Illuminatable sign
First Claim
1. A sign comprising a rigid peripheral frame extending around an opening lying in a plane, a sheet of flexible sign material extending across the opening, said frame having an edge surrounding the opening, the flexible sign sheet having a peripheral edge portion extending rearwardly from the plane of the opening at the frame edge, and a series of separate sheet tensioning devices spaced around the frame rearwardly of the plane of the opening for tensioning the flexible sign sheet across the opening, each tensioning device comprising means for retaining the peripheral edge portion of the flexible sign sheet and an adjustable bolt having a head and threaded shank extending therefrom, said head abutting the retaining means and said shank extending through an aperture in the retaining means in a direction extending rearwardly of the plane of the opening into threaded engagement with the frame to enable the bolt head to be rotated to screw the shank into further threaded engagement with the frame with consequent rearward movement of the retaining means independently of the retaining means of the other sheet tensioning devices, while the retaining means is holding the edge portion of the flexible sign sheet, to cause the peripheral edge portion of the flexible sign sheet to be pulled rearwardly across the front edge thereby tensioning the flexible sign sheet across the opening.
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Abstract
An illuminatable sign has a housing having an open front and containing a light source. A closure extending over the open front comprises a frame extending around an opening, a sheet of flexible light-transmitting material extending across and covering said opening; and bolts for securing a peripheral marginal portion of the sheet by adjustably tensioning the sheet across the opening.
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- 1. A sign comprising a rigid peripheral frame extending around an opening lying in a plane, a sheet of flexible sign material extending across the opening, said frame having an edge surrounding the opening, the flexible sign sheet having a peripheral edge portion extending rearwardly from the plane of the opening at the frame edge, and a series of separate sheet tensioning devices spaced around the frame rearwardly of the plane of the opening for tensioning the flexible sign sheet across the opening, each tensioning device comprising means for retaining the peripheral edge portion of the flexible sign sheet and an adjustable bolt having a head and threaded shank extending therefrom, said head abutting the retaining means and said shank extending through an aperture in the retaining means in a direction extending rearwardly of the plane of the opening into threaded engagement with the frame to enable the bolt head to be rotated to screw the shank into further threaded engagement with the frame with consequent rearward movement of the retaining means independently of the retaining means of the other sheet tensioning devices, while the retaining means is holding the edge portion of the flexible sign sheet, to cause the peripheral edge portion of the flexible sign sheet to be pulled rearwardly across the front edge thereby tensioning the flexible sign sheet across the opening.
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