Abstract: A display unit for point of sale advertising comprises a stationary object, such as a real or simulated flowering plant, mounted on a support, such as a flowerpot, and a flying object, such as a simulated butterfly, operated by driving apparatus so as to move in a randomly undulating and randomly reversible orbit around the plant, as would a real butterfly. The driving apparatus comprises an electric motor having a motor housing stationarily mounted on the flowerpot, a stator including a stationary field coil electrically energizable by alternating current mounted in the motor housing, and a rotor in the form of a bipolar permanent magnet rotatably mounted on an upright magnetizable metal shaft on the motor housing. The driving apparatus further comprises a thin resiliently flexible length of piano wire having its lower end mechanically connected to and rotatable by the permanent magnet rotor and having the simulated butterfly mechanically connected to its upper end.

Abstract: An advertising display including a simulated winged butterfly, bee or the like, and which is rotatably driven by a battery operated electromotor to simulate the flight of a butterfly and draw the customer's attention to the merchandise displayed therewith. The rotatable display includes a thin piano wire on which the butterfly is mounted at the upper end of the wire, the lower end of the wire being secured to a rotatably driven member in such a manner as to preclude breakage due to the repeated flexing. An upper end portion of the wire is bent so that the butterfly trails in the direction of rotation of the driven member and produces a particularly lifelike, articulated and swinging movement of the butterfly.

Abstract: The inventive display device has a continuous wall structure with first and second, substantially flat, facing wall pairs and a flat shelf portion cut directly out of each of the walls of the wall pairs. The shelf portions are foldable relative to their respective walls between a collapsed position, wherein they are substantially parallel to their associated wall, and a display position, wherein they extend transversely to their associated wall. At at least one corner of the structure, two adjacent walls are foldable against and away from each other about a fold line. The shelf portions on the adjacent walls are interconnected so that with the walls folded against each other the shelf portions reside in their collapsed position and upon the walls being moved away from each other, the shelf portions draw each other away from their respective walls into the display position wherein they cooperatively define a display shelf.

Abstract: According to the invention, a pizza cutting device is provided comprising an elongate handle, a cutting wheel with a peripheral cutting edge and a hub having a bore with a central axis and structure for removably assembling the handle with the cutting wheel so that the cutting wheel is guidingly rotatable relative to the handle about the hub central axis. The handle has spaced bearing surfaces which stabilize the device during use.

Abstract: A towel hanger magnetically securable to an upright metal surface comprises a one-piece hanger member of rigid plastic and a one-piece supporting member of extruded elastomeric material impregnated with magnetized material. The hanger member comprises an edgewise upright, horizontally elongated back plate, struts projecting forward from the back plate at its opposite ends, and a rod, preferably of cruciform cross-section, that has its ends connected to the front ends of the struts. The supporting member, which is strip like with a flat rear surface, has a length and width to overlie most of the flat rear surface of the back plate but be concealed by it. Elongated interengaging flanges on the members, projecting rearwardly from the back plate and forwardly from the supporting member and extending lengthwise along those members, provide a lengthwise slidable connection between them.

Abstract: A holder for toothpicks and the like comprises a one-piece receptacle that is open at its rear and a one-piece retaining member that closes the rear of the receptacle and supports it. The receptacle has an upright front wall from which side walls project rearward, and at its bottom it has forwardly and downwardly inclined upper and lower outlet walls which converge forwardly to have their parallel laterally extending front edges spaced apart vertically by a small distance. The front portion of the lower outlet wall is flatwise flexible so that a toothpick can be drawn out forwardly between those front edges, each outlet wall having a central bay in its front edge for access to the toothpick. Receptacle and retaining member are slidingly connected by laterally outwardly projecting flanges along the rear edges of the receptacle side walls received in channel portions along opposite side edges of the generally flat retaining member. An abutment on the top of the receptacle defines an upper limit of sliding.

Abstract: A dispensing holder for adhesive tape comprises a body molded in one piece and an extruded closure member of elastomeric material impregnated with magnetic material. The closure member has a flat outer surface for magnetic adherence to an upright wall of a metal desk or filing cabinet and has ledges at its rear, extending along its top and bottom edges, that define grooves which open toward one another. The body has a flat wall at one side, is open at its other side, has top and bottom walls projecting from its side wall to its open side, and has a cylindrical protuberance projecting from its side wall to its open side on which a tape roll is rotatably receivable. At the open side of the body its top and bottom walls have edgewise oppositely projecting flanges that are received in the grooves in the closure member to slidably connect the body and closure member.

Abstract: A container for powdery, granular and pellet-like materials comprises a receptacle with an open front, a cover which overlies that open front, and a retaining member that overlies the cover and holds it in place. For slidable securement to the receptacle, the retaining member has rearwardly projecting channel portions along its opposite side edges, defining laterally inwardly opening grooves that receive laterally outwardly projecting flanges on the receptacle side walls, at their front edges. The retaining member is made of an elastomeric plastic impregnated with magnetized material and has a flat front face for magnetic adherence to an upright wall of a refrigerator or range. A hole in the retaining member registers with an aperture in the cover to provide a dispensing outlet that is normally open but is sealed by magnetic attachment to a supporting surface.

Abstract: A retrievable and self-contained power projectile including a flexible and shallow, cone-shaped disc at its front end to kill flies, insects or the like, and a tubular member which carries a spring that powers the projectile. The disc is formed by a series of concentric spaced apart rings held in the cone shape by a series of tapered ribs at the rear side of the disc, all being formed integrally of a relatively soft plastic such as polypropylene.

Abstract: A gun that shoots a projectile including a flexible screen-like disc to kill flies, insects or the like, the projectile carrying its own spring which powers the projectile. The gun is formed of plastic and has an integral trigger including a catch that holds the projectile in cocked position.