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173 results about "Placard" patented technology

A placard is a notice installed in a public place, like a small card, sign, or plaque. It can be attached to or hung from a vehicle or building to indicate information about the vehicle operator or contents of a vehicle or building. It can also refer to paperboard signs or notice carried by picketers or demonstrators.

Modular system for instruction of learning disabled students

Included within the scope of the invention is a modular teaching system for instructing a child having one or more learning disabilities. The system includes a display substrate having a mounting surface; at least three modular learning placards affixed to the mounting surface, each placard independently displaying information relating to a topic; and a plurality of reversibly affixable learning devices, each independently presenting information that corresponds to the topic.Also contemplated within the scope of the invention are educational kits for use in the instruction of a plurality of children having one or more learning disabilities. Such kits may include the teaching system described above and may further include instructor-targeted materials communicating use of the system to the instructor. If such materials are present in the kit, they may be in a format selected from a written format, an electronic format, an audio format and a video format.
Owner:DETMAR

Pumping dispenser

A device for dispensing a flowable material is disclosed. The device includes a container holding the flowable material therein and a pumping assembly attached to the container. The pumping assembly includes a pump and a placard portion configured for displaying viewable information thereon associated with the flowable material.
Owner:GPCP IP HLDG LLC

Motor vehicle decal display system

The present invention provides a method and means for activating, controlling, and managing the display of decals, stickers, labels, placards, automatic toll paying devices, or similar items through the use of actuating decal plates that may be programmed to be exposed dependent on a motor vehicle's operating status, at the discretion of the motor vehicle operator, or based upon the reception of external or internal activating signals such as location based devises (ie: GPS, cellular, or radio tranmissions). The motor vehicle decal display system will comprise single or multiple decal display plates, decal display plate housing(s), and button(s), switch(es) or other means of manual or sensate activation, whereby decals may be displayed depending on the nature of the vehicles operation, the commands of the operator, or other stimuli.
Owner:BURKE MALCOLM A M

Dynamic seat labeling and passenger identification system

A placard for displaying a customer specific message includes a receiver, a capacitor, and an electronic updateable static display. The receiver has a memory storing an identification code and an antenna for receiving a signal. The capacitor is coupled to the receiver and capable of being charged by the signal. The electronic updateable static display is coupled to the receiver, is powered by the capacitor and is capable of displaying customer specific messages when a portion of the signal matches the identification code of the placard. A method of using the placard for displaying a customer specific message is also provided.
Owner:THE BOEING CO

Location-based ordering

Some embodiments provide a novel process for ordering items available in a menu or specials at a particular location. In some embodiments, the location can be any one of a table in a restaurant, a lounge, a bar, a hotel room with room service, a seat in a sports arena, and any other location which is served by a business. In some embodiments, the process operates by scanning one of a QR code, a bar code, and an NFC tag available on a designated order scan location. In some embodiments, the designed order scan location is one of a seat, a table, and a hotel room placard or sticker. In some embodiments, the process is implemented as a software application that runs on a mobile computing device. In some embodiments, the software application is downloaded if not previously available on the mobile computing device and that locations menu is opened by identifying the location from the scanned code and is tailored based on time of day or further customized to users language preference or their dietary requirements.
Owner:THUKRAL HARSIMRAT

Motor vehicle decal display system

The present invention provides a method and means for activating and controlling the display of decals, stickers, labels, placards, automatic toll paying devices, or similar items through the use of actuating decal plates that may be programmed to be exposed dependent on a motor vehicle's operating status, or at the discretion of the motor vehicle operator. The motor vehicle decal display system will comprise single or multiple decal display plates, decal display plate housing(s), and button(s), switch(es) or other means of manual or sensate activation, whereby decals may be displayed depending on the nature of the vehicles operation, or the commands of the operator.
Owner:BURKE MALCOLM ANTON MCMANUS

