| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 040591000 | Automotive vehicle carried | 37 |
| 20080256834 | MOUNTING FOR SHEET SIGNAGE - A mounting for sheet signage which includes a base structure of frame elements, an elongate support having frame members and sheet attachments. Mounts on the base and on the elongate supports facilitate placement of the mounting on the base structure. Interlocking elements are engageable through relative longitudinal displacement between the elongate supports and the base which are neither engageable nor disengageable through relative lateral displacement between these elements. A mounting for sheet signage also contemplates the integration of a vehicle frame with sheet attachments. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090158630 | VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A system for displaying a banner ( | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090235567 | Fuel Filler Pipe Information Collar for Fuel Type Identification - A fuel type information collar is provided. The fuel type information collar is configured to engage an outer perimeter of a fuel tank filler pipe assembly of an automotive vehicle. It may include an inner perimeter defining an aperture configured to engage the outer perimeter of the fuel tank filler pipe assembly. It may additionally include a top surface including indicia of fuel type information for indicating type of fuel to be used by the automotive vehicle. It may further include a plurality of radial finger cuts angularly spaced around the inner perimeter, the plurality of radial finger cuts forming a plurality of fingers that engage the outer perimeter of the fuel tank filler pipe assembly. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20120233897 | Display Device for Transportation Vehicles - Disclosed herein is a display device for use on transportation vehicles. The device can be easily altered or removed by the user. The display device contains a mounting bracket which can be permanently or releasably attached to the vehicle and a display which may be permanently or releasably attached to the mounting bracket. The angle of the display may be altered to provide easier viewing from the road. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20100083545 | ADVERTISEMENT MEANS FOR SEMITRAILERS AND OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION - An advertisement system comprises a visible cover for a merchandise-carrying container of a vehicle, the cover being shaped and/or decorated in association with the merchandise to be contained therein and/or with the advertisement provided on the cover. The cover can include a shell adapted to be mounted to the container of the vehicle. The cover is typically removably mounted to the container. Also, the advertisement system can be embodied in a merchandise-carrying container for a vehicle, the container being shaped and/or decorated in association with the merchandise to be contained therein and/or with the advertisement provided on the container. Furthermore, wraps may be applied on the container with images being provided on the wrap to provide various 3D or 3D-type advertisement effects. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20090107019 | ADVERTISING SIGN AND METHOD - An advertising sign includes an advertising element having a base, mounting means pivotably connected to the base for securing the advertising sign to a mounting surface, and at least one protrusion extending between the base and the mounting means such that a range of pivotal motion of the mounting means relative to the base is more limited in an area of the protrusion than in other areas. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090113775 | SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING VISUAL CONTENT TO A TARGETED DISPLAY - A media system for distributing visual content includes a display and a host. The host is remotely located from the display and coupled to the display over a communication network. The display is supported by an article. The host includes a computer storage medium including visual content. At least a portion of the visual content is submitted to the host by a client. The host includes a processor configured to selectively transmit visual content to the display and configured to receive data corresponding to display activity of the selected visual content on the display. A reporting module reports the data corresponding to the display activity to the client and the subscriber. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20100319228 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELLING A PROPERTY - A magnetic sign and accompanying method for advertising a property is described. A sign with property information, and/or an owner/seller's contact information is magnetically attached to an automobile, effectively creating a mobile advertisement for a personal property. The inventive method may be utilized by private sellers, selling personal property, or by a larger entity, such as a real estate company. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20090064552 | Hitch-Mounted Vehicle Sign Display Assembly - A hitch-mounted vehicle sign display assembly of the present invention includes a shank configured to engage a conventional trailer hitch receiver and a support member (such as a framework) attached to the shank for attaching a display, such as a conventional yard sign or rigid sign, to the hitch receiver or hitch assembly of a vehicle. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090071051 | Vehicular Animal Identification Paddle Apparatus - A vehicular animal identification paddle apparatus is comprised of a display member, a stem and a display member holder. The display member holder is comprised of a window clip, a horizontal extension member and a socket. The attachment means attaches the horizontal extension member and the socket to a vehicle window. The display member exhibits an animal identifier comprised of a silhouette of an animal and the printed name of that animal. The stem is attached at one end to the display member and at the other end secured to the socket. An animal of interest within a wildlife area is identified and exhibited to occupants of other vehicles by placing a coinciding display member within the apparatus and attaching it to a user's vehicle. This minimizes traffic congestion within the wildlife area and identifies the animal to those interested. