JPH0121343Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a display device, and particularly to a sheet-like or plate-like display device in which the date of a calendar, the numbers of a number game, the pictures of a picture game, etc. can be changed.

Calendars and the like are known to have means for variably displaying letters, numbers, figures, etc., but it has not been possible to realize this at an extremely low cost. An object of the present invention is to provide a display device with a variable display that has a simple configuration.

Briefly stated, the display device of the present invention is a sheet-like or plate-like body having a plurality of display windows, and the display window is provided with a pair of sheet-like elastic pieces extending in mutual directions from opposing edges in a cantilevered manner. It is being These elastic pieces are overlapped at least at their free ends, and the overlapped portions are marked with predetermined numbers, letters, figures, or other markings. With this configuration, one of the elastic pieces on the front side of the viewer can be seen directly, and the one on the back side is hidden by the one on the front side of the overlapping part. If you press the elastic piece on the front side with your finger or pen barrel, the elastic piece on the back side will be pushed by the elastic piece on the front side and flex, and the overlapping parts will be replaced.
A hidden sign appears on the front side. By operating multiple objects in the same way, signs such as calendars and number guessing games can be easily changed, making them highly interesting display devices. This display device can be realized even with a piece of paper folded in half, so it is inexpensive and can be widely used as a magazine supplement.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. Although the drawing shows an example in which the display device of the present invention is implemented as a calendar, it can be applied to any other purpose. The calendar 1 is made by folding a piece of strong and slightly hard paper in half along the side 2 and stacking them as a front layer 3 and a back layer 4. Windows 5, 5' of the same size on the surface layer 3,
5"... are arranged in an orderly manner vertically and horizontally so that there are 31 windows in total, and there are also windows 5,
Windows 6, 6', 5', 5''... so as to overlap vertically.
6"... are formed (see Figures 2 and 3). These windows are formed in a rectangular shape, and windows 5, 5',
5″...lower side 7 (not real, shown with imaginary line)
coincides with the bottom edge of the lower windows 6, 6', 6''..., and the upper edge of the windows 5, 5', 5''... coincides with the lower windows 6, 6', 6''...
6″...Top side 8 (not real, shown with imaginary line)
matches.

The details of the windows 5 and 6 are as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and since the structures of the other windows are similar, only these windows 5 and 6 will be described in detail. Bottom edge 7 of window 5
An elastic piece 9 extends from the window 6 toward the upper side.
An elastic piece 10 extends from the upper side 8 toward the lower side, and these pieces 9 and 10 overlap in the central part. These elastic pieces can be made from paper cutouts from the substrate. Dates and designs are displayed on the front and back sides of these overlapping parts. For example, a date is displayed on the front side of the elastic piece 9 of the upper layer 3, and an animal or other design is displayed on the front side of the elastic piece 10 of the lower layer 4. Further, a date is displayed on the back side of the elastic piece 10 of the lower layer 4, and a design is displayed on the back side of the elastic piece 9 of the upper layer 3.

The method of using the display device configured as described above is as follows. First, as shown in Figure 1, all the upper elastic pieces 9, 9', 9''... are turned to the front side.At the beginning of the month, all the elastic pieces 9, 9', 9''... are turned to the front side. Because of this, all dates 1, 2,...31 can be seen from the front side. On the second day, push the elastic piece 9 toward the back of the window 5 with your finger or a thin stick. As a result, the lower elastic piece 10 is pushed and bent, as shown in FIG. 4, and when pressed further, the elastic pieces 9 and 10 are exchanged. In this way, the design is displayed on the front side, and when you look at the entire calendar, you can tell at a glance that today is the 2nd. Similarly, when one month is over, the calendar is turned over and used as the next month's calendar in the same manner as described for the front side. Hereafter, the front and back sides are used alternately as a calendar.

The display device of the present invention can be used not only as a calendar but also as a number guessing game using several windows. Also, as shown in Figure 5, the window 1 is placed in the holder 11.
2 is left open and the above-mentioned bifold indicator is inserted into it, or paper or plastic elastic pieces 14, 1 are inserted into the window formed in the plastic frame as shown in FIG.
5 is also included in the scope of the present invention. or,
If the material is adhesive, the label on the back side cannot be easily seen by attaching (gluing, etc.) excluding the display window and elastic piece, and if pressed with a finger or pen barrel, etc. This makes it easy for the overlapping parts to be replaced, creating the unexpectedness of a completely different sign appearing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view of this display device, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line A-A in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the same main part, Fig. 4 is a diagram of the device in use, and Fig. 5 is a diagram of the present invention. A perspective view of another embodiment, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view of still another embodiment of the present invention. The main parts in the figure are as follows. 1: Indicator, 3: Upper layer, 4: Lower layer, 5, 5',
5″: Window, 6, 6′, 6″: Window, 9, 10: Elastic piece.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A plate-like body is provided with a plurality of windows, and band-shaped elastic pieces are attached to two opposing locations of each of the windows, extending in mutual directions and overlapping each other at least in the central portion, and in the overlapping portions, the elastic pieces are attached to each other. A display device characterized by displaying signs of different characters, numbers, figures, etc.