US20090181809A1

US20090181809A1 - Totem equipped with a philantropic donation holder/receiver in the shape of a basketball backboard, a hoop with net, plus an indoor multimedia display

Info

Publication number: US20090181809A1
Application number: US12/035,840
Authority: US
Inventors: Airton Moises Oliveira Lara
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2008-01-16
Filing date: 2008-02-22
Publication date: 2009-07-16
Also published as: BRMU8800125U2

Abstract

“TOTEM EQUIPPED WITH A PHILANTROPIC DONATION HOLDER/RECEIVER IN THE SHAPE OF A BASKETBALL BACKBOARD, A HOOP WITH NET, PLUS AN INDOOR MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY” which uses the sport dynamics of basketball, to awake the public in general, to get mobilized regarding pertinent themes and issues of social and environmental responsibility. The totem (1) is made up of a combination of distinct elements: a counter (2) in cambered shape, a basketball backboard (5), a hoop with a net (7) working as a donations collector, loud speakers (10) and a monitor (3) which makes multimedia presentations (photos, films, commercials, donations results, etc.).

Description

This model of utility belongs to the technical field of devices or displays to collect philanthropic donations, more particularly presented as a “totem” equipped with a philanthropic donation holder/receiver in the shape of a basketball backboard, a hoop with net, which uses the sport dynamics of basketball, to awake the public in general, to get mobilized regarding pertinent themes and issues of social and environmental responsibility.
The “Totem” is made up of a combination of distinct elements: a counter in cambered shape, a basketball backboard, a hoop with a net working as a donations collector, two loud speakers and a display (monitor) which makes multimedia presentations (photos, films, indoor media, commercials, donations results, etc.).
All philanthropic entities depend on fundraising form third parties to be able to maintain their facilities, employees, equipment, objectives, etc. These funds, in general, are raised from investments or supports from public or private companies. Another fund raising source is the donations made by the average people who are sensitized by radio, television, posters, etc.
Those attitudes usually occur when people see the need, are sensibilized by the situation, and when the requested amounts are illusory they immediately make donations.
In the market today there is a series of methods and devices to collect these donations. The most common ones are bank deposits, debts to the bank accounts, or cash deposits in coins or paper money put straight into displays placed in collection centers. These displays are usually ballot collection boxes or collection boxes with a small opening to put money into.
All the devices mentioned above work properly to aid environmental or destitute entities.
This model is designed to add or replace the already existing models through the sport visual and audio dynamic working as a lucid argument to mobilize the public to contribute with the cause presented.
The “totem” at issue basically consists of a counter, as an element of support for the whole device; a basketball backboard, a hoop with a net, working as a philanthropic donation holder; a coin or paper money collecting box built in internally to safely store the donations; a multimedia display (monitor) to make presentations, broadcast and spread the calls, the needs and the destination of the donations by television, (photos, films, commercials or information via written texts); two built-in loud speakers to display sound; a processing plate and other electronic components to process and send the images and the sound to the monitor, two the loud speakers and an optional carpet with a drawing picturing the basket free throw line, to facilitate donations to be thrown.
The “totem” alone calls attention for its modern and advanced design. Apart from this characteristic, it also contains a multimedia communication display (image and e sound), and the sport dynamics of a basketball hoop with a net that challenges and spices the wish and the need people have to throw an object in the net to make a score. In this specific case the object would be a bill or a coin, and the score would represent the humanitarian aid to the destitute entity.
Any person when passing by the “totem” will see an image and the sound of a campaign in prol of a philanthropic cause, and whenever he or she gets sensibilized by the message and gets interested in donating something, it is just enough to step into the free throw line and throw one or more bills or coins of any amount into the net.
Therefore, this product, besides providing aid to the social or social environmental responsibility entities, it also brings amusement to people, mainly if they come in groups and wish to challenge for a game.

The objectives, advantages and all other important characteristics of this model under appraisal may be more easily understood if read together with the drawings enclosed herein explaining the following:

FIG. 02 represents a view in perspective of the “totem” equipped with the holder/receptor of philanthropic donations in the shape of a basketball hoop with a net, in the position for use.

