Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Illuminated sign – Lamp box
Patent
1982-08-26
1984-07-24
Peshock, Robert
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Illuminated sign
Lamp box
40611, 40615, 434430, G09F 1304
Patent
active
044611072
ABSTRACT:
A menu board is provided which utilizes members carrying interchangeable numbers, letters or other characters, and possesses special features which render the menu board highly legible. The menu board is provided with window-like openings and means for replaceably mounting the interchangeable character members behind the board openings. The character members include appendages selectively engageable with end stops provided on the board, or with slots provided on the board for positioning and locking the members in place. In one embodiment, the characters are each of a selected length and are overlaid one upon the other within the board openings, but so that the characters themselves are not overlain as viewed from the front of the menu board. Alignment means is provided for controlling the registration of the characters with respect to one another within the windows, and locking means is provided for securing each group of character members in place. In another embodiment, a plurality of slots are spaced along the length of a given board window, the slots being engageable by the appendages carried by the character members to secure the menu information at any location desired within the window. In yet another embodiment, the character members are placed in end-to-end relationship and are separately mounted in the board window via the slots and appendages.
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Parker John L.
Peshock Robert
Schulze Kris R.
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