Modular sign
OwnerFerdinand Albanoinventor
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Abstract
A modular sign having a signboard that positively and removably engages a signboard housing. The signboard housing includes a top wall, left and right sidewalls and a lower wall. The housing also includes upper and lower upward extending lips extending from front edges of the top wall and the lower wall of the housing respectively. First and second hanger strips are mounted to the back surface of the signboard. The hanger strips form notches in conjunction with the back surface of the signboard. When the signboard is slidably disposed into a mounting position with respect to the signboard, the upper and lower lips upward extending lips extend into the notches formed by the first and second hanger strips to positively mount the signboard with respect to the housing while permitting easy removal of the signboard therefrom.
Claims11
A modular sign comprising:
- a housing comprising top wall, left and right side walls and a lower wall, each of said walls having a front edge, said housing having a first upward extending lip adjacent the front edge of said top wall;
- a generally rectangular signboard having a top edge, a back surface and a plurality of horizontally disposed pockets formed within the signboard for receiving at least one signage strip;
- at least one signage strip disposed within at least one of said pockets;
- a first hanger mounted to said back surface of said signboard, said hanger cooperative with said first upward extending lip to provide positive removable engagement of said signboard with respect to said housing when said hanger is slidably disposed over said upward extending lip in a mounting. position;
- a second lip extending upward from the front edge of said lower wall of said housing;
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- a second hanger mounted to said back surface of said signboard, said second hanger spaced from and generally parallel to said first hanger, said second hanger cooperative with said second upward extending lip to provide positive releasable engagement of said signboard with respect to said housing when said signboard is disposed in said mounting position with respect to said housing.
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