Shopping cart modified for vehicle transport

A shopping cart modified for vehicle transport and advertising method provides shoppers with a personal shopping cart they keep and use to transport groceries from the store to their home without unloading the groceries out of the cart multiple times, it includes a shopping cart modified with a locking support assembly comprising a rigid horizontally deposed inter support member with a connection plate member. The inter support member slides horizontally inside of a horizontal outer support member connected to a base plate that is connected to the lower side of a shopping cart basket whereby the shopping cart can be lifted and transported by locking the shopping cart onto a carrier means coupled to a receiver hitch of a vehicle. The advertising method comprises the steps of providing at least one removably attached advertising placard on a surface of the front wall, rear wall, and opposed side walls.
Owner:KLEEN N EASY CART

Real estate sign apparatus

InactiveUS20060101690A1Facilitate quickFacilitate easyBoardsEngineeringDisplay advertising
A real estate sign for advertising real estate that includes an extension arm to support attachment devices, such as additional placard holders or a brochure box, without any fasteners, permanent attachments, or other fastening devices in order to facilitate quick, easy and convenient use of attachment devices with real estate signs. The real estate sign is comprised of a frame having three or more sides forming a groove inside the frame for holding a main placard inside the frame to display advertising or other information. The real estate sign includes at least one leg attached to the frame that supports the frame when the leg is inserted into the ground, and at least one extension arm attached to the frame to support an attachment device without any fasteners. The attachment devices include a socket member that is adapted to fit onto the extension arm to securely attach the attachment device to the frame of the sign without fasteners or permanent attachment devices.
Owner:TERBET ROBERT P JR

Memorial with cremains

The memorial with cremains provides a transparent or translucent glass memorial containing the cremains of the deceased with an article(s) of significance to the deceased and / or family and descendents. A method of forming the memorial comprises melting the glass to at least a plastic consistency, mixing the cremains therein, adding the article(s) of significance either in its entirety or disintegrated, optionally adding an inscribed placard within the molten glass, forming the glass to the desired shape, cooling the glass, and adding an inscription directly to the glass or separate placard if not included within the glass earlier. The glass may comprise or contain glass from another article favored by the deceased, e.g., a wine glass or bottle from a favorite beverage, etc. The article included therein may survive in its solid state or may be melted and fused with the glass, depending upon its melting point relative to the glass.
Owner:CUMMINGS ROBERT S +1

Portable securement system for eyewear

InactiveUS20070064196A1Non-invasive and damaging impactSnap fastenersTravelling carriersEyewearScrew thread
A portable securement system for docking eyewear to a user's garment for temporary safekeeping. Hidden in use, the system docking device is a pendant construction to be mounted on button threads behind a garment placard. There it is anchored while a magnet secured at the device's lower portion secures eyewear for easy retrieval. The docking device includes an opening at its central portion to be placed over the button, with a narrowed portion engaging the threads and serving as an anchoring trap to hold the device in place. As an alternative, a wire-like segment defines the device's central opening and terminates at opposed ends at an upper portion of the device to form a releasable clip employed to anchor the device to the garment inner seam. Eyewear is provided an appliance in the form of a flexible tube including a magnetic element to be fitted over a temple bar.
Owner:AVERY MICHAEL SCOTT

Hinged stand with breakaway action

The present invention provides a hinged stand for supporting an article, which includes a first member that includes a first support recess and a first bearing surface; a second member that includes a second support recess and a second bearing surface; and a breakaway hinged connection between the first and second members, which includes a hinge; and a first bias to constrain the first and second members at an operational non-zero angle relative to one another about the hinge. Another embodiment provides a hinged stand for supporting an article, which includes a first member that includes a hinge pin, a first support recess, and a first bearing surface; and a second member that includes a hook-shaped hinge support, a second support recess, and a second bearing surface; wherein the hook-shaped hinge support is adapted to receive the hinge pin, the hook-shaped hinge support and hinge pin cooperating to provide a breakaway hinged connection between the first and second members. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method, which includes contacting, supporting, or displaying at least one article selected from the group including a musical instrument, stringed musical instrument, guitar, book, sign, picture, placard, display case, and painting with the hinged stand.
Owner:MEUNIOT ARTURO

