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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1983
Stanley Morris, Springfield, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
An advertising display apparatus comprising a base, means on the base for holding condiments, a plurality of support members on the base, each facing in a different respective direction, means for mounting at least one advertisement on each support member, means mounting the support members for movement relative to the base to change the direction in which a given advertisement faces. A hollow, transparent tube having a plurality of walls constitutes transparent cover means for enclosing and protectively covering the support members. Each support member and its respective advertisement faces a respective wall on the tube. A resilient, strip-like member is located within the tube and is resiliently deformable between an expanded, open first condition and a second condition in which it is at least partially closed for urging the advertisement toward its respective wall on the tube. The apparatus is preferably displayed on restaurant tables so that customers can view the advertisements during their meal. The tube is of a size which preferably accommodates twelve business cards; three cards per support member.