GB2355445A

GB2355445A - Magnetically-retained tax disc holder

Info

Publication number: GB2355445A
Application number: GB9924471A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Ian Joseph Kennedy
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1999-10-18
Filing date: 1999-10-18
Publication date: 2001-04-25
Also published as: GB9924471D0

Abstract

A tax disc holder 7 is held against a windscreen 1, 2 by permanent magnets 4, 5, 6 and 8, 9 in or on both. The magnets 4 may be on the surface of the windscreen 1, 2; or 5 wholly embedded in the windscreen; or 6, 8 embedded flush with the surface of the windscreen or holder, respectively; or 9 projecting from the holder. The disc holder may be of clear plastics material and may be of a rectangular shape large enough to accommodate more than one document. The disc holder may be urged against the windscreen by a spring-loaded arm extending from a pivotal mounting on a vehicle pillar, Figure 5.

Description

2355445 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO ROAD FUUD LICENCE DISC HOLDERS.

Tax disc holders, are in common use, often these products are in the form of a thin plastic sleeve, they tend to peel off or curl away from the windscreen, also, there is no fixed position, tax discs I have seen tend to be anywhere along the left hand side of the windscreen.

In accordence with present invention the prefered embodyment would be powerfull magnets which are held in place in the centre of the windscreen dr built into the inner layer of the laminated screen, so as to finish flush with the inside screen. With the face of the magnets being in exactly the same position as the face of the inside screen. Another method would be thin magnets adhered to the inside of the windscreen.

All magnets in any prefered set up would be secured at a given point at the bottom left hand side of the windscreen to establish a standard position on the windscreen.

In accordance with the present invention is a clear plastic rectangular disc holder with the same configuration of magnets stuck to one face, or moulded into the disc holder so as to magnatise to the identical magnet formation built into the windscreen.

Tax disc, breakdown discs, paper badges are addhered to the disc holder with enough glue to keep the disc in place. But discs can be taken of and changed for new discs and re addhered at any time to the same tacky glue compound. Then disc holder remagnatised back onto the windscreen.

Another version would consist of a rectangular clear plastic disc holder which is attached to the centre of the disc holder by an over gravity spring loaded arm. The base plate of the arm would be secured to the bottom left side of the pillar which contains the front window screen, or fixed to the base of the dash board. Tax discs, breakdown discs, ect; would be adhered to the inside of the holder with a tacky glue compound. The glue compound would be on the holder and not the discs, when discs are adhered to the inside of the disc holder. The over gravity spring loaded arm can then be pushed back to the window screen were the spring pressure will keep the disc holder against the inside bottom left hand side of the front window screen, until such time as the disc have to be renewed.

Another version would be to adhere a clear polythene sleeve to the tax disc holder were the discs can be secured between the clear polythene and the clear disc holder. Then pushed back to the windscreen, were the spring presure will keep it in place.

2 The invention may be performed in various ways and a prefered embodiment will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which figure 1 is a side view of the front windscreen. The two layers of glass 1 and 2 are fused together between 3 a laminated thin film.

1 being the outside layer of glass, 2 being the inside layer of glass figure 1 strong magnets 4 are secured to the face of the windscreen or astrong magnets 5 moulded into the inner windscreen. Or strong magnets dotted lines 6 moulded into inner windscreen to be flush with inner windscreen. Figure 2. A rectangular clear plastic disc holder 7 with an integrally moulded handle 7, strong magnets 8 are moulded into the face of the holder either protruding slightly from the face of the holder or 9 flush with the face of the holder. Figure 3, in a perspective v iew from the inside bottom left hand side the windscreen 1 and 2 are secured in rubber mounting 10 is secured to vehicle pillar 11, strong magnets confifureation 12 to be set in configureation with figure 1 layout magnets 4, 5, or 6 Figure 4, is a perspective view of a rectangular clear plastic disc holder 7 see side view figure 2 configuration of strong magnets 8 or 9 to align with figure 1 magnets 4 5 or 6 paper discs 13, 14, and 15, to be adhered to a tacky glue compound which is on the face of the disc holder 7, Figure 5, is a perspective view of a clear rectangular plastic disc holder 16, which is attatched to the-back face of the holder by two long arm pads 17, also connected in one moulded piece of clear plastic 17, to a pull back handle the base plate 18, is secured to the vehicle pillar 11 the over gravity clear plastic double ended spring tensioned joining piece 19 keeps base plate 18 and 17 together a clear plastic sleeve 20 is bonded down the left side in a vertical glue bond to allow paper discs figure 4, 13, 14, and 15 to fit between the sleeve 20 and against the glue compound of the face of the clear plastic disc holder 16 3

Claims

CLAIMS.

1 A tax disc holder including strong magnets within the windscreen and within the disc holder itself. The holder is then magnatised to the windscreen.

2 A tax disc holder as in claims 1 were strong magnets are moulded into the disc holder in a uniform set of 6 magnets

3 A tax disc holder as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 were the holder is made of clear plastic for unobscured vision through the holder except where the paper disc obscure drivers vision.

4 A tax disc holder as claimed in claim 3 where strong magnets are moulded within the front win dscreen or magnets moulded to the windscreen and finish flush with the inner face of the windscreen, or magnets secured to the face of the windscreen.

A tax disc holder as claimed in claim 4 where both sets of 6 magnets are set moulded into the holder and one set moulded into the windscreen are then magnatised to each other with paper discs between windscreen and holder.

6 A tax disc holder as claimed in claim 5 where a spring loaded arm is secured to the vehicle pillar at one end, the other end of the arm is secured into place against the clear plastic disc holder. Spring tension will keep the holder against the inside of the windscreen.

7 A tax disc holder as claimed in claim 6 where a clear p'Lastic sleeve is secured to the face of the disc holder paper disc can be placed between plastic sleeve and holder Tacky glue or face of holder will keep discs in place. over gravity spring tension can then be released where disc holder will stay firmly against the windscreen.

8 A tax disc holder as claimed in any preceeding claim where any amount of magnets can be used or either holder or windscreen and magnets of any shape required for maximum adhesion transperance from disc holder to windscreen 9 A tax disc holder as claimed in any preceeding claim which is made from plastic, metal or glass or a combination of theses materials.

A tax disc holder substantially as herein described and illustated in the accompaning drawings.