Label system for reusable containers and the like

A method of labeling reusable containers is disclosed. A placard having a release coating on one side is adhesively secured to the container. The placard is transparent with instructional printing applied to one surface. Pressure-sensitive labels are placed on the exposed surface of the placard. The labels contain indicia relating to the status of the container. When the status of the container changes, the label is removed and a new label is substituted on the placard.
Owner:PETROU ROBERT J

Refrigerator With Individualized Locking Drawers

A refrigerator with individualized locking drawers is similar in size and shape to a standard refrigerator, with a plurality of drawers in the refrigerator compartment that can be personalized. The drawers have a locking mechanism, a name placard displaying the user's name, a use frequency display, and a spoilage display. A digital control interface on the refrigerator door allows users to register for and manage drawers, and a network connection device allows users to manage their drawer through a website interface or a mobile application. A community storage shelf below the individual drawers and shelves on the inside face of the refrigerator door provides space for large items or community items, and a freezer compartment below the refrigerator compartment provides storage for items that require lower temperatures than the refrigerator compartment.
Owner:OLSON TIMOTHY JOHN

Information placard holder for a stadium seat

InactiveUS7121621B1Minimal laborMinimal material costStampsStoolsEngineeringMechanical engineering
A flexible panel having an window aperture with a clear covering and a cooperating pocket behind the window for holding an information containing placard. One embodiment utilizes a magnetic frame for attachment to a surface. Another embodiment uses an angled bracket attached to a stadium seat to tilt the placard toward the viewer in the seat behind.
Owner:STARHEIM SCOT A +1

Home showing lockbox tag system

InactiveUS20090038195A1StampsKeysWorld Wide WebColor code
A plurality of color-coded lockbox tags that attach to a lockbox and visibly communicate a corresponding plurality of showing instructions relative to the lockbox. Where the underlying lockbox includes an entry mechanism involving an infrared port, the lockbox tag may include an aperture or window to expose an infrared port. A plurality of optional placards may also be provided to augment or override the primary showing instructions of the lockbox tag.
Owner:RIKER TERRI +1

Tire display placard

A tire display placard includes a belt, a bracket and a graphic holder panel. The bracket is adapted to be secured to a tire by the belt. The panel is releasably connected to the bracket. The panel may be rotatably connected to the bracket to allow written indicia on the panel to be rotatable around.
Owner:ROSA VINCENTE

Placard having embedded RFID device for tracking objects

A method of embedding an RFID device in a reusable object includes the steps of providing a placard including a plurality of layers, and providing an RFID device including an integrated circuit coupled to an antenna. In one example, the placard includes a top layer, upper intermediate layer, lower intermediate layer, bottom layer, and a plurality of adhesive layers. The method further includes the steps of embedding said RFID device in the placard between an adjacent two of said layers, and encoding the RFID device with information. The method further includes the steps of providing a pallet having a cavity extending into an interior of the pallet, inserting the RFID device into the cavity so that the RFID device is located entirely within the interior of said pallet, and non-removably securing the RFID device within the cavity. In one example, the pallet includes a support base and a top surface.
Owner:MPT

Method and device for authintication of live human faces using infra red images

A security device for identifying a person makes two images of a person to detect spoofing. The first image is a conventional visible image and the second image is an infrared image. Both images are analyzed to determine whether they represent a real person or not. If a placard or active display device is presented to the security device to spoof the real person, the infrared image of the placard or display device is recognized not to have the same characteristics as the infrared image of a real person.
Owner:GOOGLE LLC

Device for displaying a disabled parking permit

A device for displaying a disabled parking permit includes a partially rounded housing with a flat fascia with a hook for hanging the device from a rear view mirror of an automobile. The disabled parking permit is required on opposite faces of a flexible sheet that is wound onto a spring loaded roll in order to contain it within the housing while driving. And this housing must not hang any lower than one and a quarter inch below the mirror. The placard can be pulled down from a slot opening on the bottom of the housing to a fully extended positioning order to display the disabled parking permit in a manner that allows visibility from both the front and the rear of the handicap persons automobile when the vehicle is parked. The placard must be retracted and rolled up within the housing, onto the spring-loaded roll, to avoid obstruction of view while driving. The width, length, colors, and indicia all being factors that must meet stringent municipal requirements. As well as the placard being registered with a displayed I.D. number to the driver of the automobile.
Owner:MORTENSEN MICHAEL VICTOR

