Menuboard with visually integrated animated and static portions
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1. A menuboard system comprising:
- (a) at least one first display housing providing;
(i) at least one backlight held within the first display housing and providing an area of illumination over substantially an entire front face of the first display housing;
(ii) a support frame in front of the backlight over substantially the entire front face of the first display housing and holding static display elements insertable into the frame for backlighting;
(iii) rear facing mounting elements at the rear of the first display housing;
(b) at least one second display housing providing;
(i) a video panel held within the second display housing and providing a display area at at least a portion of a front face of the first display housing;
(ii) rear facing mounting elements at the rear of the housing;
(c) at least one wall support having a rear portion mountable on a wall and a front portion receiving the rear facing mounting elements to thereby support the display housings; and
(d) a set of electrical jumpers extending between display housings to provide sequential electrical connections among backlights so that power may be introduced to the menuboard system at a display housing at one end of the menuboard system and communicated to a variable number of additional display housings of the menuboard system.
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Abstract
A modular combination video and static display menuboard provides a display surface partially occupied by a compact LCD screen, the remainder of which is filled with a conventional backlight and frame for holding photographic and similar films for display. A self-contained video source allows the module to be freely interchanged with conventional backlighting modules without the need for special wiring or routing of video signal.
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1. A menuboard system comprising:
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(a) at least one first display housing providing;
(i) at least one backlight held within the first display housing and providing an area of illumination over substantially an entire front face of the first display housing;
(ii) a support frame in front of the backlight over substantially the entire front face of the first display housing and holding static display elements insertable into the frame for backlighting;
(iii) rear facing mounting elements at the rear of the first display housing;
(b) at least one second display housing providing;
(i) a video panel held within the second display housing and providing a display area at at least a portion of a front face of the first display housing;
(ii) rear facing mounting elements at the rear of the housing;
(c) at least one wall support having a rear portion mountable on a wall and a front portion receiving the rear facing mounting elements to thereby support the display housings; and
(d) a set of electrical jumpers extending between display housings to provide sequential electrical connections among backlights so that power may be introduced to the menuboard system at a display housing at one end of the menuboard system and communicated to a variable number of additional display housings of the menuboard system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A menuboard display unit comprising:
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a housing;
at least one backlight held within the housing and providing an area of illumination at a front face of the display housing;
a support frame in front of the backlight over a first portion of the front face of the housing holding static display elements insertable into the frame for backlighting;
a video panel in front of a second portion of the front face of the housing;
rear facing mounting elements at the rear of the housing; and
at least one wall support having a rear portion mountable on a wall and a front portion receiving the rear facing mounting elements to thereby support the display unit. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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