Sheet type large display unit

• US 4,970,812 A
• Filed: 10/16/1989
• Issued: 11/20/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Stanley Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Stanley Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: Uchida, Akio, Irie, Tadashi, Tanaka, Issei
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GREEN, BRIAN
• Application Number:
  US07/421,638
• Time in Patent Office: 400 Days
• Field of Search: 40/452, 40/550, 40/552, 40/541, 40/584, 40/442, 40/444, 40/581, 40/624, 340/782, 340/815.03, 362/267, 362/800
• US Class Current: 40/452
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/33 being semiconductor devices, e.g. diodes

Abstract

A sheet type large display unit includes a thin, flexible back sheet which is capable of being rolled up, the flexible back sheet having a plurality of electrical connections formed thereon in rows and columns; a plurality of display dot devices mounted on the front surface of the back sheet in a matrix arrangement, each display dot device including four light emitting diodes mounted on a printed circuit board substrate and connected with the electrical connections; a thin, flexible transparent display sheet which is capable of being rolled up, the display sheet being in covering relation to the display dot devices; and an adhesive which secures the peripheral edge of the display sheet in sealing relation to the peripheral edge of the back sheet.

Claims

1. A large sheet type display unit, comprising:

a back sheet of relatively thin flexible sheet material capable of being easily deformed by hand into a rolled up configuration, said back sheet including a first surface having a peripheral edge, and a plurality of electrical connections formed on said first surface for connecting to an external display drive circuit;

a plurality of display dot devices mounted on the first surface of said back sheet in a matrix arrangement, each display dot device including at least one light emitting element connected with said electrical connections; and

a display sheet of relatively thin, flexible and at least partially transparent sheet material capable of being easily deformed by hand into a rolled up configuration, said display sheet having a peripheral edge secured in sealing relation to the peripheral edge of the back sheet and in environmentally protective covering relation to said display dot devices;

wherein said back sheet and said display sheet when sealed to one another can be readily reformed by hand between a flat operating display position, and a storage position in which both of the sheets as sealed to one another are folded or rolled up for storage and shipping.

2. The sheet type unit according to claim 1, wherein said back sheet is opaque.

3. The sheet type display unit according to claim 2, wherein said back sheet is formed from a sheet of polyester and cloth coated with vinyl chloride.

4. The sheet type display unit according to claim 1, wherein said back sheet has a substantially square configuration.

5. The sheet type display unit according to claim 1, wherein each display dot device includes a printed circuit board and a plurality of light emitting elements on said board.

6. The sheet type display unit according to claim 5, wherein each light emitting element of a respective said display dot device emits light of a color different from at least one other light emitting element of said respective display dot device.

7. The sheet type display unit according to claim 6, wherein each light emitting element of a respective display dot device emits light of a different color from each other light emitting element of the respective display dot device.

8. The sheet type display unit according to claim 7, wherein each light emitting element includes a light emitting diode.

9. The sheet type large display unit according to claim 1, wherein each light emitting element includes a light emitting diode.

10. The sheet type display unit according to claim 1, wherein each display dot device includes four light emitting elements.

11. The sheet type display unit according to claim 1, wherein said display sheet is transparent.

12. The sheet type display unit according to claim 1, wherein said display sheet is made from a transparent sheet of vinyl chloride.

13. The sheet type display unit according to claim 1, wherein said display sheet is secured in sealing relation to the back sheet by a heat seal.

14. The sheet type display unit according to claim 1, further including adhesive means for securing the peripheral edge of the display sheet in sealing relation to the peripheral edge of the back sheet.

15. The sheet type display unit according to claim 14, wherein said adhesive means is selected from the group consisting of (a) a polyester based and vinyl chloride based adhesive, (b) a polyester based and acrylic based adhesive, and (c) a polyester based and epoxy based adhesive.