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20100037498 | VEHICLE WHEEL DISPLAY ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a selectively attachable display assembly for a motor vehicle. The invention comprises a base member and a display member. The base member is selectively secured to the vehicle rim and the display member is rotatably mounted relative to the base member such that it can rotate in relation to the base member and, thus, the vehicle rim. In one aspect, a portion of the display member is sufficiently weighted such that, when the rim rotates (when the vehicle is in motion) the display member remains substantially static. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100058632 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system to mount to a selective portion of a motor vehicle. The display system may be used to display any number of graphical images. The display system is configured to selectively mount thereto various portions of the motor vehicle. The display system may be mounted to a metallic surface of the vehicle, to a hitch receptacle, to a license plate holder, or to a portion of the vehicle grill. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110099865 | Advertising Board for Vehicle and Apparatus for Fixing an Advertising Screen - An advertising board for a vehicle and an apparatus for fixing an advertising screen, which can fix the advertising screen, attached to one side of the vehicle, in the condition that the advertising screen is spread with a desired tension. The advertising board for vehicle includes an advertising screen; a screen coupling part which is formed along edge sides of the advertising screen; a wall surface coupling part which is fixed to a wall surface of the vehicle; and tension means which pulls the screen coupling part toward the wall surface coupling part. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120204454 | ADAPTER FOR HITCH MOUNTED SIGN - A sign mounting adapter system includes a hitch extension tube. A sign orientation post connected and oriented perpendicular to the hitch extension tube has a longitudinal axis. A sign support post is axially and rotatably received on the sign orientation post. The sign support post has a longitudinal axis co-axially aligned with the sign orientation post longitudinal axis, and a receiving bore perpendicular to the sign support post longitudinal axis. Multiple orientation bores extend through the sign orientation post, each oriented at a first angle to proximate orientation bores and perpendicular to the orientation post longitudinal axis. A retention assembly is releasably and co-axially received in the receiving bore and one of the orientation bores. The retention assembly releasably connects the sign support post to the sign orientation post to permit selection of a sign support post axial angle of rotation to the sign orientation post. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20110179684 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLES - A vehicle with a trunk where the trunk lid pivots upwardly to provide access to the trunk and a latch for holding for the trunk lid closed is provided with a removable display device in the rear of the vehicle. The display device comprises a sheet of flexible material having a display on an outer surface thereof, an upper pocket or the upper edge of the sheet with a first rod therein for holding the display device in the trunk when the trunk is closed, and optionally a lower pocket with another rod therein for maintaining the displayed device displayed while the vehicle moves. Optionally there is a cutout in an upper portion of the sheet for receiving the latch. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120210617 | Display device - The invention is a display device installed on a transporting vehicle. The display device encloses a substance that moves with the inertial “forces” created by the transporting vehicle. The display device can be made up of transparent, translucent, or opaque material. The enclosed material can be gas, liquid, or solid, such as liquid, air, ball bearings, coins, and/or marbles. The device can be installed on the interior (such as ceiling, wall, floor, handles, seats), exterior, or a through structure (such as a window like structure). The vehicle is a device meant to move people or things, such as a train, bus, car, elevator, bike, airplane, gondola, ship, boat, or truck. The device is meant to be observed visually and/or sonically. The device is meant to be used for entertainment, advertising, and/or energy extraction. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120210616 | Commu-rider - The device is comprised of a frame with a compartment and a sliding channel allowing for inserting and removing specialty messages with minimum effort. Its innovative aspect allows one to display or rotate black and white or multicolor human or computer generated text, graphics, and images. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20100175288 | Antenna ball assembly and method of use - An antenna ball assembly which can display a design or the like thereon and a method of use is disclosed. The antenna ball assembly has a body having a passage therethrough, a rearward projecting member and at least one flexible stopper. A flexible stopper is preferably positioned at each of the bottom and the top of an antenna. The body is positioned between the stoppers on the antenna with the antenna passing through the passage in the body. The rearward projecting member has a free end and is of a predetermined length with an extended width over at least a portion of the length, wherein the extended width is greater than the width of the antenna ball body. The rearward projecting member forms an angle of preferably from about 20° to less than 50° with the vertical axis of the passage through the body. The angled rearward projecting member controls the movement of the body, thereby allowing the body to move up the antenna as the antenna moves, such as when attached to a car. