Field retrofit kit for converting a static billboard into a dynamic electronic billboard, and methods of retrofitting and using same
First Claim
1. An electronic billboard, comprising;
- a plurality of hand mountable structural frames arranged in an array of structural bay members arranged in pairs of columns;
said plurality of hand mountable structural frames each being mountable by a backside surface thereof to a frontside surface of a plurality of poster panels for helping to provide natural airflow cooling to a plurality of display modules, each individual display module having dual light emitting diode panels, each individual one of the light emitting diode panels being coupled electrically and mechanically to a preformed power and data wiring harness arrangement to facilitate providing the light emitting diode panels with low voltage direct current power rectified from a source of universal high voltage alternating current power and to further facilitate providing the light emitting diode panels with streaming data to facilitate the display of changeable image and text information on the electronic billboard;
wherein each individual structural frame is generally rectangular in shape having a greater longitudinal length than lateral length and includes a primary wall structure; and
wherein each individual structural frame has a plurality of weight reduction cutout portions distributed in said primary wall structure to facilitate a sufficient structural frame weight reduction for its hand placement on said plurality of poster panels but not a sufficient structural weight reduction to subject said structural frame to break under a wind load force of no greater than 100 pounds per square foot.
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Abstract
An electronic billboard generally includes a plurality of hand mountable structural frames mounted to the poster panels of an existing in field non electronic static billboard; the hand mountable structural frames being laid out in an array; and where individual ones of the hand mountable structural frames are configured in a further array of structural bay members adapted to receive therein display modules with dual LED display panels; a plurality of preformed power and data harnesses electrically and mechanically coupled between individual ones of the bays and a universal power and data distribution system coupled to the harnesses for providing data and direct current low voltage to the display modules to facilitate the conversion of the distributed data display information into visible radiant energy which is displayed by the electronic billboard.
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1. An electronic billboard, comprising;
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a plurality of hand mountable structural frames arranged in an array of structural bay members arranged in pairs of columns; said plurality of hand mountable structural frames each being mountable by a backside surface thereof to a frontside surface of a plurality of poster panels for helping to provide natural airflow cooling to a plurality of display modules, each individual display module having dual light emitting diode panels, each individual one of the light emitting diode panels being coupled electrically and mechanically to a preformed power and data wiring harness arrangement to facilitate providing the light emitting diode panels with low voltage direct current power rectified from a source of universal high voltage alternating current power and to further facilitate providing the light emitting diode panels with streaming data to facilitate the display of changeable image and text information on the electronic billboard; wherein each individual structural frame is generally rectangular in shape having a greater longitudinal length than lateral length and includes a primary wall structure; and wherein each individual structural frame has a plurality of weight reduction cutout portions distributed in said primary wall structure to facilitate a sufficient structural frame weight reduction for its hand placement on said plurality of poster panels but not a sufficient structural weight reduction to subject said structural frame to break under a wind load force of no greater than 100 pounds per square foot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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