US 9,038,296 B2Granted

Louver display panel system for multi-story building

OwnerJohn J. Melicinventor

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Abstract

A louver display panel system with a display panel for receiving printed or graphic material thereon, a support member to secure the display panel to a building or structure, and a louver movement control means. The display panel is rotationally secured to the support member and forms a louver structure. The louver movement control means maintains the display panel in a first position in a plane generally parallel to the exterior face of the building or structure until a wind load applied to the display panel exceeds a pre-determined value, after which the louver movement control means permits the display panel to rotate toward a second position generally parallel to the direction of the wind to reduce the wind load borne by the display panel. The louver movement control means returns the display panel to its first position when the wind load drops below said pre-determined value.

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Dependent claims

A louver display panel system comprising:

one or more display panels for receiving advertising or other printed or graphic material thereon;
one or more support members to secure said one or more display panels to a building or structure, said one or more display panels rotationally secured and mounted to said one or more support members and forming a louver structure;
at least one louver movement control means, said louver movement control means maintaining said one or more display panels in a first position where they are in a plane generally parallel to the exterior face of the building or structure until a forwardly or rearwardly directed wind load applied to said one or more display panels exceeds a pre-determined value, after which said louver movement control means permits said one or more display panels to at least partially rotate toward a second position that is generally parallel to the direction of the wind to reduce the wind load borne by said one or more display panels, said louver movement control means returning said one or more display panels to said first position when the wind load drops below said pre-determined value, said louver movement control means comprising a pair of pneumatic or hydraulic cylinders mounted end to end with their pistons extending in opposite directions.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/869,337Filed 24 Apr 2013 · us provisional application
Priority: 27 Apr 2012
Published: US 2013/0283656 A131 Oct 2013
Granted: 26 May 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G09F 15/0087
Boards, hoardings, pillars, or like structures for notices, placards, posters, or the like: including movable parts, e.g. movable by the wind
G09F 15/0018
Planar structures comprising one or more panels: panel clamping or fastening means
G09F 19/226
Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated: external wall display means; Facade advertising means
G09F
Displaying

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Application61/639,331Us provisional application · filed 27 Apr 2012
US 2013/0283656 A1Pre-grant publication · published 31 Oct 2013
US 9,038,296 B2This patent

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