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20090019748 | MOBILE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A mobile display system ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20120266508 | LADDER RACK SIGN SYSTEM - A ladder rack sign system to be secured to a vehicle or a ladder rack mounted to the vehicle to hide the ladder rack/ladders and to display signs that can be utilized as advertising. The system includes upper and lower tracks to secure one or more signs therewithin, a back plate to support the upper and lower tracks and to space them a certain distance apart, end plates to secure the one or more signs therewithin, and mounting brackets to secure the system to the ladder rack and/or vehicle. The system may be installed on any type of vehicle, any type of ladder racks, roof racks, cargo racks, bike racks or the like. The system, using different mounting brackets or no mounting brackets at all, may be attached to any solid surface (e.g., wall, frame, structure). The system provides easy changing of signs to utilize different advertizing opportunities. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20100199534 | GRAB BAR SIGN MOUNT - A system for mounting a sign to a vehicle includes a bar connected to the vehicle. A clamp assembly includes first and second jaw members adapted to frictionally engage the bar between the first and second jaw members. At least one structural member supports the first and second jaw members. A sign assembly includes a support frame having the at least one structural member connected to the support frame. A frame member is slidably received by and releasably engaged to the support frame. A sign connected to the frame member is adapted to be positioned in each of a stowed and a deployed position. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100088934 | Fuel Door Display Cover - A display cover for a vehicle fuel door with a broad area for the placement of a printed logo or message. The display cover conformably surrounds the fuel door with a contractile elastic belt to draw the cover tightly about the fuel door. The outward exposed surface of the cover visually displays a message or logo in a trendy location. The cover is designed to display the message in a novel location and still be easily removed without marring the vehicle finish unlike a traditional bumper sticker. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20130091748 | Method and System for Decorating a Vehicle - A system for decorating a vehicle having at least two lights includes a pair of patches each having a configuration indicative of eye black worn by an athlete. Each patch includes opposed front and rear surfaces. A rear surface includes an adhering member configured to selectively adhere to the vehicle, such as beneath respective lights. The rear patch surface may include an adhesive or magnetic surface. The front patch surface may include indicia, such as the name, logo, or slogan of an educational institution or sports team. A method of decorating a vehicle includes the steps of obtaining a patch mimicking the appearance of athletic eye black and applying the patch to a vehicle. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130125433 | TAILGATE COVER - A tailgate cover includes at least one pocket to securely fit over a tailgate. In some embodiments, the tailgate cover includes two or three pockets. The tailgate cover is made of stretchable material such as a stretchable fabric which enables the cover to be stretched securely over the tailgate. To further secure the tailgate cover over the tailgate, any coupling device is able to be used. The tailgate cover is able to include any graphic and/or text. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20080202004 | Bumper sticker game - A bumper sticker game and a kit for playing the game, the kit comprising a pair of bumper stickers; one bumper sticker containing a question, and a second bumper sticker containing an answer to the question, wherein the answer is written or printed in reverse image, whereby the reverse image answer is read in a rearview mirror of a passing vehicle. | 08-28-2008 |
| 040592000 | Roof mounted | 2 |
| 20100011640 | NON-INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE WITH GOLF CARTS - A non-interactive advertising display is provided for use by golfers in their golf carts, which supplies useful advertising information to the cart occupant(s). In some cases, the display holds print advertisements protected under a clear removable film. Furthermore, the system is free from being unduly obtrusive in comparison to some interactive advertising methods due to its static, printed delivery—which can be free from animation, video or sound—and its unique placement, mounting under the front of the roof of the cart as opposed to the roof mounting poles. The advertising display can be used to attach to many commonly occurring golf cart roof shapes. This is due to a universal design and removable mounting brackets. Furthermore, the non-interactive advertising display can be maintained without the use of tools. Because the display can be manufactured in a way that purposefully matches cart roof colors this further minimizes the display's obtrusiveness. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20080236007 | Electronic Display Panels for Automobiles - Techniques for displaying messages on top of a vehicle are disclosed. Although useful in many other areas, the techniques are particularly suitable for taxicab. According to one aspect of these techniques, a display unit is mounted on top of a vehicle. The display unit includes at least two display panels facing outward respectively. The display unit is controlled by a computing device to display various messages. In one embodiment, the vehicle is provided a Global Positioning System (GPS) that determines a location of the vehicle. Coupled to the GPS, the computing device sends the location information of the vehicle to a base station and receives returned information from the base station in accordance with the location information. The returned information, at least some of which are location based, is locally processed for suitable messages on the display panels. In another aspect, illumination of the display messages varies by a light sensor in response to intensity of ambient lights. | 10-02-2008 |
