Patent · US Expired

Vehicle towed display device

US4178706A · kind A · utility

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26Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 8, 1977
Grant dateDec 18, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 8, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F21/12
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display device in which a banner towed behind a moving vehicle such as a boat, is stabilized by a self-regulating drogue parachute attached to the trailing end of the banner so as to maintain the banner in a vertical plane with its longitudinal axis substantially horizontal, for a wide range of air speeds. When not in use, the banner is wound onto a roller rotatably and removably mounted on a support carried by the vehicle.

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