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Frame construction for a projecting illuminated sign box

US4299042A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 19, 1979
Grant dateNov 10, 1981
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Expiry dateDec 19, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F13/0454
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A frame construction for an illuminated sign comprises a metal sheathing on both top and bottom frame members of the frame, the sheathing being bent at its longitudinal edges to form longitudinally extending grooves, wherein both the top and the bottom frame members having longitudinally extending flanges inserted in the sheathing, while the longitudinal grooves of the sheathing are employed for mounting partly translucent front sheets, end frame members of the frame including tongues extending perpendicular thereto which are insertable into cavities formed by the longitudinal bent portions of the sheathing.

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