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(11) EP 0 370 592 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.06.1991 Bulletin 1991/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.05.1990 Bulletin 1990/22

(21) Application number: 89302856.3

(22) Date of filing: 22.03.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G09F 19/02, A63H 33/26
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 21.11.1988 US 273807
13.03.1989 US 320558

(71) Applicant: Cotutsca, Peter
Gardena California 90249 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Cotutsca, Peter
    Gardena California 90249 (US)

(74) Representative: Enskat, Michael Antony Frank et al
Saunders & Dolleymore, 9, Rickmansworth Road
Watford, Hertfordshire WD1 7HE
Watford, Hertfordshire WD1 7HE (GB)


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    (54) Magnetically supported display


    (57) A display device having a base defining a display area between the opposite surfaces of a pair of plates in which a display member is magnetically supported on a filament extending between one plate and the member, and in which a first magnet is mounted on the other plate. Magnetic material or a second magnet is carried on the member in attractive relationship to the first magnet so that the member is magnetically suspended in the display area pulling taut against the filament. Articles to be displayed such as photos or the like are mounted for visual observation on the member.







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