Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Signs
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-08
2001-09-18
Green, Brian K. (Department: 3628)
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Signs
C040S631000, C052S105000, C248S205100, C248S224510
Reexamination Certificate
active
06289617
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates generally to the display of information upon the wall of a building and pertains, more specifically, to an address plate constructed for ready placement on and securement to a wall having a stepped profile configuration, such as a shingled or overlapped clapboard structure, for displaying information pertaining to the building and, in particular, information identifying the address of the building.
A very large number of buildings, and especially residential buildings, employ wall structures which utilize overlapped shingles or clapboards establishing a stepped profile configuration along the wall. The placement of identifying indicia, such as an address, on these stepped profile walls often eludes simple installation and an aesthetically pleasing appearance. The present invention provides an address plate constructed especially for placement on such a stepped profile wall and securement to the wall with ease and economy. As such, the present invention attains several objects and advantages, some of which are summarized as follows: Provides an address plate especially constructed for fitting to a stepped profile wall structure with ease and economy; attains a simple and aesthetically pleasing installation which displays identifying information, such as an address, upon a building wall having a stepped profile configuration; allows increased versatility in the placement of an address upon a building having a wall constructed of overlapped elements, such as; shingles or clapboards, presenting a stepped profile configuration; assures a secure installation with minimum expense and a simple installation procedure; requires no modification of the wall structure for effective installation and leaves little indication of having been installed should removal become necessary; enables versatility in aesthetic design and appearance for accommodating a wide variety of building styles and architecture; provides a rugged address plate capable of exemplary performance over an extended service life.
The above objects and advantages, as well as further objects and advantages, are attained by the present invention which may be described briefly as an address plate for providing a visual display on a wall having a stepped profile configuration established by overlapped courses including an upper course, a lower course, an intermediate course between the upper and lower courses, an upper step extending generally outwardly in a first direction from the intermediate course toward the upper course, and a lower step extending generally inwardly in a second direction from the intermediate course toward the lower course, the intermediate course having a given longitudinal extent between the upper course and the lower course such that the lower step is spaced a corresponding first longitudinal distance from the upper step, the address plate comprising: a display panel having an upper boundary, a lower boundary spaced longitudinally from the upper boundary, and laterally opposite side edges; a display face on the display panel for bearing the visual display; at least one upper tongue projecting from the upper boundary for extending in an upward direction; an upper tab projecting from the upper boundary for extending transverse to the display panel in the first direction; a lower tab projecting from the lower boundary for extending transverse to the display panel in the second direction; the lower tab being spaced from the upper tab a second longitudinal distance corresponding to the first longitudinal distance such that upon insertion of the upper tongue between the upper course and the intermediate course the display panel will be juxtaposed with the intermediate course, the upper tab will be juxtaposed with the upper step, and the lower tab will be juxtaposed with the lower step; whereby the display face will be placed between the upper and lower courses for presenting the visual display along the intermediate course.
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Green Brian K.
Hewitt James M
Jacob Arthur
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