Patent ID: 7637043
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
1. A motorized photo display comprising: (a) a base; (b) a frame including: (c) a drive element mounted on the bottom portion, the drive element including a housing, a motor with a drive shaft rotatable about a vertically-oriented drive axis, and a drive mechanism; (d) a spool mechanism having a spindle with a vertically-oriented longitudinal axis, an upper pivot ring extending outwardly from an upper extremity of the spool mechanism and having a plurality of orifices, a lower pivot ring extending outwardly from a lower extremity of the spool mechanism and having a plurality of orifices vertically-aligned with corresponding orifices of the plurality of orifices of the upper pivot ring, the spool mechanism being mounted on the drive mechanism with the spindle extending upwardly through the orifice of the top portion; (e) centering plates fixedly securing the upper and lower pivot rings about the spindle wherein the longitudinal axis of the spindle is colinear with the drive axis; (f) a plurality of photo holders, each having a pivot hinge pivotally mounted to a corresponding pair of vertically-aligned orifices of the plurality of orifices of the upper and lower pivot rings, each of the photo holders including a planar transparent leading face, a planar transparent trailing face, a distal end, a biasing device, and a cavity dimensioned to receive one or more photos to be operably visible through the leading face and one or more photos to be operably visible through the trailing face; and (g) a power source structured to provide electrical energy to the drive element; and (h) wherein,