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Vehicle service reminder display

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1989-06-15
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Granted: 1990-07-24
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Expires: 2009-06-15
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Abstract

Abstract An automotive vehicle service reminder display device comprised basically of: a shallow box or case having a principal rectangular face wall, side walls and end walls within which are mounted rows of indicia wheels organized between divider walls; and a case closure plate for maintaining the indicia wheels in operative alignment. The principal face wall of the device includes a number of viewing ports through which indicia information and data imprinted on the periphery of the wheels may be read. The indicia wheels are individually rotatable through the viewing ports by finger tip pressure and movement thereof to set appropriate data and information under service item nomenclature printed on the outside of the face wall adjacent each viewing port.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jack L. Drucker, Jr.

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 06:27
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F11/00; G09F11/23

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 302 words
An automotive vehicle service reminder display device comprising in combination: (a) a shallow case consisting of a rectangular face wall having a series of indicia viewing ports, elongated side walls and end walls enclosing a central chamber for receiving indicia wheels, said case containing at least two divider walls extending from the inside surface of said face wall is parallel alignment with said end walls, said indicia viewing ports being centrally aligned between said divider walls and between said divider walls and the end walls of said case and said indicia viewing ports having associated therewith on the outside of said face wall vehicle service nomenclature; (b) a plurality of indicia wheels of like diameter positioned in rows of two or more of said wheels between the divider walls and between the divider walls and the end walls of said case, said wheels each having on their periphery an appular series of like imprintable indicia display surface areas said indicia display areas being defined by detent grooves which interlock with the edges of said indicia viewing ports; (c) means within said case for maintaining the rows of indicia wheels between said divider walls and between said divider walls and said end walls; (d) closure means for said case mounted to the outer edges of said side walls and said end walls for closing said case and for maintaining said indicia wheels therein with pairs of the detent grooves of each of said wheels in contact with the edges of said indicia viewing ports; and (e) indicia representing a variety of vehicle service information and data imprinted on the display surface areas of said indicia wheels, said wheels being rotatable under finger pressure through said viewing ports to align appropriate indicia information and data with said ports as displayed service information and data.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 302 words
An automotive vehicle service reminder display device comprising in combination: (a) a shallow case consisting of a rectangular face wall having a series of indicia viewing ports, elongated side walls and end walls enclosing a central chamber for receiving indicia wheels, said case containing at least two divider walls extending from the inside surface of said face wall is parallel alignment with said end walls, said indicia viewing ports being centrally aligned between said divider walls and between said divider walls and the end walls of said case and said indicia viewing ports having associated therewith on the outside of said face wall vehicle service nomenclature; (b) a plurality of indicia wheels of like diameter positioned in rows of two or more of said wheels between the divider walls and between the divider walls and the end walls of said case, said wheels each having on their periphery an appular series of like imprintable indicia display surface areas said indicia display areas being defined by detent grooves which interlock with the edges of said indicia viewing ports; (c) means within said case for maintaining the rows of indicia wheels between said divider walls and between said divider walls and said end walls; (d) closure means for said case mounted to the outer edges of said side walls and said end walls for closing said case and for maintaining said indicia wheels therein with pairs of the detent grooves of each of said wheels in contact with the edges of said indicia viewing ports; and (e) indicia representing a variety of vehicle service information and data imprinted on the display surface areas of said indicia wheels, said wheels being rotatable under finger pressure through said viewing ports to align appropriate indicia information and data with said ports as displayed service information and data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 37 words
An automotive vehicle service reminder display device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said closure means includes on its outer surface means for affixing said display device to the dash board or visor of an automotive vehicle.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 42 words
An automotive vehicle service reminder display device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the indicia wheels are axleless rings and are depressible through the viewing ports for rotation within the case whereby appropriate indicia information and data is displayed through said ports.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 70 words
An automotive vehicle service reminder display device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the means within said case for maintaining the rows of indicia wheels in alignment between the divider walls and between the divider walls and the end walls of the case are posts molded to the inside surface of the face wall and extending therefrom at the end of each row of said wheels toward the closure means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 40 words
An automotive vehicle service reminder display device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the indicia wheels are axleless rings of varying thickness to accommodate on their display surface areas numbers and words as the imprinted and displayed information and data.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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