Luminous panel for advertising on the ground
OwnerJean-Pierre Villardinventor
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Abstract
An illuminated display device for installation in the ground or surface of a pavement and which incorporates a concrete base which houses a light source and which further supports a first fixed frame to which is mounted a thick transparent plate which plate is reinforced by transparent support members which extend upwardly from the bottom of the concrete base and which further includes an articulated thinner transparent plate which is mounted to a moveable frame which is secured over the fixed transparent plate in such a manner that advertising displays may be placed intermediate the two plates with the plates being selectively locked to retain the advertising displays therebetween.
Claims13
An illuminated display device for installation in an opening in a pavement surface comprising a base portion situated within the opening and having a bottom and side walls, said side walls extending upwardly so that the upper edges thereof will be adjacent to the level of the pavement, an inwardly extending peripheral step formed along said side walls and spaced below said upper edges thereof, an electrical light source mounted within said base portion, a fixed frame supported on said peripheral step, a first transparent plate supported on said fixed frame so as to substantially cover the opening, at least one elongated transparent support means disposed within said base portion and extending vertically between said bottom and said first transparent plate intermediate said side walls thereof, means for securing said support means to said bottom, a second frame, means for moveably securing said second frame to said fixed frame, a second transparent plate carried by said second frame, and closure means for selectively securing said second frame to said fixed frame whereby a display may be selectively mounted between said first and second transparent plates and illuminated by said light source.
An illuminated display device for installation in an opening in a pavement surface comprising a base portion situated within the opening and having a bottom and side walls, said side walls extending upwardly so that the upper edges thereof will be adjacent to the level of the pavement, an inwardly extending peripheral step formed along said side walls in spaced below said upper edges thereof, a plurality of electrical light sources mounted within said base portion, a fixed frame supported on said fixed frame so as to substantially cover the opening, a plurality of elongated transparent support means disposed within said base portion and extending vertically between said bottom and said first transparent plate intermediate said light sources, means for securing said support means to said bottom, a second frame, means for moveably securing said second frame to said fixed frame, a second transparent plate carried by said second frame, said first transparent plate being of a first thickness and said second transparent plate being of a second thickness, said first thickness being greater than said second thickness, each of said first and second transparent plates and said transparent supports being formed of a synthetic transparent plactic, and closure means for selectively securing said second frame to said fixed frame whereby a display may be selectively mounted between said first and second transparent plates and illuminated by said light sources.
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