Patent Application
20230131671
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The disclosure relates to signage assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new signage assembly for communicating with a person proximate to a vehicle. The present invention discloses a signage assembly comprising a rectangular screen, which is mountable to a window of a vehicle by suction cups. The signage assembly includes a remote controller, which allows a user to select a message so that the message is displayed for viewing by a person proximate to the vehicle.
The prior art relates to signage assemblies. While the prior art includes a variety of signage assembly that are mountable to windows of vehicles for displaying messages, the prior art lacks a signage assembly comprising a rectangular screen, which is mountable to a window of a vehicle by suction cups. The signage assembly includes a remote controller, which allows a user to select a message so that the message is displayed for viewing by a person proximate to the vehicle.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a message module, which comprises a receiver and a screen, and a remote controller, which comprises a transmitter and a selector. The screen is rectangular and communicatively engaged to the receiver. The screen is configured to selectively display a respective preprogrammed message of a plurality of preprogrammed messages. A plurality of cups, which are resiliently compressible, is engaged to the message module and configured to be compressed between the message module and a window of a vehicle to suctionally mount the message module to the window, with the screen being visible through the window. The transmitter is in wireless communication with the receiver. The selector is communicatively engaged to the transmitter and configured for input of a selection by a user of a respective preprogrammed message. The transmitter communicates the selection to the message module for display of the respective preprogrammed message to persons proximate to the vehicle.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A plurality of cups 22 is engaged to the message module 12. The cups 22 comprise rubber, silicone, or elastomer and thus are resiliently compressible. The cups 22 are configured to be compressed between the message module 12 and a window 24 of the vehicle 26 to suctionally mount the message module 12 to the window 24, with the screen 18 being visible through the window 24, as shown in
The message module 12 also comprises a display housing 28, which defines an interior space 30. The receiver 16 is engaged to the display housing 28 and is positioned in the interior space 30. The screen 18 is engaged to a first face 32 of the display housing 28. A display battery 34, a microprocessor 36, and a data storage module 38 are engaged to the display housing 28 and are positioned in the interior space 30. The microprocessor 36 is operationally engaged to the receiver 16, the display battery 34, the screen 18, and the data storage module 38. The plurality of preprogrammed messages 20 is positioned on the data storage module 38.
A plurality of connectors 40 engaged to a second face 42 of the display housing 28, as shown in
The plurality of connectors 40 comprises a charging port 46, which is configured for selective insertion of a charging plug 48 of the charging cord 44. The plurality of connectors 40 also may comprise one or more of a Universal Serial Bus port 50 and a micro-Universal Serial Bus port 52, either of which could be used for entering preprogrammed messages 20 onto the data storage module 38. The plurality of connectors 40 also may comprise a headphone jack 54.
A slot 56 is positioned in the second face 42 of the display housing 28. The slot 56 is operationally engaged to the microprocessor 36 and is configured for insertion of a data card (not shown). The data card could contain preprogrammed messages 20 for display on the screen 18, audio files for output through the headphone jack 54 to a pair of headphones (not shown), as well as other data.
The electronic signage assembly 10 also may comprise a cover housing 58, which comprises a front piece 60 and a rear piece 62, as shown in
The remote controller 14 comprises a transmitter 72 and a selector 74. The transmitter 72 is in wireless communication with the receiver 16. The selector 74 is communicatively engaged to the transmitter 72 and is configured for input of a selection by a user of a respective preprogrammed message 20. The transmitter 72 communicates the selection to the message module 12 for display of the respective preprogrammed message 20 to persons proximate to the vehicle 26.
The remote controller 14 also comprises a controller housing 76, which defines an internal space 78. The transmitter 72 and a controller battery 80 are engaged to the controller housing 76 and are positioned in the internal space 78. The controller battery 80 is operationally engaged to the transmitter 72. The selector 74 is engaged to a first surface 82 of the controller housing 76. The selector 74 may comprise a plurality of buttons 84, which are depressible, or other selection means, such as, but not limited to, dials, touch screens, and the like. Each button 84 is configured to be selectively depressed to actuate the transmitter 72 to communicate a selection of an associated preprogrammed message 20 to the message module 12.
In use, the message module 12 is mounted to a window 24 of a vehicle 26 using the plurality of cups 22. The selector 74 is utilized by a user for selection by of a respective preprogrammed message 20. The transmitter 72 communicates the selection to the message module 12 for display of the respective preprogrammed message 20 to persons proximate to the vehicle 26. Preprogrammed messages 20 can be selected as needed in different situations while driving. For example, Thank You (as shown in
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
