Luminous outdoor sign board resistant to inclement weather
OwnerRene Verazin Tchakgarianinventor
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Abstract
Luminous board designed specially to resist inclement weather and in particular strong gusts of wind, this board being constituted by an open-work framework in the form of a case of which at least one longitudinal wall is formed by slats illuminated from inside the case, said framework being of the open-work type and the support slats being contiguous in a vertical plane to form a continuous wall preventing the diffusion of luminous rays toward the exterior, the slats in addition being spaced out laterally with respect to one another to form between them communication interstices allowing the wind and rain water to pass through the board, both horizontally and vertically.
Claims6
A luminous outdoor sign board adapted to resist inclement weather comprising:
- a framework in the form of a case defining a pair of opposed open sides,
- support means within the case including a plurality of rods extending toward said opposed open sides of the case,
- a plurality of parallel translucent slats,
- each slat being supported by attachment to a plurality of said rods, the attachment between each slat and its support rods being located at spaced points along the centerline axis of the slat for allowing free expansion of the edges of the slats,
- said parallel translucent slats being positioned in the open sides of said case with the edges of said slats when seen in the vertical plane being continuous, so that when standing back the viewer obtains the impression that he is facing a plane surface,
- said slats being inclined in the same direction to form between them lateral interstices extending over their entire length for allowing the wind and rain water to pass freely through the sign board both horizontally and vertically for making the sign board aerated and self-washing,
- letters forming a message being fixed on the slats, and
- lighting means located in the case illuminating from the inside said translucent slats and said letters on the slats.
A luminous outdoor sign board resistant to inclement weather comprising:
- a framework in the form of a case,
- a plurality of parallel translucent slats constituting at least one of the longitudinal walls of the sign board,
- the edges of [sid] said slats when seen in a vertical plane being continuous, said slats being inclined in the same direction to provide between them lateral interstices extending over their entire length,
- letters forming a message fixed on said slats,
- lighting means located in the case illuminating from the inside said translucent slats and the letters on said slats,
- support means in said case including a plurality of threaded rods extending to said slats,
- said slats being made of a translucent plastic material and having a plurality of orifices therein at various points along their length for attachment to said threaded rods,
- one of the orifices being circular and centrally located in each slat,
- while other orifices located on both sides of said circular one are gradually elongated from one orifice to the other to the ends of the slats for allowing autocompensation expansions of the order from -35.degree. C to +65.degree. C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.