Abstract: A greeting and toy device comprises an animal simulating toy including a main body member consisting of a closed flexible soft envelope containing a soft resilient filler puffing the envelope and an animal part simulating section joined to the envelope and swingable between open and closed positions relative to a corresponding surface of the envelope, the confronting faces of the envelope and swingable section in the swingable section closed position and having adherent overlying message carrying panels which are exposed for reading in the swingable section open position.

Abstract: A picture display assembly comprises:(a) a rectangular, upright base frame having front and back sides,(b) structure on the base from which it is connectible to a wall,(c) first horizontal ledge structure on the base frame and exposed at the front side thereof, the first ledge structure having at least one upwardly projecting, horizontally elongated tongue,(d) an upright picture display plate having front and back sides, and a transparent medial section adapted to register with said base frame,(e) structure on the plate for supporting at least one translucent picture sheet to hang at the front side of said medial section of the plate,(f) and second horizontal ledge structure on and exposed at the rear side of the plate, the second ledge structure having at least one downwardly projecting, horizontally elongated tongue sized to removably and downwardly seat over the first ledge structure tongue and removably supporting the plate on the base frame and at the front side thereof.

Abstract: This invention comprises a display especially suitable for a large system, such as a utility distribution network diagram, a map, or the like, which is subject to frequent revision. The complete display is made up of a multiplicity of small display members arranged in abutting relationship, which can be revised and replaced individually as necessary to keep the entire display up-to-date, without the necessity of replacing the complete display. A frame having an array of apertures, each smaller than one display member, supports the entire display. Each display member has attached to its back at least one mounting unit which is removably receivable in one of the apertures in the frame.

Abstract: A card having an information upon which information appears that can be read in the normal manner; a portion carrying a microfilm upon which information is recorded and a portion carrying a lens suitable for reading the microfilm. The card comprises a paper card having an aperture formed in one end region in which is located the microfilm. A pair of flexible clear plastic sheets laminate opposite sides of the paper card including the microfilm. A lens aperture is formed through the clear plastic sheets and through the paper card at an end region opposite the microfilm. A round plastic lens is located in the lens aperture. The lens comprises a central magnifying portion and an outer rim having an outer annular flange. The outer rim is higher than the surface of the central magnifying portion on each side thereof for providing protection for the central magnifying portion of the lens. The lens is secured in the aperture either by ultrasonic welding or by adhesive.

Abstract: A toy or novelty item for selectively concealing or displaying advertisements, messages, slogans, logos, or artwork printed on a ribbon. The ribbon is rolled about a reel which is concealed in a compartment such as the head or body of a doll. The ribbon extends outward from an opening in the compartment. A string which is wound about the reel in the opposite sense to that of the ribbon extends outward from the compartment through another opening. If the ribbon is pulled outward to display the printed material, the string winds on the reel. On the other hand, if the string is pulled outward, the ribbon winds on the reel, thus concealing the printed material.

Abstract: A plastic identification band for milking cows is formed as a strap of a width to receive identifying indicia and a length for attachment to and about the leg of a cow. A rectangular buckle at one end has a bottom wall coplanar with the strap and an upper wall defining an opening to receive the outer end of the strap. The bottom wall of the buckle includes a plurality of upwardly facing teeth extending longitudinally of the buckle. The strap has a plurality of similar teeth on the underside thereof. The upper buckle wall is a flexible wall which is deflected slightly inwardly toward the bottom wall and has a narrow, longitudinally extending ridge projecting inwardly from the upper buckle wall within the buckle toward said buckle teeth to hold the strap teeth firmly engaged with the bottom wall buckle teeth upon insertion of the strap into the buckle.

Abstract: An item input device for a data processing system wherein plurality of flexible page sheets with input information provided thereon overlap the circumference of a rotating shaft in the device main unit and the fixed ends of the sheets are separated by a constant space. The desired page sheets are selected through rotation of the rotating shaft in the winding direction and the reverse direction of the page sheets, thereby guiding the page sheets to the display location. The page sheets overlap each other such that the page sheet unit has the page sheet ends bound thereto separated by a constant space thus the page sheet unit is formed separately from the rotating shaft. The page sheet unit is taken up to the rotating shaft in the page selection ready condition by rotation in the winding direction, and the page sheet unit taken up is released from the rotating shaft by rotation in the reverse direction. Moreover, a clamping member for holding the winding condition of the page sheets is provided.

Abstract: A photographic slide sorting and handling device for retaining a plurality of slides to be viewed and sorted upon a translucent surface with a source of illumination below the surface. A plurality of channel-shaped support members is affixed to the support surface in parallel spaced disposition. Each support member includes a respective slot and resting surface spaced above the slot. The slot of each support member is adapted for receipt therein of an edge of a photographic slide with the opposite edge of the slide engaged against the resting surface of a next adjacent support member. The slides are retained between adjacent support members so as to permit them to be slipped in and out of the slots and freely moved along the support members during sorting of the slides but prevented from falling out of the slots if the sorter is jostled.

Abstract: In a marking display structure for a motor vehicle window, a means is provided which is arranged to illuminate, from inside, a marking display element so that the marking, which represent the type, model or the like of the motor vehicle, can be recognized not only during day time but also at night.

