Display unit
AssigneeUrben Technologies Limited
InventorMichael Entwistle
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Abstract
The present invention provides a display unit comprising a front face and a peripheral frame, the peripheral frame forming a border around the front face, the front face comprising at least one display panel, wherein the peripheral frame comprises an extruded main section having a channel formed therein extending longitudinally along its length, the peripheral frame further comprising at least one extruded auxiliary section having a profile in cross-section which engages with the channel in the main section of the peripheral frame, wherein the auxiliary section of the peripheral frame provides an infill between the main section and the front face of the display unit to permit alternative or replacement display panels to be accommodated within the same peripheral frame.
Claims17
A display unit comprising a front face and a peripheral frame, the peripheral frame forming a border around the front face, the front face comprising at least one display panel, wherein the peripheral frame comprises an extruded main section forming at least part of a main body of the peripheral frame, the main section having a channel formed therein extending longitudinally along its length, the peripheral frame further comprising at least one extruded auxiliary section having a profile in cross-section which engages with the channel in the main section of the peripheral frame, wherein the auxiliary section of the peripheral frame provides an infill between the main section and the front face of the display unit.
An extruded main section for forming a peripheral frame of a display unit, the extruded main section comprising a plurality of spaced apart channels running longitudinal along its length on an inward facing face, each channel in cross-section having a narrow neck portion and a wider main portion below the neck portion, the channels being arranged to receive a plurality of channel engaging members slotted into a selected one of the channels and positioned to anchor a mounting for components of a display against the extruded main section, the main section of the peripheral frame comprising an additional channel extending from towards a front edge and arranged to receive an extruded auxiliary section to form part of a peripheral frame, to provide an infill between the main extruded section of and components of a display unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.