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Display system and associated methods

a display system and associated method technology, applied in the field of display signs, can solve the problems of limited display of three advertisements in and the limitation of the type of display system to display only two different displays, so as to improve the generation of display revenues

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-08-03
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"The present invention is a display system that allows for enhanced generation of display revenues by providing a plurality of signs that can be displayed simultaneously on a display system. The display system includes four-sided column members that can rotate adjacent one another, allowing for all sides of the column members to be selectively and simultaneously displayed. The column members can be positioned in different directions to change the shape of the display system. The display system also includes a drive assembly that engages each column member to rotate it. The indicia can be displayed on the display members carried by the column members, and the column members can be rotated to selectively display the indicia on each side. The technical effects of the invention include improved display system revenues, increased number of signs that can be displayed, and improved display system flexibility."

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Unfortunately, however, billboards having triangularly shaped column members are limited to displaying three advertisements.
This type of display system, however, is limited to displaying only two different displays.

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[0053] The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout, and multiple notation is used to indicate similar elements in alternate embodiments.

[0054] Referring initially to FIGS. 3 and 4A-4C, a display system 40 in accordance with the present invention is now described in detail. The display system 40 includes a frame 42, a plurality of column connection members 44 that are connected to the frame, and a plurality of four-sided column members 46 that are positioned adjacent one another and rotatably connected to...

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Abstract

A display system may include a frame, column connection members connected to the frame, and four-sided column members positioned adjacent one another and rotatably connected to the column connection members. Each column member may include a connector and elongate display members positioned adjacent one another and pivotally connected to the connector. The display system may also include a drive assembly carried by the frame that engages the column connection members to rotate each column member so that selective display members pivot in a: predetermined direction during rotation to change the shape of the column members allowing rotation thereof when positioned adjacent one another.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is related to U.S. Patent Application Ser. No.______ , titled Display System Having A Magnetic Drive Assembly And Associated Methods, filed simultaneously herewith, by the inventors of the present application, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to the field of display signs and, more particularly, to field of rotating display signs, and related methods. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] As illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2A-2C, rotating signs 30 are well known in the advertising industry. More particularly, rotating billboards typically include a plurality of rotating column members 32. These column members 32 typically have a triangular shape so that they may be positioned adjacent one another and simultaneously rotated without interference from one another. More. particularly, the column members 32 may be moved between first, second and third...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47F3/08
CPCG09F11/025
Inventor LYONS, JAMES P.MACGEORGE, MICHAEL W.REYNOLDS, JOHN NORTON IV
Owner AD4