Signals and indicators – Flags and flagstaffs
Reexamination Certificate
1998-12-31
2001-04-10
Hirshfeld, Andrew H. (Department: 2859)
Signals and indicators
Flags and flagstaffs
C116S202000, C116SDIG005, C040S546000, C362S391000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06213048
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electrolier flag, and more particularly to an adornment flag that is able to emit light by itself for advertising and decorating.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The common advertising board or notice board on the inside of the retail establishments or the outside of a house or building appear as a rectangular box attached on the wall, without much change over a long time period. Because the flag type of advertisement has not attracted more consumer's attention, the commercial value of that advertising has greatly decreased. On the other hand, the advertising boards are limited to being attached on the outside of an enclosure's wall, or the entrance of a retail establishment, but it can not be located within the retail establishment.
OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the shortcomings of the prior art, it is therefore a main object of the present invention to provide an electrolier flag that can emit light by itself, for making an advertising board more eye-catching, to decorate the inside wall of a building, and improving the commercial value of advertising.
For achieving these objectives, the present invention provides a lamp box made from transparent material that snaps on a lamp-holder, so as to hold the whole bulb and the base on the inside thereof, so that the light rays are directed into the inside of the lamp box. By means of the optical conductivity of the transparent material, the light rays are conduced into the banner to make it emit light.
The present invention employs a lamp-holder coupled to a parallel cable and holding a bulb therein, and a lamp box formed by a pair of complementary hollow tube halves. A transparent banner extends from the connecting area of the hollow tube halves. There is a notch formed on the edge of the open side of each hollow tube half for locking on the lamp-holder, so that the bulb can be held into the lamp box. In another embodiment, the lamp box is attached to the parallel cable instead of the lamp-holder. The parallel cable passes through cooperating slots formed in both ends of the two hollow tube halves, as the lamp box encloses the bulb.
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Hirshfeld Andrew H.
Rosenberg , Klein & Lee
Smith R. Alexander
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