Abstract:
An advertising display assembly is provided. The advertising display assembly includes a sleeve having a first panel and a spaced-apart second panel that defines a space therebetween for receiving a graphical display sheet. The advertising display assembly also includes an attachment device for attaching the sleeve to a proximal structure and a seal carried on the first panel for providing access into the space for receiving the graphical display sheet.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/216,119 filed on May 14, 2009, the contents and subject matter of which are hereby incorporated. 
     
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
       [0002]    The presently disclosed subject matter is directed towards an advertising display assembly, and more particularly towards an advertising display assembly for use with real estate and related advertisements. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0003]    Real estate agents and brokers commonly use a brochure box or flyer tube to dispense brochures having information and pictures relating to a home for sale. The brochure box is usually fastened to a sign that is proximate to the home and conveniently accessible to potential homebuyers. Brochures are manually supplied to the brochure box and interested persons are able to access and review the brochures and the information contained thereon. It is not uncommon for brochure boxes to quickly and unexpectedly run out of brochures. Accordingly, the real estate agent or broker must resupply the brochures when the brochure box is empty. However, providing the additional supply and refilling of brochures is often not performed expeditiously, thereby resulting in frustration to the home seller and even missed sales opportunities. In addition, during storms or inclement weather, brochures may become wet or water logged. Many brochures are expensive color brochures, and the wet or water logged brochures must be replaced, resulting in increased costs and overhead for real estate agents. In addition, many potential homebuyers are mostly concerned with the listing price of the home and only take a brochure to determine the listing price, yet the potential homebuyers will rarely replace the brochure in the brochure box if the home price is not within their acceptable price ranges. This also results in a waste of brochures. Furthermore, conventional advertising display assemblies are not always at eye level with an interested person. Many homebuyers will drive their automobile in home developments that they are interested in and reach through an opened automobile window to grab for a brochure. Due to varying heights of automobiles, sometimes these brochures are not readily or easily reachable. 
         [0004]    Accordingly, there remains a need for an advertising display assembly that addresses these and other disadvantages associated with conventional advertising display assemblies. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0005]    According to one aspect of the disclosed subject matter, an advertising display assembly is provided. The advertising display assembly includes a sleeve having a first panel and a spaced-apart second panel that defines a space therebetween for receiving a graphical display sheet, an attachment device for attaching the sleeve to a proximal structure, and a seal carried on the first panel for providing access into the space for receiving the graphical display sheet. 
         [0006]    According to another aspect of the disclosed subject matter, the attachment device includes a reel and line assembly for varying the length of the attachment device. 
         [0007]    According to another aspect of the disclosed subject matter, the sleeve defines an aperture for receiving the attachment device. 
         [0008]    According to another aspect of the disclosed subject matter, the attachment device further includes a ring attaching the reel and line assembly to the aperture. 
         [0009]    According to another aspect of the disclosed subject matter, the attachment device further includes a hook for attaching to the proximal structure. 
         [0010]    According to another aspect of the disclosed subject matter, the advertising display assembly also includes a graphical display sheet in the space between the first and second panels. 
         [0011]    According to another aspect of the disclosed subject matter, the sleeve defines a first end and a second end, and the attachment device is attached at the first end, and further wherein the seal is a zipper that is carried on the first panel at a medial position between the first and second ends. 
         [0012]    According to another aspect of the disclosed subject matter, the zipper includes a first track and a mutually engageable second track, and whereby engagement of the first track and the second track closes the zipper. 
         [0013]    According to another aspect of the disclosed subject matter, the first panel is divided by the zipper into a first portion at the first end of the sleeve and a second portion at the second end of the sleeve. 
         [0014]    According to another aspect of the disclosed subject matter, the first portion carries the first track and the second portion carries the second track, and further wherein the first track is positioned at an outer periphery of the first panel and the second track is positioned at an inner periphery of the first panel facing the second panel such that the first track is positioned outside of the second track relative to the space defined between the first and second panels to thereby define a water runoff overhang. 
