexible sheet also includes decorative indicia on one surface thereof which conveys a visual impression of a totem. The upper and lower margins of the flexible sheet each include elongated closely spaced flexible strands connected at one end thereof and extending from the upper and lower margins which simulate hair and a skirt, respectively, of the totem.

Abstract: An insert is adapted to be inserted in an undercut T-shaped slot extending horizontally along an exposed surface of a panel, the undercut extending parallel to the surface and including an opening extending between the undercut and the surface. The insert is formed of resilient material having a foot adapted to be extended into the undercut and a pair of opposed legs which extend through the opening when the insert is positioned in the T-shaped slot, the legs providing between them an opening communicating with the foot. The legs have flanges on their outwardly extending ends which flanges face away from each other and are spaced outwardly away from the surface of the panel on opposite sides of the slot when the insert is positioned in the slot.