OFFICE STATUS NOTIFIER

摘要

An office status notifier that may be placed at an employee's work station to let co-workers know where the employee is when they are not at their desk. The notifier may include a plurality of pre-printed (or user defined) cards that may rotate about one or more card holders. The card holders may be suspended from a base by a cross-member supported by legs. The notifier may be designed with an attachment mechanism to affix the notifier to a piece of office equipment, such as a top portion of a computer monitor.

主权项

1. A method of providing a status notification, the method comprising:
providing a notification device, the notification device comprising:
a substantially planar base member lying in a first plane and having a top surface and a bottom surface;a double-sided adhesive layer disposed on the bottom surface of the base member;a support bar having a first end and second end spaced apart from one another and attached to the base member, the support bar lying in a second plane that is substantially perpendicular to the first plane;a plurality of rings disposed about the support bar; anda plurality of cards having holes therein, the plurality of rings passing through the holes in the cards, wherein the cards are suspended above the base member; adhering the notification device to a top surface of a computer monitor; and providing a status notification indicating a current location of a user by:
selecting a card of the plurality of cards; andturning one or more cards of the plurality of cards that are located in front of the selected card about the plurality of rings, thereby displaying a message disposed on a message print area of the selected card indicating the current location of the user.