Patent ID: 7225567
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: G09F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A portable display apparatus for communicating information pertaining to the whereabouts of a worker within a workplace environment, comprising: a triangular support structure defined by a planar base, a planar rear panel and a planar front panel, the front and rear panels adjoined along an upper edge, the front panel having a linear series of apertures extending along an intermediate length thereof, the rear panel having a corresponding series of apertures extending along an intermediate length thereof; a plurality of stacked information cards supported along an intermediate area of the planar front panel, the cards each having a linear series of apertures provided adjacent to an upper card edge, the card apertures corresponding to and aligned with the front and rear panel apertures, each card having information printed thereon pertaining to a location within an office environment; a spiral binder extending through the apertures in the front and rear panels and the information cards, such that the information cards are carried by the spiral rod; an erasable marking surface disposed on a first area of the front panel adjacent to the intermediate surface thereof; a marker carried by said apparatus along an upper edge of the marking surface; a clock face disposed upon an opposite second area of the front panel adjacent to the intermediate front panel area; and a pair of non-electronic manually-adjustable pivoting clock hands secured to the front panel and disposed over the clock face.