Patent ID: 6182387
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A menu board assembly, comprising:a substantially planar support portion made of magnetically attractable material; anda plurality of magnetic elements removably attachable to the substantially planar support portion at any selected location thereon, each said magnetic element having a rectangular signage element with opposed top and bottom side edges, and opposed right and left side edges, each said rectangular signage element further comprising a front surface that is substantially planar from edge to edge in all directions and a back surface, a magnet fixed onto the back surface of each said signage element, each said magnet being smaller than the respective signage element and covering between one half and five sixths of the back surface and being disposed such that each said magnet is offset from both said top and bottom edges of said respective signage element, the magnet being closer to the top edge than to the bottom edge such that each said magnetic element is removable from the support portion by applying pressure to a section of the front surface of the signage element adjacent the bottom edge, causing an edge of the magnet closest to the bottom edge of the signage element to act as a fulcrum and thereby causing remaining portions of said magnet to be pivoted away from said support portion, said magnet being dimensioned and disposed such that, after the pivoting, the rear surface of the signage element adjacent the top edge is spaced further from the support portion than the front surface of an adjacent signage element, thereby allowing the rear surface of said signage element adjacent said top edge to be grasped.