Flexible outdoor flip sign display
OwnerRoyce M. Dyarinventor
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Abstract
A flip-type display sign having a plurality of parallel louvers mounted in a frame utilizes flexible fabric louver covers to define the faces of the louvers, with the louver covers being supported on a plurality of cables, extending between a pair of end caps held in spaced relation by a lightweight tubular frame. The fabric covers may be independently removed or replaced or may be internally illuminated.
Claims13
A trihedral member for use in a flip-type advertising sign wherein a plurality of such members in parallel alignment in a rigid frame structure form an advertising display which may be changed by simultaneously rotating each member of said plurality with a common means for turning, comprising, in combination:
- (a) a first end cap and a second end cap mounted for selective driven rotation about a common axis normal thereto;
- (b) means mounted intermediate said first end cap and said second end cap for holding said end caps in rigid spaced relation for concomitant driven rotation;
- (c) a plurality of inelastic cable members connected between and supported by said end caps;
- (d) means supported on said end caps for tensioning said cable members;
- (e) a plurality of flexible panels supported on said cables and extending substantially from end cap to end cap with each of said panels forming one face of said trihedral member and carrying a portion of an advertising display.
An advertising display comprising a rigid frame supporting a plurality of rotatably mounted elongated display elements, each display element having a first and second axial stub shaft at each end, said stub shafts engaged by said frame and having a lightweight boom disposed between said stub shafts to hold said shafts in spaced relation;
- means affixed to said boom for supporting a set of inelastic cables in parallel spaced relation to said boom;
- a flexible panel supported on said cables longitudinally of said display elements, each panel being generally rectangular and substantially the length of said display elements to define a face of said display element;
- and means operatively connected to said first stub shaft for selectively rotating said display elements such that said faces are positioned in parallel with one third of said faces being co-planar.
The advertising display as defined in claim 11 further comprising a plurality of T-shaped support members spaced apart and extending radially from said boom to align said cables.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.