         [0015]    According to another aspect of the disclosed subject matter, the advertising display assembly also includes advertising indicia on the sleeve. 
         [0016]    According to another aspect of the disclosed subject matter, an advertising display assembly is provided that includes a sleeve having a first panel and a spaced-apart second panel that defines a space therebetween for receiving a graphical display sheet. An attachment device is provided that includes a reel and line assembly carried by the sleeve for attaching the sleeve to a proximal structure. A zipper is carried on the first panel at a medial location between respective first and second ends of the first panel for providing access into the space for receiving the graphical display sheet. The zipper includes a first track and a mutually engageable second track. When the first track and the second track are engaged, a water runoff overhang is defined to maintain a water tight seal in the space for receiving the graphical display sheet. 
         [0017]    According to another aspect of the disclosed subject matter, the advertising display assembly includes a first graphical display sheet and a second graphical display sheet in the space between opposed panels. The second graphical display sheet is placed in a direction opposite the direction than that of the first graphical display sheet such that graphics can be viewed through either of the first or second panels. 
         [0018]    According to another aspect of the disclosed subject matter, an advertising display assembly is provided and includes a longitudinally extending sleeve having a first panel and a spaced-apart second panel that defines a space therebetween for receiving a graphical display sheet. The longitudinally extending sleeve also has respective first and second longitudinal ends. An attachment device is provided and includes a reel and line assembly attached to a ring that is carried by the sleeve at the first longitudinal end for attaching the sleeve to a proximal structure. A laterally extending zipper is carried on the first panel at a medial location between respective first and second longitudinal ends of the first panel for providing access into the space for receiving the graphical display sheet. The zipper includes a first track carried by a first portion of the first panel that is defined between the zipper and the first longitudinal end and also includes a mutually engageable second track carried by a second portion of the first panel that is defined between the zipper and the second longitudinal end. The first track is positioned at an outer periphery of the first panel and the second track is positioned at an inner periphery of the first panel such that when the first track and the second track are engaged, a water runoff overhang is defined by the first track to maintain a water tight seal in the space for receiving the graphical display sheet. 
         [0019]    This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed subject matter. Further, the claimed subject matter is not limited to implementations that solve any or all disadvantages noted in any part of this disclosure. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0020]    The foregoing summary, as well as the following detailed description of preferred embodiments, is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings. For the purposes of illustration, there is shown in the drawings exemplary embodiments; however, the presently disclosed subject matter is not limited to the specific methods and instrumentalities disclosed. In the drawings: 
           [0021]      FIG. 1  is a front view of an advertising display assembly according to one embodiment of the presently disclosed subject matter; 
           [0022]      FIG. 2  is a cross sectional view of a sleeve and zipper of the advertising display assembly according to one embodiment of the presently disclosed subject matter; and 
           [0023]      FIG. 3  is a perspective environmental view of the advertising display assembly affixed to a proximate structure according to one embodiment of the presently disclosed subject matter. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0024]    The presently disclosed subject matter now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments are shown. Indeed, this invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout. 
         [0025]      FIG. 1  illustrates an advertising display assembly that is generally designated as  10  throughout the drawings. The advertising display assembly  10  includes a sleeve  12  and an attachment device  22  for attaching the sleeve  12  to a proximal structure. The sleeve  12  includes a seal that is shown as a zipper  26  that allows access into the sleeve  12  for manually inserting a graphical display sheet. The attachment device  22  includes a reel assembly  30  and a cooperative line assembly  32 . The reel assembly  30  may be retractable such that the line assembly  32  always returns to a predetermined position within the reel assembly  30  once the line assembly  32  is no longer being handled by an interested person. A ring  36  may be provided for attaching the line assembly  32  to an aperture  34  defined in the panel  12 . In some embodiments, the aperture  34  may include an eyelet ring around the periphery of the aperture  34 . A hook  40  is also attached to the reel assembly  30  for attaching to a proximal structure. The sleeve  12  has a first end  44  and a second end  46  defined on longitudinal ends of the sleeve  12 . The sleeve  12  may also include advertising indicia defined in pockets  60  on the sleeve  12 . 
