Patent ID: 6070351
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A flexible face sign comprising:a plurality of side-framing members defining a sign opening, an edge around said sign opening, a plane of said sign opening, and inside and outside regions of said sign opening relative to said edge; each of said side-framing members having face-material retention means mounted therealong around said sign opening and a rectangular slot disposed adjacent said face-material retention means in said inside region of said sign opening, said rectangular slot having a rectangular cross-section and a longer cross-sectional dimension making an angle with said plane of said sign opening;a plurality of structural framing members connected to said side-framing members for maintaining said side-framing members in a fixed relationship with one-another around said sign opening;a flexible face material affixed to said face-retention means and stretched across said sign opening; said flexible face material having a display side and a back side; anda plurality of spaced apart flexible and resilient prop members each having a fixed end removably affixed to said rectangular slot, and a free end extending against said back side of said flexible face material at a distance from said edge around said sign opening; said free end being in a flexed mode and acting against said back side for resiliently raising said flexible face material from said plane of said sign opening;such that architectural reliefs are formable in said flexible face material for improving a visual characteristic thereof while said flexible face material is maintainable in a stretched mode under a variety of sign conditions, and said prop members and said flexible face material are removable from said side-framing members for periodically changing said flexible face material and said reliefs.