Display construction

An illuminated display unit, in particular of the type including one of a house number, traffic sign, advertisement device, which display unit comprises:

• a housing having front and rear walls and a top wall with an inclined surface extending between planes containing said front and rear wall;
• a photoconductive fluorescent plate forming the front wall which photoconductive fluorescent plate has a front viewing face, and an opposite rear face and a peripheral edge extending between the faces;
• a display symbol formed by a layer engaging over said rear face;
• at least one light-emitting element inserted into a portion of the edge of the plate for directing light into the plate thereby illuminating the plate and the display symbol;
• metal-luster reflecting layer extending along the peripheral edge for reflecting light from within the plate incident on such edge, internally;
• a contrast wall mounted behind the rear face of the plate forming a rear housing wall:
• metal-luster reflecting layers arranged along said front and rear faces adjacent said edge portion between which reflecting layers the light-emitting element is disposed:
• said light-emitting element including a light-emitting diode arrangement, a chargeable battery connected to said diode arrangement, a charging device connected to said battery and a solar cell carried by the top wall surface and connected to said charging device, operating said charging device.