         [0026]    The zipper  26  is medially positioned between the first end  44  and the second end  46 , and in some embodiments, is positioned at about 1 inch from the advertising indicia defined in pockets  60  on the sleeve  12 . In this manner, the seam lines defined at each pocket  60  on the sleeve  12  and the zipper  26  visually appear to all be seam lines to an interested person. Accordingly, interested persons may not realize that the zipper  26  provides access into the sleeve  12 , instead believing that the zipper is another seam line, and therefore interested persons may be deterred from attempting to take a graphical display sheet from within the sleeve  12 . 
         [0027]      FIG. 2  illustrates a cross sectional view of the sleeve  12 . The sleeve  12  includes a first panel  14  that carries the zipper  26  and a second panel  16  that cooperatively define a space  20  therebetween that can receive a graphical display sheet. The zipper  26  includes a first track  48  and a mutually engageable second track  50 . The first track  48  and the second track  50  cooperatively engage one another to form a seal protecting the space  20 . The first track  48  is carried on the first panel  14  at a first portion  52  that is defined between the zipper  26  and the first end  44  of the sleeve  12 . The second track  50  is carried on the first panel  14  at a second portion  54  that is defined between the zipper  26  and the second end  46  of the sleeve  12 . The first track  48  includes a flange  56  that creates a water seal overhang such that water or other liquids running down the first panel  14  will run off away from the zipper  26 . 
         [0028]      FIG. 3  illustrates the advertising display assembly  10  fastened to a proximal structure  24 . In the embodiment shown in  FIG. 3 , the hook  40  is fastened to an eye hook  62  carried by the proximal structure  24 . In other embodiments, the advertising display assembly  10  may be fastened to any appropriate feature of the proximal structure  24 . The advertising display assembly  10  includes a graphical display sheet  42  positioned within the space  20  of the sleeve  12 . The graphical display sheet  42  may have printing on both sides of the display sheet  42  such that a viewer may view advertising information on both sides of the advertising display assembly  10 . In other embodiments, two graphical display sheets  42  may be inserted into the space  20  of the sleeve in oppositely facing directions. 
         [0029]    The sleeve  12  is preferably made of durable grade vinyl, and in some embodiments, may be made of a 12 millimeter marine grade vinyl. In one embodiment, the sleeve  12  may be made of a marine grade vinyl comprising polyvinyl chloride of 12 micrometers in width. In other embodiments, the sleeve  12  may include an ultraviolet protective coating. In some embodiments, the sleeve  12  may be 12 to 14 inches in length and 8 to 10 inches in width. 
         [0030]    The advantages associated with the subject matter of the advertising display assembly  10  are apparent. The advertising display assembly  10  may be used in conjunction with brochure boxes or flyer tubes and with the presence of the advertising display assembly  10 , interested persons can view the information provided on the graphical display sheet  42 . In some embodiments, the graphical display sheet  42  may be a real estate brochure matching the brochure found in the brochure boxes or flyer tubes. In addition, brochure waste is reduced as many interested persons may find the information that they seek on the graphical display sheet  42  and opt not to take a brochure. Additionally, the advertising display assembly  10  forms a water tight seal so that even during and after inclement weather, the graphical display sheet  42  should remain dry and viewable. Also, the advertising display assembly  10  is easily reachable by a person in an automobile and the reel  30  and line assembly  32  allows the interested person to pull the graphical display sheet  42  into view and then release the advertising display assembly  10  into its predetermined position. 
         [0031]    While the embodiments have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments of the various figures, it is to be understood that other similar embodiments may be used or modifications and additions may be made to the described embodiment for performing the same function without deviating therefrom. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should not be limited to any single embodiment, but rather should be construed in breadth and scope in accordance with the appended claims.