Robert J Calder

US Patent:

45139830, Apr 30, 1985

Filed:

Jan 28, 1983

Appl. No.:

6/462096

Inventors:

Robert E. Calder - Cincinnati OH

International Classification:

G09F 1102

US Classification:

280 3399A

Abstract:

A shopping cart is disclosed with a point-of-purchase advertising display which includes an octagonal, transparent display tube, rotatably mounted adjacent the cart's handle. The display tube is mounted on a shaft which is journaled on brackets on the cart's frame, thus isolating the tube from stresses arising from abuse of the cart. Advertising strips are mounted within the display tube for viewing as the tube is rotated by the cart's user. These strips may be replaced through use of a temporary support, as trunnions supporting the shaft are shifted outwardly to permit removal of the end cap of the display assembly. In another embodiment, a portion of the end cap is separately removable to permit replacement of the advertising strips. In a third embodiment, the shaft is omitted and the end caps are journaled on trunnions projecting from brackets on the frame of the cart. Also described is a method for assuring free rotation of the advertising display, when it is mounted on the frame of a cart.