LED BILLBOARD SYSTEM

• US 20170221392A1
• Filed: 02/01/2017
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Circle Graphics, Inc
• Original Assignee: Metromedia Technologies, Inc. (Circle Graphics, Inc)
• Inventors: Hanson, Matthew, ISHIDA, William, TAYLOR, Curtis, Shaprio, Sam, Kakoyiannis, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 10,121,396 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2105/16 square or rectangular, e.g. for light panels
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 15/0037 supported by a post
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/301 flexible foldable or roll-able electronic displays, e.g. thin LCD, OLED
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/3026 Video wall, i.e. stackable semiconductor matrix display modules video wall control systems G06F3/1446, G09G2300/026
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/33 being semiconductor devices, e.g. diodes

Abstract

A LED billboard system that is adapted to mount to pre-existing or future billboard structures such that when the LED panels are switched on, the LED billboard can be illuminated from behind.

Claims

1. A free standing billboard for displaying information and adapted for attachment to a pre-existing billboard structure comprising:

(i) a graphic wrap;

(ii) one or more panel units, each of said panel units comprising;

(a) two panel subunits;

(b) one or more LED units affixed to each of said panel subunits;

(c) a bracket means for joining said subunits to each other;

(d) a latching means attached to each of said panel units; and

(e) a baffle means having one or more batons appended thereto mounted to said panel unit and positioned between said graphic wrap and said LED unit.

2. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said panel unit has dimensions of about 14′

×

4′

×

6″

.

3. The free standing billboard of claim 2, comprising 12 panel units.

4. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said LED units comprise aluminum and acrylic.

5. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said LED units have an edge lit configuration.

6. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said LED units comprise a light scattering portion on their surface positioned opposite said graphic wrap.

7. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said LED units comprise LEDs on a nontransparent material.

8. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each of said LED units have dimensions of about 14′

×

2′

.

9. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each of said LED units comprise a back diffuser portion.

10. The free standing billboard of claim 1, further comprising a pair of electrodes attached to a power supply.

11. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each panel subunit a flange means for overlapping another panel subunit.

12. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said panel subunit is made of blow molded polyethylene.

13. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each of said LED units further comprise a controller.

14. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each panel subunit comprises a recessed zone for engagement of said bracket means.

15. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each panel subunit comprises a flat zone to which a PBU clip is fastened.

16. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each panel subunit further comprises a pair of brackets, attached to the top and bottom borders of said subunit.

17. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said baffle means are clear.

18. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said baffle means comprises openings on one or more sides.

19. The free standing billboard of claim 1, further comprising a light dispersing means.

20. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said baffle means comprise a bottom plate having a vertical plate extending perpendicularly from an edge of said bottom plate and a horizontal plate connected to said vertical plate to form a channel therebetween, and further comprising a hollow tube positioned on said horizontal plate.

21. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein each of said LED units is a rollable LED carpet.

22. The free standing billboard of claim 1, wherein said one or more batons are of triangular shape, wherein the apex of the triangular shape extends away from said baffle means and the base of said triangular shape is positioned on said baffle means.

23. A process for manufacturing the free standing billboard of claim 1, comprising:

(a) connecting two panel subunits each of which has a front side and a back side to each other via a pair of side bracket means to create a panel,

(b) applying a baffle means to the front side of each panel subunit,

(c) affixing one or more LED units to each of said panel units and affixing said LED units to said baffle means,

(d) attaching a plurality of said panels to each other via flange means which engage with each other,

(e) attaching a graphic wrap to a structure produced in (d), and,

(f) appending a latching means to the structure of (d) for engagement of said structure to a support.

24. The process of claim 23, comprising attaching 12 panel units to each other.

25. The process of claim 23, further comprising attaching a scattering means to said LED units.

26. The process of claim 23, further comprising affixing a diffuser to said free standing billboard.

27. The process of claim 23, further comprising affixing a bracket means to the top and bottom of each panel subunit for engagement of a further subunit.