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LED and light diffuser for a lighted sign

  • US 6,631,575 B1
  • Filed: 08/10/2001
  • Issued: 10/14/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lighted alpha-numeric display assembly, comprising:

  • a. a printed circuit board;

    b. a light divider assembly mounted on said printed circuit board, said light divider assembly comprising a plurality of partitions upstanding from said printed circuit board, said partitions forming seven geometric chambers of identical shape arranged in the form of a figure eight, each of said seven geometric chambers having an open top, and each of said seven geometric chambers further having a plurality of outwardly protruding tabs adjacent to its open top;

    c. light emitting diodes associated with said printed circuit board and extending therefrom into said seven geometric chambers for providing illumination in each of said seven geometric chambers, there being a plurality of said light emitting diodes received in each of said seven geometric chambers;

    d. separate light diffuser lenses corresponding in shape to the shape of said seven geometric chambers, said light diffuser lenses covering said open tops of said seven geometric chambers, each light diffuser lens having downwardly extending tab receivers corresponding in number to the plurality of outwardly protruding tabs of each of said seven geometric chambers, each tab receiver receiving one of said outwardly protruding tabs; and

    , e. a face plate arranged over said light diffuser lenses and secured to said light divider assembly, said face plate having seven geometric cutouts corresponding in shape to the shape of said seven geometric chambers and light diffuser lenses, and said seven geometric cutouts being in alignment with said seven geometric chambers and light diffuser lenses.

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