Changeable signage system
AssigneeWall Yak, LLC
InventorTom L. Hofmeister
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Abstract
An array of adjacent panels forms a display sign. Each panel has a frame that holds a display sheet showing a cellular portion of the sign. The display sheet covers a front of the frame. A border of the display sheet wraps around the sides of the frame and is trapped in a backside channel in each side member of the frame. Retainers pushed into the channel trap the border in the channel. Each frame may be quickly attached and released from a respective base attached to a wall or other support structure, allowing quick changes to all portions or selected portions of the sign. A mobile app may be provided that configures the sign in a camera image of the support structure, divides the sign into panels, and generates printer output in a selected printer page size for each panel, including the border.
Claims13
A display sign comprising:
- an array of panels;
- each panel comprising a frame of side members that hold a display sheet displaying a cellular portion of the sign;
- the display sheet covering a front of the frame;
- and
- a border of the display sheet wrapped around the side members and trapped by a removable retainer within a backside frame channel in each side member of the frame.
A process for making a display sign, comprising the steps of:
- creating an image of a selected size and shape for display on a support structure;
- dividing the image into cellular portions for an array of panels forming the sign;
- printing respective display sheets showing each portion of the image;
- providing a respective frame for each display sheet;
- marking margin corners defining a border on a back of each display sheet using a margin corner marking guide on each frame;
- placing each frame on a respective display sheet within the margin corners, and wrapping the border around the periphery of the frame;
- trapping the border in a backside channel of the frame by pushing a retainer into the channel against a part of the border in the channel;
- and
- attaching each frame to the support structure in a predetermined position in the array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.