Patent ID: 6212806
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A numeric display apparatus comprising: a base member with a display segment that defines a display surface and that includes linear edge portions; nine panel segments mounted to the base member, at least eight of said panel segments being moveable between a first position and a second position, each of the eight panel segments being disposed in a generally parallel, overlapping relation with the display surface when in the first position, each of the at least eight panel segments being disposed along an edge portion of the display surface when in the second position; driving means for moving the eight panel segments between the first and second positions; the nine panel segments forming the number 8 when placed in the first position; said driving means pivoting the panel segments between the first and second positions; the display segment defining an opening proximate a middle portion of the display surface, one of the at lest eight panel segments extending through the opening to move from the first to the second position.