Abstract: An exhibiting device in the form of a cabinet having a base, side walls and a top wall extending across the side walls thereof above the base, the side walls thus forming compartments between the top wall and the base with open fronts for the compartment. Rotors are centrally and vertically disposed in the compartments and have at one end a conic termination for the rotor in the base and engage supporting means in the base receiving the conic termination, the rotors having at the other end a drive termination and a supporting member engaging the top wall. A panel configured as a regular polygon and constructed of rigid material is supported proximate the drive means on the rotor. A hanger is disposed centrally along each side of the polygon for hanging displaying panel members or advertising elements and located in such relationship that the displaying panel members occupy different planes spaced longitudinally of the rotor. A hinged convex curved member overlies the top wall.

Abstract: A compact, handheld viewer adapted for use with photographic transparencies which are located within a film cassette in roll form, in a strip containing a plurality of individual scenes, or individually mounted transparencies. The viewer includes a manually operable drive system for selectively driving either a film take-up reel, for withdrawing film from a film cassette and advancing it through a projection station, or a film spool for rewinding the film into the film cassette.

Abstract: A sign having several movable panels with the panels each consisting of parallel strips interleaved with the strips of the other panels. The strips of one panel present a composite display when in view. A panel drive mechanism includes an endless motor driven member from which an arm projects and successively engages panel carried abutments located at points along the path of arm travel for panel positioning. Step-like guideways for the arm include inclined segments which divert the arm to cause the arm to disengage a panel abutment to terminate panel movement. Each sign panel is formed with overlapped strips which upon incorporation into a sign forms rows of interleaved panel strips. The composite display of each panel is presented in succession upon retraction of an overlying panel's strips back into a stored row of strips and again upon drawing of the panel strips to be viewed outwardly from their row positions.

Abstract: A calender structure includes linking apparatus for displaying, in a linked and continuing fashion, time sequences shown on separate pages thereof. The individual pages are provided with specific hinging structures to permit simultaneous viewing of the last portion of one month and the first portion of a next month, for example, so that a continuing display is provided for linked time sequences notwithstanding the fact that such sequences are provided on separate pages. A single hinging operation results in the continuing display, thus avoiding the necessity for repeatedly turning between two calander pages at periods approaching an end of the month.

Abstract: A two-sided insert for transparent identification tabs. The insert has lateral side-by-side panels. This permits collinear entry of information on the panels. The adjoining panels are then folded back to back and inserted into an identification tab holder.

Abstract: A perpetual calendar possessing the ability to display any date, past, present or future, in a finite range, and the day of the week for that particular date without prior knowledge or calculation, includes individually gear driven indicia belts for composing month and year dates and another indicia belt which is simultaneously gear driven with the movement of any one of the aforesaid indicia belts. A single drive gear for the aforesaid individually gear driven indicia belts is shiftable into driving engagement with a selected indicia belt by linear movement of a sliding indicator on the top panel of the calendar housing. The drive shaft for the single shiftable drive gear is turned by an external knob on one side of the calendar housing.

Abstract: An illuminated display assembly comprising a display plate having an illumination source connected thereto wherein a supporting frame and/or shield structure is opaque but includes non-opaque portions defining predetermined words, letters or like indicia. The illumination source may be selectively actuated to illuminate the display plate causing light to be transmitted or directed through the non-opaque portions of the shield structure thereby providing an illuminated display of the non-opaque formed indicia.

Abstract: A fillet for a use in holding a transparent sheet of glass or plastic spaced from artwork mounted in a picture frame. The fillet has a one-piece construction and is provided with a recess and a spacer portion. Preferably, the fillet has a generally S-shaped body defining two recesses of different widths with each recess being defined by an end wall and an intermediate wall, the intermediate wall being common to the two end walls. Each end wall is angled relative to the intermediate wall and the material of the fillet is resilient so that the end walls can yield away from the intermediate wall to accommodate glass or plastic sheets whose thicknesses are greater than the minimum widths of the recesses. The S-shaped fillet is reversible so that, in one position, it can receive a plastic glass sheet of a relatively small thickness in one of the recesses and, in the other position it can receive a glass or plastic sheet of relatively large thickness in the other recess.

Abstract: Novelty ornamentation such as for a cover in the form of a non-disposable sleeve for a disposable cigarette lighter of conventional design is disclosed. A novelty appearing and disappearing image presenting assembly is situated on one side of the sleeve and includes a filmstrip enclosed in a housing. The filmstrip has opaque portion having a desired color providing a permanent portion of the image and a translucent portion providing the appearing and disappearing portion of the image. A dark background is permanently situated behind the translucent portion of the filmstrip and a light colored shield is selectively positionable behind the translucent portion in front of the dark background. The shield is movable by gravity to and from a position behind the translucent portion of the image on the filmstrip, thereby to cause it to appear when the shield is moved behind and to disappear when the shield is moved away.

Abstract: A yearly calendar comprises a board (10) having an array of sections, one for each day of the year, each section having a hole (20) which contains a paper roll (24) printed with a message appropriate or useful for the respective day, such as a fortune, horoscope, riddle, anecdote, quotation, aphorism, etc. The paper rolls are retained by paper overlays (18, 22) on both sides of the board. A user of the calendar punches out each day's paper roll, perferably on the morning of such day. The paper rolls fall down a passageway (16) at the back of the board to a tray (34, 36) under the board, whereupon it is unrolled and read by such user. The punched-out sections of the board provide a useful graphic indication of elapsed days of the year.

Abstract: Picture frame assembly comprising a frame element having inwardly facing, opposed, generally U-shaped grooves in its opposite sides and a similar groove in one end, and a rigid back plate slidably receivable within the grooves, and an integral hanging clip having a U-shaped retaining portion slideably positioned between one of the grooves and one of the edges of the back plate, a spacing portion and a hanging portion extending inwardly from the frame element, offset from the exterior of the back plate, for receiving an external hanging device.