US 12,252,054 B2
Method and apparatus for selling consumer products
Benjamin Cohen, Brooklyn, NY (US); and David Hazan, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Bobcar Media LLC, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed by Benjamin Cohen, Brooklyn, NY (US); and David Hazan, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,319.
Application 18/219,319 is a continuation of application No. 15/331,887, filed on Oct. 23, 2016, granted, now 11,945,355.
Application 15/331,887 is a continuation of application No. 14/337,727, filed on Jul. 22, 2014, granted, now 9,481,283, issued on Nov. 1, 2016.
Application 14/337,727 is a continuation of application No. 14/244,601, filed on Apr. 3, 2014, abandoned.
Application 14/244,601 is a continuation of application No. 13/533,276, filed on Jun. 26, 2012, granted, now 8,690,215, issued on Apr. 8, 2014.
Application 13/533,276 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/018,787, filed on Feb. 1, 2011, granted, now 8,220,854, issued on Jul. 17, 2012.
Application 13/018,787 is a continuation of application No. 12/380,989, filed on Mar. 5, 2009, granted, now 7,942,461, issued on May 17, 2011.
Application 14/244,601 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/447,050, filed on Feb. 28, 2013, granted, now D736675, issued on Aug. 18, 2015.
Application 29/447,050 is a continuation of application No. 29/410,762, filed on Jan. 11, 2012, granted, now D678823, issued on Mar. 26, 2013.
Application 29/410,762 is a continuation of application No. 29/360,773, filed on Apr. 30, 2010, granted, now D652353, issued on Jan. 17, 2013.
Application 29/360,773 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/380,989, filed on Mar. 5, 2009, granted, now 7,942,461, issued on May 17, 2011.
Application 13/018,787 is a continuation of application No. 29/364,594, filed on Jun. 25, 2010, granted, now D653993, issued on Feb. 14, 2012.
Application 29/364,594 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/360,773, filed on Apr. 30, 2010, granted, now D652353, issued on Jan. 17, 2013.
Application 29/410,762 is a continuation in part of application No. 29/364,594, filed on Jun. 25, 2010, granted, now D653993, issued on Feb. 14, 2012.
Application 29/447,050 is a continuation of application No. 13/533,276, filed on Jun. 26, 2012, granted, now 8,690,215, issued on Apr. 8, 2014.
Application 13/018,787 is a continuation of application No. 29/360,773, filed on Apr. 30, 2010, granted, now D652353, issued on Jan. 17, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/068,700, filed on Mar. 7, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2024/0001833 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B60P 3/025 (2006.01); B60R 13/00 (2006.01); B62D 33/027 (2006.01); B62D 61/06 (2006.01); B62D 61/08 (2006.01); G09F 21/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60P 3/0255 (2013.01) [B60R 13/00 (2013.01); B62D 33/0276 (2013.01); B62D 61/06 (2013.01); G09F 21/04 (2013.01); G09F 21/0485 (2021.05)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
(a) using a self-propelled moving vehicle to promote goods and/or services;
(b) wherein the vehicle comprises a cab, and a showroom located behind and attached to the cab;
(c) wherein the showroom comprises a display area, the display area being used to display goods and/or services for promotion of the goods and/or services to consumers;
(d) the showroom comprising panels, the panels comprising a left side panel at a left side of the vehicle, a right side panel at a right side of the vehicle, and a rear panel at a rear of the vehicle;
(e) wherein the panels each have a lowered position and a raised position, and wherein the panels each have a front surface and a back surface, and wherein advertising is provided on at least one of the surfaces of the panels;
(f) wherein the panels surround the showroom on three sides in the lowered position and the raised position;
(g) wherein the panels bar access to the showroom, when the panels are all in the lowered position; and,
(h) wherein the panels are all above the display area when the panels are in the raised position;
(i) wherein a consumer can touch at least one side of the display area, while the showroom is attached to the cab and while the panel over that side of the display area is in the raised position;
(j) wherein the showroom comprises a roof, and wherein the panels each have a top when in the raised position, each of the tops of the panels being above the roof of the showroom when the panels are all in the raised position; and,
(k) wherein the advertising is at least partially above the roof of the showroom when each panel is in the raised position, and wherein the advertising promotes the goods and/or services to consumers;
(l) wherein the self-propelled mobile vehicle is positioned outside a retail store, with at least one of the panels raised, to engage a consumer outside the retail store; and,
(m) wherein the goods and/or services displayed in the display area correspond to goods and/or services offered in the retail store.