US1421022A - Advertising sign - Google Patents

Description

'N. MOLLET.

ADVERTISING SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, I922.

Patented June 27, 1922.

AttorneJS Massillon, in the county of Stark and UNITED STATES NICHOLAS MOLLET, 0F MASSILLON, OHIO.

ADVERTISING SIGN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27, 1922.

Application filed March 27, 1922. Serial No. 547,124.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS MOLLET, a citizen of the United States, residin at tate of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising Signs, of which the following is a specification.

The present .invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of signs of that type which are primarily intended to be used for out-door advertising, and which comprise a stiff sheet upon which the advertising matter is placed in combination with a frame supporting the stiff sheet and protecting the edges thereof.

Signs of this general character are very extensively used throughout the country for advertising purposes, and it has heretofore been customary to fit the sign plates or sheets into rabbeted portions of the frame at the frontthereof, and to secure the edges of the sign in the rabbeted portions of the frame by retaining strips which form a part of the front of the frame, and must accordingly be accurately formed and neatly applied-in order to avoid detracting from the appearance of the finished sign. This tends to increase the cost of the signs, and there is a further objection that the retaining strips are comparatively thin so that they are liable to be affected by the weather when the sign is placed in an exposed position. Rain and moisture may also find its'way into the crevices around the retaining strips with the result that the edges of the sign ma be discolored.

ccording to the present invention the sign plate is applied to the frame from the back thereof, so that the backing members and retaining strips are not exposed to view,

and can be placed in position with a smaller degree of care. Furthermore, they are in a position where they are protected to a greater or less extent from the rain and exposure to the action of the elements, and a more durable sign is obtained.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of the parts, as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sign which is constructed in accordance with the invention, viewing the sign from the back thereof, and showing one of the ends of the sign as detached from the body portion of the frame.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the sign.

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional .view on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of one corner of the sign.

Figures 5 and 6 are detail views of the joint members at one corner of the frame.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in all of the views of the drawings by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawing the reference character A designates the sign member, and B the frame within which the sign member is mounted. The sign member is usually in the form of a stiff sheet of metal, impregnated cardboard or the like, and the desired advertising matter 1 is printed upon or otherwise applied to the face thereof.

, The frame B is ordinarily formed of wood and comprises side and end strips 2 which are connected at the corners of the frame by a special joint. The rear edges of the side strips 2 are rabbeted at 3 to receive the sign member A which is applied to the frame from the back thereof. A rigid form of corner joint is provided'by mitering the front and rear faces of the ends of the strips, as indicated at 4, and providing a substantially rectangular tongue 5 and a corresponding groove 6 between the mitered portions 4. The tongue 5 of each joint member fits into the groove 6 of the opposite joint member with. the corresponding mitered portions 4 of the joint members coming into contact with each other. At one end of each of the frame members 2 the tongue 5 is flush with the inner face of' the rabbeted portion 3, while at the other end of the frame member the tongue 5 is offset from the said face of the rabbetedat the same time the joint has a very neat and attractive appearance at the front of the frame.

After the sign has been fitted in the frame from the back thereof. one or more transversely extending backing strips 7 are applied to the frame, said strips being in direct engagement with the back of the sign member A, so as to reinforce the same and having the ends thereof received within the rabbeted portion 3 of the frame. Retaining strips 8 are fitted in the remaining portions of the rabbeted portion of the frame, and both the backing strip and the retaining strip are secured in position by suitable fastening members, such as the short nails 9, which also pass through the edge portions of the sign A. The backing and retaining members are substantially flush with the back of the frame B so that the completed sign can be readily handled and placed in position, and these strips are normally concealed from View and protected from exposure to the rain and elements. The backing strips are also useful in reinforcing large sizes of frames.

The sign can be manufactured more cheaply than the conventional form of sign,

in which the sign plate is fitted into the frame from the front thereof, since more inexpensive material can be employed for the retaining strips. fhe meeting ends thereof do not have to be mitered and fitted carefully together and the sign can be assembled with a smaller amount of labor and expense. A more inexpensive grade of nails can also be employed. since the heads thereof are not exposed at the front of the frame, and there is no need to use a brass or copper nail, as was frequently done in the old form of frame, owing to the fact that the nails were exposed, and iron nails would quickly rust and cause discolorization. The new form of frame has eliminatedthese several disadvantages, and when it is considered that these frames are produced for advertising purposes in enormous quantities, it will be understood that the small saving upon each sign amounts to a very considerable amount in the aggregate where a large number of the signs are manufactured. Furthermore, the sign will be more durable, since the exposed face of the 1frame is composed entirely of solid memers.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An advertising sign of the character described, including a. frame having the inner edges thereof rabbeted at the back of the frame, a sign plate applied to the back of the frame and fitted in the rabbeted portion thereof. a backing strip extending across the opening of the frame and engaging the back of the sign plate to reinforce the same. the ends of the backing strip being received in the rabbeted portion of the frame, retaining strips fitted in the rabbeted portion of the frame. and fastening members securing the retaining strips and backing strip in position, the said retaining strips and backing strip being substantially fiush with the back of the frame.

2. An advertising sign of the character described, including a frame having the inner edges thereof rabbeted at the back of the frame, a sign plate appliedto the back of the frame and fitted in the rabbeted portion thereof. a comparatively wide backing strip extending across the opening of the frame and engaging the back of the sign plate to reinforce the same. the ends of the backing strip being received within the rabbeted portion of the frame, retaining stri s fitted within the rabbeted portion of t e frame, and fastening members securing the backing strip and retaining strips to the frame, said fastening members being driven through the edges of the sign plate.

3. An advertising sign of the character described, including a frame formed of frame members having their inner edges rabbeted at the back thereof, the meeting ends of the frame members being mitered at the front and back thereof and provided between the mitered portions with corresponding rectangular tongues and recesses, the back face of the tongue nearest the back of each frame member being flush with the seat provided by the rabbeted portion of the frame member, so that a continuous seat is provided by the rabbeted portion, a sign plate applied to the frame from the back thereof and fitted within the rabbeted portion, and retaining strips engaging the edges of the sign to hold it in engagement with the seat provided by the rabbeted portion.

In testimony whereof I affix m signature.

NICHOLAS ALLET.

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