FIG. 02 represents a front view of the “totem” equipped with the holder/receptor of philanthropic donations in the shape of a basketball hoop with a net.

FIG. 03 represents a lateral view of the “totem” equipped with the holder/receptor of philanthropic donations in the shape of a basketball hoop with a net.

According to the enclosed drawings, which illustrate and are a part of this descriptive report of the utility model entitled “Totem equipped with a philanthropic donation holder/receiver in the shape of a basketball backboard, a hoop with net, plus an indoor multimedia display”, the model comprises a totem (1), a philanthropic donation holder/receiver in the shape of a basketball backboard, a hoop with net, made of a counter (2), shaped with 2 cambered laterals (2A), being the front lines bent (2B), and between those 2 laterals, there is a front bent sheet (2C), a straight top base (2D); and in the front bent sheet (2C), its is placed a multimedia display (monitor) (3); and over the straight top base (2D) there is a pillar (4) holding a back board (5) a hoop (6) with a net (7), and the hole of this net is fit into an opening (8) placed on the straight top base (2D); that is the inlet of a coin or bill collection box (9), placed inside the counter; and close to that one, there are two loud speakers (10), a processing plate and other electronic components to process and send the images and the sound to display the multimedia (monitor) display (3) and to the loud speakers (10), and at last, there is a carpet picturing the free throw line (11).
FIG. 01 shows the “totem” (1), in perspective, and a person throwing a coin into the net (7).
FIG. 02 shows the “totem” (1), in a frontal view, focusing on the counter (2), the 2 cambered laterals (2A), the frontal bent lines (2B), the frontal bent sheet (2C), a straight top base (2D); the multimedia display (monitor) (3), the pillar (4) the backboard (5) the hoop (6) the net (7), the loud speakers (10) and an acrylic sheet (12), as an optional item to prevent the coins from to falling in the back part of the totem (1).
FIG. 03 shows the “totem” (1), from a lateral view focusing on the counter (2), with the 2 cambered laterals (2A), the frontal bent lines (2B), the pillar (4) the backboard (5) the hoop (6) the net (7), the acrylic sheet (12), as an optional item to prevent the coins from falling in the back part of the totem (1), and the coin or bill collection box (9) delineated in the drawing.
All these features allow that the “totem” be classified (1), as a totally modern, efficient and safe device to be used in several and many types of donation campaigns for the benefit of social and social and social and environmental entities, by many different users and in many different places, independently of the general features which the entities may show; it can also be easily installed and handled, and have a great performance and excellent general characteristics. The advantage is also seen in the fact that the measurements, formats, dimensions and quantities may vary according to the general needs of each one of the applications.

Claims

1.) “TOTEM EQUIPPED WITH A PHILANTROPIC DONATION HOLDER/RECEIVER IN THE SHAPE OF A BASKETBALL BACKBOARD, A HOOP WITH NET, PLUS AN INDOOR MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY”, a device characterized by a totem (1), made of a counter (2), shaped with 2 cambered laterals (2A), being the front lines bent (2B), and between those 2 laterals, there is a front bent sheet (2C), a straight top base (2D); and in the front bent sheet (2C), its is placed a multimedia display (monitor) (3); and over the straight top base (2D) there is a pillar (4) holding a back board (5) a hoop (6) with a net (7), and the hole of this net is fit into an opening (8) placed on the straight top base (2D); that is the inlet of a coin or bill collection box (9), placed inside the counter; and close to that one, there are two loud speakers (10), a processing plate and other electronic components to process and send the images and the sound to display the multimedia (monitor) display (3) and to the loud speakers (10), and at last, there is a carpet picturing the free throw line (11).

2.) TOTEM EQUIPPED WITH A PHILANTROPIC DONATION HOLDER/RECEIVER IN THE SHAPE OF A BASKETBALL BACKBOARD, A HOOP WITH NET, PLUS AN INDOOR MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY” according to the reivindication 1 is characterized by the use of an acrylic sheet (12).