Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Check – label – or tag
Reexamination Certificate
1997-08-07
2001-09-18
Davis, Cassandra (Department: 3628)
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Check, label, or tag
C222S023000, C141S098000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06289616
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for placing information/advertising on the filler gun of a fuel pump, comprising a carrying body placed on the head of the gun and having at least one display surface for the information/advertising
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The affixing of information on the head of a filler gun is known from, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,058,637 where a securing means in the form of an elastic stocking is fed onto the filler gun. The stocking is equipped with a display surface for information or advertising, which surface is covered by a transparent cover. The display surface in this known solution is circular and is limited to only a small part of the gun head and the space available for information and/or advertising is limited. The actual method of securing the display surface, which comprises a flexible dead mold cast sleeve, restricts the use of a device of this kind to filler guns which have a special form. This problem can, of course, be solved by manufacturing sleeves of different forms adapted to fit filler guns of different shapes.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a device for placing information/advertising on the head of a filler gun and which does not have the disadvantages of a limited display surface referred to hereinabove.
This is achieved according to the present invention by means of an apparatus attachable to the filter gun of a fuel pump of the kind having a conventional gun head with a handle and a gun barrel for displaying on the filler gun one or more graphic messages readily viewable by the user. The apparatus comprises a carrying body which, while attached to the filler gun, extends from approximately the junction of the gun barrel with the gun head to approximately the foremost edge of the handle of the gun head. The carrying body includes a display surface for one or more message, which display surface, when the carrying body is attached to the filler gun, extends longitudinally along the filler gun from approximately the junction of the gun head with the nozzle to approximately the foremost edge of the handle of the gun head. Also, means are provided for detachably securing the carrying body to the filler gun.
A larger display surface, with space for both information and advertising, is thus provided in that the display surface of the carrying body extends over a substantial part of the length of the head of the gun.
As disclosed in the subsequent description of the drawings, the securing component may include an attachment band fixed to the underside of the carrying body by means of suitable means such as adhesives, welding or mechanical fixing wherein the attachment band is fixed to the carrying body by means of an eye/groove provided on the underside of the carrying body.
The attachment band may also be in the form of a hose clip. The attachment band may also consist of two arms which form an integrated part of the carrying body, the ends of the arms being optionally furnished with a barb, and also a through-going screw with nuts being arranged between the carrying body and the gun head, which press the arms against the gun head.
REFERENCES:
patent: 608596 (1994-08-01), None
patent: 1-99995 (1989-04-01), None
Alvern Norway A/S
Davis Cassandra
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
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