US 12,406,600 B2
Appliance model display system
Abbigael Passero, Thousand Oaks, CA (US); Sergio Fabricio Duarte Rodriguez, Oxnard, CA (US); Augusta Gohil, Oxnard, CA (US); Justin Reyes, Santa Paula, CA (US); and Amin Monfared, Oxnard, CA (US)
Assigned to Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/240,616.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/403,142, filed on Sep. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0078938 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G09F 19/00 (2006.01); G09F 3/00 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01); G09F 19/12 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 19/125 (2021.05) [G09F 3/0297 (2013.01); G09F 9/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A product advertisement system comprising:
a plurality of miniature three-dimensional product models, wherein each of the plurality of miniature three-dimensional product models (i) has a bottom surface, a top surface, and at least one side surface extending between the bottom surface and the top surface; (ii) is a scaled replica of a full-size residential or commercial appliance; and (iii) has a hollow interior configuration with an opening in the bottom surface; and
a base configured to retain each of the plurality of miniature three-dimensional product models in a single position thereon, each of the plurality of miniature three-dimensional product models being manually removable from and replaceable onto the base,
wherein the opening in the bottom surface of each of the plurality of miniature three-dimensional product models has a unique shape, and the base comprises a plurality of projections that correspond to each of the openings, with each of the plurality of projections being sized and shaped to matingly engage with a single one of the openings of the plurality of miniature three-dimensional product models to retain each miniature three-dimensional product model in its single position on the base,
wherein the system further comprises one or more sensors located in the base and/or in the plurality of miniature three-dimensional product models, wherein the one or more sensors are configured to detect removal of each of the plurality of miniature three-dimensional product models from its position on the base.