Patent ID: 6769726
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: B60R,G09F

Abstract:
A vehicle mounted advertising system, comprising:a vehicle having a vertical, planar wall; a rigid multi-sided frame, and means for attaching the frame to the vehicle wall, the frame having a first frame side, and means for hingedly connecting said first frame side to another frame side so as to be movable between an open position providing a sign panel receiving opening, and a closed opening in which the multi-sided frame forms a multi-sided display area, the frame sides each having a channel-shaped configuration including a first channel sidewall and a second channel sidewall, parallel with respect to the first channel sidewall; a white metal back panel slidable into said channel-shaped frame sides closely adjacent the vehicle wall; a white plastic planar sheet having a body slidable into the frame, the white plastic sheet having a peripheral lip offset from the body of the white plastic sheet such that the body of the white plastic sheet is spaced from the back panel and forms a chamber therebetween; a front clear plastic sheet having a planar central body and a peripheral lip offset from the central body thereof, the lip being receivable in the channels of opposed frame sides; an advertising sheet disposed between the bodies of the white plastic sheet and the clear plastic sheet so as to be viewable through the clear plastic sheet in the display area of the frame; illumination means disposed in said chamber; and a source of electrical power comprising a battery and conductor means for electrically connecting the battery to the illumination means.