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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1996
Joseph Allen Lotspeich, West St. Paul, MN (US);
Robert Lee McMullen, Hudson, WI (US);
Gross-Given Manufacturing Company, , MN (US);
Abstract
A display is releasably mounted on the outside of an enclosure. The display may be released from the enclosure upon gaining access to the inside of the latter. In a preferred embodiment, the display is a sign, and the enclosure is a vending machine. The sign includes a rear panel, which is secured to the door of the vending machine, and a front panel which is connected to the rear panel by means of a hinge. A fastener on the front panel, disposed generally opposite the hinge, protrudes through a hole in the rear panel and into an opening in the vending machine door. The relative sizes of the fastener and the hole are such that a portion of the fastener snaps into place on the opposite side of the rear panel.