Patent ID: 6553697
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: B60D,G09F

Abstract:
A display apparatus attachable to a trailer hitch receiving member of a vehicle, said display apparatus comprising:an enclosed housing having a translucent panel; a display panel having indicia formed thereon, said display panel carried by and outside of said enclosed housing adjacent said translucent panel; means for removably attaching said housing to the trailer hitch receiving member; means for illuminating said display panel, wherein said display panel is removably attached to the vehicle and illuminated such that said indicia on said display panel is visible to the rear of the vehicle; wherein said display panel is generally rectangular shaped having an upper edge, a lower edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, at least one tab extending from said upper edge and at least one tab extending from said lower edge; and wherein said housing is generally rectangular shaped having an upper wall, a lower wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a first wing extending from said upper wall and a second wing extending from said lower wall, said first wing having at least one slit formed therein, said second wing having at least one slit formed therein and wherein said at least one tab on-said upper edge of said display panel is received within said at least one slit formed in said first wing of said frame, and said at least one tab on said lower edge of said display panel is received within said at least one slit formed in said second wing of said frame.