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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1996
Robert G McGarrah, Brookfield, CT (US);
Pepsico Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for displaying and replacing graphic sheets includes a clear display panel of a vending machine ('vendor'), a mechanism for controlling access to the reverse side of the display panel, and thereon a plurality of removably adhered graphics sheets, illustratively a graphics frame and a graphics sheet removably adhered by static cling and clinging to the reverse side of the clear display panel within the graphics frame. The graphics frame and the graphics sheet include a plurality of cut-out areas or overlay areas, any of which is changeable to update point-of-sale information and to provide a variety of changeable messages, color, and other visual effects.