Wind lamp machine

The present invention is a lantern wind lamp machine which is combined with wind-collecting device and uses wind caused by train and vehicle running and the natural wind all around the year, the generating, lighting lamp, advertising placard and decoration are completed integrally, it is equipped with wind-guiding plates on four surfaces in proper angles to gather the wind power to one side of axial center, the axial center wheel is equipped with wind blade, the wind blade wheel drives continuous current generator generating through interlock gear group. The composition is: transmission power generation and energy consumption system, assist start-up, big and small light, over-force speed slowdown brake and lever drawplate control systems, photovoltaic cell panel, hanging ornaments planes, safe and protective wires, it can be used for lighting, advertising, decorating environments and festive decorations.
Owner:管奕廷 +3

Remote controlled separable electronic price tag

An electronic price tag is composed of separable internal and display modules and is adapted for wireless adjustment. The ID module is mounted to the goods at, for example, a point of manufacture for the goods, and contains a transponder and CPU, a receiver / decoder module, for example a horn, mounted to the placard for receiving signals from a remote location and decoding same to be inputted to the price display field and an electrically controlled latching mechanism to temporarily hold the modules together. The display module consists of a display placard, a plurality of price display fields on the placard. The separated ID module is capable of performing security and inventory functions where display is not needed. The display module is reusable and may contain a rechargeable battery.
Owner:TAGCORP

Device for connecting a placard to the rearview mirror of a motor vehicle and method of use

A device for connecting a placard to the rearview mirror of a motor vehicle includes a hanger which connects to the stem of the rearview mirror. A placard holder has a first jaw and an opposite second jaw, the first and second jaws are shaped and dimension to removably receive the placard. The placard holder is removably connectable to the hanger. In embodiments of the invention, the placard holder is magnetically connected to the hanger, and the jaws of the placard holder are magnetically urged together to hold the placard.
Owner:KELLER MARTIN E

Multi-directional placard display holder

InactiveUS7155852B2Secure retentionSimplifying storage and handlingStampsBoardsDisplay deviceMechanical engineering
A holder for displaying a thin advertising placard on a fixture exhibiting merchandise for sale, has an elongated shank shaped at one end for detachable fixation to the fixture, and carrying at the other end a three-dimensional head for holding the placard. The head has at least one, preferably more, substantially linear slot extending across a portion of its periphery and inwardly into its interior for receiving a marginal portion of the placard. Each such slot on its interior is shaped for gripping the placard portion.
Owner:VOGLER MICHAEL N

Dynamic seat labeling and passenger identification system

A placard for displaying a customer specific message includes a receiver, a capacitor, and an electronic updateable static display. The receiver has a memory storing an identification code and an antenna for receiving a signal. The capacitor is coupled to the receiver and capable of being charged by the signal. The electronic updateable static display is coupled to the receiver, is powered by the capacitor and is capable of displaying customer specific messages when a portion of the signal matches the identification code of the placard. The coupling means are conventional and the methods for affixing them are well known in to those skilled in the art. A method of using the placard for displaying a customer specific message is also provided.
Owner:THE BOEING CO

Modular trailer hitch accessory with decorative and interchangeable elements

The previous invention of decorative accessories which are designed to be placed in a trailer hitch receiver, function as hitch steps, have permanent decorative elements and also have the capacity to hold a display placards are the base concept for the present invention. The present invention is an improvement of the previous inventions, to which such improvements include provisions to further enhance the capacity to individualize the hitch receiver apparatus. The current invention consists of a decorative trailer hitch insert that is capable of holding a display placard and has the further provision for interchangeable decorative elements such as step plates, end tubes, various componential additions and various surface treatments.
Owner:TRIMMER THOMAS DAVIS +1
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