Receptacles – Sidewall structure – Transparent wall or portion
Reexamination Certificate
2000-03-06
2001-01-23
Pollard, Steven (Department: 3727)
Receptacles
Sidewall structure
Transparent wall or portion
C220S908000, C220S908300
Reexamination Certificate
active
06176388
ABSTRACT:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Not applicable.
BACKGROUND—FIELD OF INVENTION
This invention relates to litter and trash containers, specifically to such containers that are equipped with display devices. These display devices allow for the viewing of advertisements of products, services and upcoming events.
BACKGROUND—DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART
This invention relates to litter containers for receiving waste materials in public places and exhibiting display materials, such as advertising and public service posters. More particularly this invention relates to improved display devices specially constructed to dissuade tampering and vandalism of said posters.
In the past, posters, handbills, and other such advertisements were pasted to the outside surfaces of litter and trash containers. As the elements and vandals did damage to said posters, it became increasingly necessary to provide a means of protection from theft and destruction of these advertisements. In the pasts as well as now, the posters of upcoming movies or concerts have become collectors items and as such are frequently removed by thieves before the actual event, forcing the owner of the establishment to replace the posters at additional cost to the owner.
In the past, a variety of display devices have been used to prevent the vandalism, theft or destruction by the elements of the posters. Several types of trash containers with a clear plastic panel have been proposed—U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,772,063 (1998), 3,793,756 (1974), 3,866,824 (1975). These usually require a key for entry to load and unload the poster, as well as a key entry to remove trash. Many of these devices are difficult to use with thin posters or during windy conditions. The clear cover sheet is hinged, or the poster must slide down into a channel. This requires in either instance, a poster to be printed on thick paper stock, precluding the use of thin stock posters, thereby adding to the cost. The inserting of said poster into the device may not always allow for proper orientation because the cover panel is hinged and the poster may move during the closure of the panel. The end result can be a skewed poster within the display. Several devices rely upon the poster to be make of sufficiently thick card stock and even a particular width to allow it to slide down into channels within a frame, forcing a width constraint upon all posters that are to match with these displays.
In most of the display designs, the outside is protected by a flat sheet of clear plastic. While providing protection, the flat sheet in sunny conditions allows glare to hide the message behind the sheet, thereby defeating the usage of said device. Many containers are decorated with the name of the establishment that purchased said container. The name decoration will show through the cover sheet when a poster is not in place. If the sheet is flat, the result in sunlight is the same: obstruction of visibility.
Accordingly, a primary object of this invention is to provide a more vandal resistant poster display device for litter containers. It facilitates the installation of posters without a key and reduces the glare on the cover sheet, thereby providing a more readable device.
SUMMARY
In accordance with the present invention a combination litter container and display device comprises a display panel with a wicket, a poster display device, and an attachment device to secure the poster display device.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES
Accordingly, besides the objects and advantages of the combination litter container and display device, several objects and advantages of the present invention are:
(a) to provide a design that does not require tools or a key to facilitate installation of a poster display device;
(b) to provide a method to secure the alignment of posters, handbills and small assorted and/or odd sizes advertisements prior to the attachment of the display device to the litter container;
(c) to provide a method to allow the display device to be loaded with advertisements indoors, especially during inclement weather, before the display device is attached to the litter container;
(d) to provide multiple sheet protection to display panels when logos are printed directly onto the display recess;
(e) to provide protection against the elements and theft of posters within the display device;
(f) to provide a glare reduced front panel to improve the readability of the posters or printed display panels in direct sunlight;
(g) to provide a design that hides fasteners and hardware used in the attachment of the display device.
(h) To provide a means of protection to the display recess as well as the posters that deny access to those without a key.
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