US1076250A - Advertising-sign. - Google Patents

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C. B. ULRICH.

ADVERTISING SIGN.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 15, 1912.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

CHARLES B. ULRICH, OF WAUSAU, VVISCOlil'SIN.

ADVERTISING-SIGN.

To all whom it mag concern.

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. ULRICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wausau, in the county of Marathon and State ofWisconsiri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising-Signs, of whichthe following is a full, clear, concise, and exact descriptlon, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an'improved ad'- vertising sign which may be employed to advantage for temporary advertismg in connection with show windows, showcases, etc., where it is frequently advisable to se cure small pasteboard or cardboard signs to the inner or under surface of the glass on the window or show-case, s'o as to attract the attention of passers-by and observers to some particular article that is being specially offered for sale.

By my invention I employ in combinae tion a sheet of suitable material for receiving the advertising matter on one of its faces, which material may be of any desired kind, as pasteboard, cardboard, thick paper, or even thin light metal, and a device for securing the advertising sheet to the surface of the glass, said device comprising preferably a vacuum cup formed of very flexible resilient material, such as india rubber, which cup is provided with a spring arm or arms for engaging the advertising sheet to hold it in place. The advertising sheet is prepared with an aperture through it so that the devices connected with the vacuum cup may engage the back of the advertising sheet, while the cup itself is in engagement with the glass through said aperture.

The several drawings illustrating my invention are as follows:

. Figure 1 shows a back view of a sign and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 21, 1.913.

, Applieation'filed May 15, 1912. Serial No.6 97,368.

india rubber, may pass through it to engage the under surface of a glass plate of a showcase or the inner surface of the glass of a show window. The vacuum cup i-carries a spring strip 5, which is secured to said cup by a small bolt 6, the ends of the spring strip being curved outward slightly, as in-' dicated in Figs. 3 and 4, so as to rest against the back face of the sign without tearing the same. The strip 5 is engaged by retaining loops or bands 7 secured to the back face of the sign 1, through which loops the ends of the strip 5 pass, as a result of which the parts are retained in proper position. When the vacuum cup is released from the glass, the strip 5 may readily be removed from one sign and inserted in another by sliding the strip 5 endwise through the' loops.

In the modified construction shown in Flg. 6, the strip 5 is replaced by a spiral sprmg 8 which is secured to thevacuum cup 4* in much the manner shown and described above for the securing of the strip 5 to the vacuum cup 4. The spring 8 by engaging the advertising sign 9 through an entlre circle serves-to. hold the sign more firmly 1n place, particularly if the sign is of relatlvely. thin -material, than is the case jwith thesingle'strip of spring metal shown in Figs, 1 to 4 inclusive.

While I have shown my invention in the partlcular embodiment above described, it Wlll be understood that I do not limit myself to any particular way of securing the results indicatedexcept as limited by the scope of the appended claims; The sign mayhave any desired conformation and the vacuum cup may be provided with any de sired form of spring mechanismfor engagmg the sign to holdit in place, and the relatlon between the sign and the devices carrled by the vacuum cup may be of any kind that will accomplish the results described above within the limits of the appended claims.

That I claim is": 1. In combination, a support, an advertising sign having an aperture therethrough, a vacuum cup of flexible material for passing into the aperture and contacting with said support, and a spring secured to the cup for pressing the sign into engagement with said support when the cup is in place in said aperture.

2. In combination, a support, an advertising sign comprising a sheet of material adapted to receive advertising matter upon onevof its faces and provided with an aperture therethrough, and a vacuum cup support passing through said aperture and contacting with said support, said sign being adapted to be engaged and supported by devices carried by said vacuum cup, thus pressing the sign into engagement with said support.

3. In combination, an advertising sign having an aperture therethrough, a vacuum cup, a spring secured to said cup, and loops upon said sign through which said spring is arranged to have sliding engagement, said cupbeing adapted to pass through said aperture.-

4. An advertising sign comprising a circular sheet adapted to. receive advertising material on one of its faces and having an aperture through it, a supporting vacuum a cup extending through said aperture, a

spring fastened to said cup and engaging said sign, and bands extending from said sign and engaging said spring, and arranged so that said spring may be readily withdrawn therefrom.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 10th day of May, A. D., 1912.

CHARLES B. ULRICH. Witnesses:

\ AMANDUS M. SMITH,

ROY E. ULRICH.

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