| 040593000 | Interior mounted | 10 |
| 20090288322 | Method of displaying and advertisement in a vehicle - A method of displaying an advertisement on a seat or meal tray of vehicle, including seats or meal trays of an aircraft, watercraft, automobile, or train. Though others have displayed an advertisement on a meal tray of a vehicle, this application describes specific locations of placement on a seat or meal tray, which are both novel and not obvious. Moreover, this application expresses a novel manner of placing and connecting an advertisement to a meal tray or seat of a vehicle. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090241391 | Maximum vehicle height information article and method comprising same - A vehicle height display system has an information displaying sheet, pre-printed indicia disposed on the information displaying sheet and a variable information field immediately adjacent the variable information field indicia. The information displaying sheet is made of a flexible material with a front side and a rear side. The rear side is configured to cause the information displaying sheet to adhere to a windshield of a vehicle when the rear side of the information displaying sheet is brought into contact the windshield. The pre-printed indicia is readable from the front side of the information displaying sheet, specifies non-variable information associated with designating an overall height of a vehicle and includes variable information field indicia configured for having the overall height of the vehicle displayed therewith. The variable information field is immediately adjacent the variable information field indicia and is configured for having the overall height of the vehicle displayed therein. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100293827 | INSTRUMENT-DISPLAY WITH A TRANSPARENT APPLIQUE OVER A DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a vehicle-display with a carrier-layer. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110131850 | VEHICLE MIRROR SIGN SYSTEM - A vehicle minor message display sign comprising: a writing board having front and back planar dry erase marking surfaces on which non permanent markings may be written, a rim, and a hanger. The hanger is fixedly attached to the writing board to enable the hanging of the writing board from the rearview minor of a vehicle and facilitate the display of the non permanent markings. Sub sequentially the writing board may be disengaged from the rearview mirror of the vehicle, the non-permanent markings may be erased from the writing board with an eraser and the vehicle minor message display sign may be reused. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20090293330 | Fan-Express - An article of manufacture (there is no known previous technology) for use in marketing, advertising, and promotion, known as the “Fan-Express” for displaying a driver's support and/or affiliation with a sports team, university, private club, business, religious institution, political party or candidate, or displaying any message on electronic toll collection devices that are mounted on the windshields of motor vehicles that is uniquely designed so that it requires no glue, adhesive, or similar substance to afix to the electronic toll collection device. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20110067278 | VISOR MOUNTED PIVOTAL DISPLAY HOLDER FOR HANDICAPPED PARKING PERMIT - A placard holding device can be a clear sleeve or a board with clips and a clip assembly that attaches to a vehicle sun visor. The assembly consists of a locking pivot mechanism to hold the placard securely in the up or down position. A knob or protruding ridge or bar is attached to the placard holding device sufficiently large for ease of griping to rotate the placard between a visible position for parking and a position against the visor out of the line of sight of the driver for driving. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110314713 | TWO-PIECE PLACARD HOLDER - A two-piece placard holder having a mounting element for hanging from a post of a rearview mirror and a display frame for holding the placard. The display frame and mounting element are magnetically attached to one another to allow for easy assembly of the display frame to the mounting element (for hanging the placard, such as while parked) and easy dismounting of the display frame (and placard disposed therein) from the mounting element (for stowing the placard, such as while driving). | 12-29-2011 |
| 20100287802 | Informational message and scent signs - An informational car freshener sign includes a cardboard sign having a front side and a back side, a written message setting forth rules and instructions in catchy and colorful wording to inform passengers in the rear seats of the driver's wishes with the written message accompanied by a pictorial representation such as a cartoon to enhance the impact and effectiveness of the sign, and the cardboard sign capable of giving off a particular scent to maintain the freshness of the interior environment. The sign is hung from the rear of the driver's seat or the front passenger seat, and the sign can be mounted in residential, commercial, and business establishments of all kinds. The sign can also be in the form of an air freshener calendar with the sheets for each month having different wording, cartoons, and scents. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20120317851 | SIGNBOARD AND SIGNBOARD SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY BEHIND VEHICLE WINDSHIELD - The present disclosure relates to a sign adapted for display in a vehicle. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a signboard that may be hung behind a vehicle's windshield to display various pre-selected or selected information, such as removable information that may easily revised as well as more permanent information that may be pre-printed on the signboard. The signboard may be hung from a vehicle's rearview mirror, rearview mirror support and/or a clip coupled to a vehicle's visor. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130125434 | Display Apparatus For A Vehicle - A display apparatus for a vehicle including a vent portion ( | 05-23-2013 |
