Interactive display module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10593237-B2
Application number	US-201916297856-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2019
Priority date	Mar 13, 2018
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

An interactive display module operative to be inserted over an existing tiered greeting card display fixture. The interactive display may contain one or more spinners which are able to spin about a horizontal axis. Each spinner contains many sides or facets, each side or facet containing a removable caption strip thereon containing various words, phrases, graphics or other printed matter. The use of two or more spinners allow for the random creation or phrases, graphics, etc. that are intended to provide the consumer with a fun way to interact with the greeting card fixture.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An interactive display fixture comprising:
a framing assembly including a base;
a display assembly attached to the framing assembly, the display assembly comprising one or more tiered rows;
an interactive module removably attached to the display assembly, the interactive module comprising one or more spinners, each of the one or more spinners having a plurality of sides or facets and each of the one or more spinners operative to independently spin or rotate about a horizontal axis;
a spinner housing comprising a cavity with a forward-facing opening into which the one or more spinners are inserted;
a plurality of caption strips removably inserted into a channel located on each of the plurality of sides or facets located on each of the one or more spinners;
one or more spinner covers containing the one or more spinners;

wherein the interactive module is inserted over at least one of the one or more tiered rows on the display assembly.

2. The interactive display fixture of claim 1 , wherein the display assembly is a greeting card display assembly.

3. The interactive display fixture of claim 1 , wherein the interactive display module contains three spinners arranged in a horizontal arrangement.

4. The interactive display fixture of claim 1 further comprising a sound module operative to store and play one or more sound files through a speaker upon movement of the one or more spinners.

5. The interactive display fixture of claim 1 , wherein the one or more caption strips each contain a word or phrase printed thereon.

6. The interactive display fixture of claim 1 further comprising a sign panel placed over a front surface of the spinner housing.

7. An interactive display module comprising:
a spinner housing, containing two or more spinners, each of the two or more spinners having a plurality of sides or facets, and each of the two or more spinners operative to spin or rotate about a horizontal axis;
a plurality of caption strips removably inserted into a channel located on each of the plurality of sides or facets located on each of the one or more spinners;
a sign panel having a question printed thereon and a word or phrase printed thereon between each of the two or more spinners;
wherein the phrases printed between each of the two or more spinners and words or phrases printed on a front-facing caption strip on each of the two or more spinners combine to answer the question printed on the sign panel.

8. The interactive display module of claim 7 , wherein each of the plurality of caption strips contain a word or phrase printed thereon.

9. The interactive display module of claim 8 further comprising a sign panel attached to a front surface of the spinner housing.

10. The interactive display module of claim 9 , wherein the sign panel contains words or phrases thereon, which when combined with the words or phrases printed on each of the plurality of caption strips form a humorous phrase or sentence.

11. The interactive display module of claim 7 further comprising a sound module operative to store and playback at least one audio file upon movement of one of the two or more spinners.

12. The interactive display module of claim 7 , further comprising a transparent spinner cover over each of the two or more spinners.

13. An interactive display module comprising:
a spinner module comprising:
a spinner housing having a top side, a bottom side opposite the top side, a right side, a left side opposite the right side, a back side connecting the top and bottom sides and the right and left sides, and an open front side opposite the back side;
one or more spinners, each of the one or more spinners having a plurality of sides or facets, the one or more spinners inserted into the spinner housing; and
an attachment mechanism;

a sign panel attached to a front surface of the spinner housing, the sign panel having openings thereon through which the one or more spinners are inserted;
a plurality of caption strips having one or more words, phrases and/or images printed thereon, one of the plurality of caption strips placed into a channel on each of the plurality of sides or facets on the one or more spinners;
wherein each of the one or more spinners is operative to be turned or spun about a horizontal axis; and
wherein the attachment mechanism on the spinner module is used to removably attach the interactive display module to a larger greeting card display fixture.

14. The interactive display module of claim 13 , wherein the one or more words, phrases and/or images printed on a front-facing caption strip on each of the one or more spinners are combined to form a humorous phrase, sentence or image.

15. The interactive display module of claim 14 , wherein the sign panel contains one or more words, phrases and/or images printed thereon.

16. The interactive display module of claim 15 , wherein the one or more words, phrases and/or images printed on the sign panel combine with the one or more words, phrases and/or images printed on a front-facing caption strip on each of the one or more spinners to form a humorous phrase, sentence or image.

17. The interactive display module of claim 13 further comprising a sound module operative to store and playback an audio file through a speaker upon movement of the one or more spinners.

18. The interactive display module of claim 13 , wherein the caption strips are interchangeable.

Assignees

• American Greetings Corp

Inventors

• Mayer David
• Shlonsky Lynne
• Santarelli Anthony
• Myler Jeff

Classifications

• A47F5/0087

  movable around an axis · CPC title

• A47F7/145

  Terraced shelves · CPC title

• A47F5/0037

  being rotatable or tiltable · CPC title

• G09F11/23 Primary

  the advertising or display material forming part of rotating members, e.g. in the form of perforations, prints, or transparencies on a drum or disc · CPC title

• G09F2007/1891

  modular · CPC title