Systems and Method for Outdoor Media Signage
AssigneeIllumin8 Outdoor Media, LLC
InventorJeffrey Kunowski
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Abstract
An illuminated signage system having a printed surface and at least one electroluminescent element embedded within the printed surface and a substrate layer or coupled between the printed surface and the substrate layer, and a rigid backing substrate. Also, an illuminated signage system having a non-opaque material with an etched portion that diffuses light from a light source adjacent to the non-opaque material and a printed layer having indicia visible through the non-opaque material. Also, a method of forming an illuminated signage system, the method including providing a printed surface, coupling the printed surface to a substrate layer, and embedding an electroluminescent element through the printed surface and into at least the substrate layer.
Claims27
An illuminated signage system, comprising:
- a printed surface coupled to a first side of a substrate layer,
- an adhesive sheet coupled to an opposite side of the substrate layer,
- a rigid backing substrate coupled to the adhesive sheet, and
- at least one electroluminescent element embedded within the printed surface and the substrate layer or coupled between the printed surface and the substrate layer.
An illuminated signage system comprising:
- a non-opaque material having an etched portion that diffuses light from a light source adjacent to the non-opaque material,
- a printed layer having indicia thereon, the indicia being visible through the non-opaque material, wherein the printed layer is coupled to the non-opaque material;
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- a power source supplying power to the light source.
A method of forming an illuminated signage system, the method comprising:
- providing a printed surface,
- coupling the printed surface to a first side of a substrate layer,
- providing an adhesive sheet,
- coupling the adhesive sheet to an opposite side of the substrate layer,
- providing a rigid backing substrate,
- coupling the rigid backing substrate to the adhesive layer,
- providing an electroluminescent element,
- embedding the electroluminescent element through the printed surface such that the electroluminescent element protrudes into at least the substrate layer, the adhesive sheet, or the spacing layer, and
- connecting the electroluminescent element to a power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.