Signage and method of making the same
OwnerHerman Poulininventor
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Abstract
A method of forming signage. A first step involves providing an inventory of discrete alpha-numeric elements, graphic symbols and spacer elements. Each of the alpha-numeric elements displays a single alpha-numeric character. The inventory includes alpha-numeric elements displaying all 26 letters and numbers 0 through 9. A second step involves selecting from the inventory alpha-numeric elements necessary to display a desired message, together with such spacer elements as may be required to hold places between alpha-numeric elements in order to form word or number grouping in the alpha-numeric message. A third step involves arranging the selected alpha-numeric elements and spacer elements in a desired order to display the desired message.
Claims19
A method comprising the steps of:
- providing an inventory of discrete alpha-numeric elements and spacer elements, each of the alpha-numeric elements displaying a single alpha-numeric character, the inventory including alpha-numeric elements displaying all 26 letters and numbers 0 through 9;
- selecting from the inventory alpha-numeric elements necessary to display a desired alpha-numeric message, together with such spacer elements as may be required to hold places between alpha-numeric elements in order to form word or number grouping in the alpha-numeric message;
- arranging the selected alpha-numeric elements and spacer elements in a desired order to display the desired alpha-numeric message.
A product, comprising:
- one of a block or a tile having a display face, a mounting face, a left edge, a right edge, a top edge and a bottom edge;
- a single alpha-numeric character or graphic symbol being displayed on the display face.
A signage assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of one of blocks or tiles each having a display face, a mounting face, a left edge, a right edge, a top edge, a bottom edge, and a raised border on the display face along the top edge and along the bottom edge;
- a single alpha-numeric character being displayed on the display face of some the blocks or tiles, the blocks or tiles being arranged to form word or number groupings in order to display an alpha-numeric message;
- some of the blocks or tiles being spacer blocks or spacer tiles, which do not have an alpha-numeric character and serve to hold places between the word or number groupings;
- a right side border block or tile being provided with a raised border on the display face along the right edge and a left side border block or tile being provided with a raised border on the display face along the left edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.