Interactive Displays

Client: Leviton Manufacturing Co.
Producer: IMMCO Dimensions Inc.; Syosset, N.Y.
Category: Motion, Light or Sound Wall Unit
Comments: The display demonstrates how radio signals travel from a transmitter switch to receiver switch (and the light it operates). The materials and processes used included plexiglass, injection-molded parts, vacuum-forming, styrene fabrication and chrome printing. The electronics, using chip and board design, accomplishes the visual demonstration of sequential lights to demonstrate radio signals.

Product: Quattro Massager
Number of displays: 500
P-O-P company: Custom Corrugated Containers, Inc. (manufacture), Charlotte, N.C.
Distribution: Department stores; specialty retail stores
Introduction: November 1994
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Laminated, corrugated
A corrugated display lets consumers test drive Vimed's Quattro Massager, an unusually shaped product.

Product: Hudson Foods Inc. rotisserie chicken
Number of displays: 2,000
P-O-P company: Clegg Industries Inc., Torrance, Calif.
Distribution: Supermarkets
Introduction: December 1994
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Corrugated and plastic
Information about Hudson's rotisserie chicken product is available from an interactive point-of-sale unit with the push of a red button.

Product: Auto parts
Number of displays: 50
P-O-P company: Acrylic Fabricators Ltd., Concord, Ontario, Canada
Distribution: Canadian Tire stores
Introduction: July 1994
Duration: Permanent
Construction: Black styrene housing; chipboard base and internal shelving
Canadian Tire's Auto Parts Look-Up kiosk features touchscreen entry and a database that spans 70,000 parts. Customers can check inventory status as well as current prices.