Display sign and replaceable message
OwnerEdward R. McHenryinventor
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Abstract
The sign has changeable indicia; it has a frame enclosing a center area and a plurality of flattened tubular vertically aligned indicia carriers filling the center area of the frame, the indicia carriers being slidably interlocked with each other, and indicia plates slidably received in at least one indicia carrier to present a display message through the front of the sign.
Claims4
A sign comprising a frame means enclosing an accessible center area and having a frame section movable to expose an edge of said center area,
- a plurality of flattened tubular vertically aligned transparent indicia carriers filling said center area, said indicia carriers each including a vertically extending and protruding rib at one vertical margin thereof, which rib extends longitudinally of said indicia carrier, and a vertically extending recess extending longitudinally of the carrier at the other vertical margin thereof and open at such vertical margin thereof to engage and interlock with the rib of an adjacent one of said indicia carriers, said ribs and recesses of adjacent ones of said indicia carriers being slidably interlocked with each other, and
- indicia plates slidably received in and positioned by the walls of at least one indicia carrier, said indicia plates being visible through a front wall of said indicia carriers.
A sign having changeable indicia presented thereby and comprising a frame enclosing an open center area and including two generally vertically extending side members one of which is removable,
- a plurality of flattened tubular vertically aligned indicia carriers filling said center area, said indicia carriers each being of planar shape and being vertically positioned, said indicia carriers being formed with complementary vertically extending rib and groove interlocking means on the top and bottom thereof for slidable interlock with mating means on a vertically adjacent indicia carrier, said interlocking means lying in the planes of said indicia carriers, vertically adjacent pairs of said indicia carriers being slidably interlocked with each other, and
- indicia plates slidably carried in and by said indicia carriers, said indicia carriers having a transparent front wall and enclosing said indicia plates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.