Low-profile message board with side-mounted motor and moment arm

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1993-06-01

1995-07-18

Bertsch, Richard A.

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40610, 248293, G09F 2104

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054330262

ABSTRACT:
A vehicularly-mountable message board that can be automatically maneuvered between an upright message-displaying position and a retracted position by utilizing a side-mounted actuating motor and side-mounted moment arm. The vehicularly-mountable message board achieves the benefits of high-profile visibility of the message board in the upright position without obstruction by the actuating motor or the moment arm, while at the same time achieving the benefits of the location of the side-mounted actuating motor and side-mounted moment arm to achieve a low profile for the message board in the retracted configuration. The side-mounted actuating motor and side mounted moment arm significantly reduce the total surface area on the subject vehicle's roof required for mounting an automatically retractable message board, greatly aids in the manufacturing and vehicular installation of the automatically retractable message board and facilitates upgrading manually retractable message boards to automatically retractable message boards.

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