# US 10,121,396 B2 · LED billboard system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,121,396 B2 - Document ID: US10121396B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/421,936 - Filed: 2017-02-01 - Published: 2017-08-03 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-02-02 - Assignees: Metromedia Technologies, Inc. - Applicants: Metromedia Technologies, Inc. - Inventors: Curtis Taylor; Matthew Hanson; William Ishida; Sam Shaprio; Michael Kakoyiannis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10121396B2 ## CPC - G09F 9/3026: {Video wall, i.e. stackable semiconductor matrix display modules (video wall control systems G06F3/1446, G09G2300/026)} - G09F 9/301: {flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED} - G09F 9/33: being semiconductor devices, e.g. diodes - G09F 15/0037: {supported by a post} - F21Y 2105/16: square or rectangular, e.g. for light panels - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract A LED billboard system that is adapted to mount to pre-existing or future billboard structures such that when the LED panels are switched on, the LED billboard can be illuminated from behind. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A free standing billboard for displaying information and adapted for attachment to a pre-existing billboard structure comprising: (i) a graphic wrap; (ii) one or more panel units, each of said panel units comprising: (a) two panel subunits; (b) one or more rollable LED carpet units affixed to each of said panel subunits; (c) a bracket means for joining said subunits to each other; (d) a latching means attached to each of said panel units; and (e) a baffle means having one or more batons appended thereto mounted to said panel unit and positioned between said graphic wrap and said LED unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said panel unit has dimensions of about 14′×4′×6″. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The free standing billboard of claim 2, comprising 12 panel units. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said LED units comprise aluminum and acrylic. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said LED units have an edge lit configuration. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said LED units comprise a light scattering portion on their surface positioned opposite said graphic wrap. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said LED units comprise LEDs on a nontransparent material. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each of said LED units have dimensions of about 14′×2′. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each of said LED units comprise a back diffuser portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, further comprising a pair of electrodes attached to a power supply. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each panel subunit a flange means for overlapping another panel subunit. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said panel subunit is made of blow molded polyethylene. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each of said LED units further comprise a controller. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each panel subunit comprises a recessed zone for engagement of said bracket means. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each panel subunit comprises a flat zone to which a PBU clip is fastened. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each panel subunit further comprises a pair of brackets, attached to the top and bottom borders of said subunit. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said baffle means are clear. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said baffle means comprises openings on one or more sides. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, further comprising a light dispersing means. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said baffle means comprise a bottom plate having a vertical plate extending perpendicularly from an edge of said bottom plate and a horizontal plate connected to said vertical plate to form a channel therebetween, and further comprising a hollow tube positioned on said horizontal plate. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said one or more batons are of triangular shape, wherein the apex of the triangular shape extends away from said baffle means and the base of said triangular shape is positioned on said baffle means. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) A process for manufacturing the free standing billboard of claim 1, comprising: (a) connecting two panel subunits each of which has a front side and a back side to each other via a pair of side bracket means to create a panel, (b) applying a baffle means to the front side of each panel subunit, (c) affixing one or more rollable LED carpet units to each of said panel units and affixing said rollable LED carpet units to said baffle means, (d) attaching a plurality of said panels to each other via flange means which engage with each other, (e) attaching a graphic wrap to a structure produced in (d), and, (f) appending a latching means to the structure of (d) for engagement of said structure to a support. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The process of claim 22, comprising attaching 12 panel units to each other. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The process of claim 22, further comprising attaching a scattering means to said rollable carpet units. ### Claim 25 (depends on 22) The process of claim 22, further comprising affixing a diffuser to said free standing billboard. ### Claim 26 (depends on 22) The process of claim 22, further comprising affixing a bracket means to the top and bottom of each panel subunit for engagement of a further subunit.