Improved Advertising Frame.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 15th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 15th Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Advertising Frame.
I, EDWARD THOMAS BIGGS of 32 High Street Maidenhead in the County of Berks
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The construction of a frame of any size to hold moveable letters and figures
forming words and numbers to be displayed therein for advertizing and other
purposes by making such frame of horizontal strips of metal or other suitable material
having a double bend and thus affording a double groove.
These horizontal strips so bent into a double groove are fixed at each end by
vertical straight strips of similar material and thus a frame is made in which there
are two horizontal grooves one at top and bottom along which letters or figures of
any suitable material will slide and can be readily moved or changed and will pass
under or over each other.
1000
EDWARD T. BIGGS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Advertising Frame.
I, EDWARD THOMAS BIGGS of 32 High Street Maidenhead Berkshire Watch
Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement
The object of my invention is, to construct a frame for containing moveable letters
and figures, specially applicable for the purpose of displaying advertisements.
With this object, I construct my frames of thin strips of any suitable material,
but preferably of either tin or brass, these strips may be of any width and length
required, and are bent so as to form a groove on each side or edge, when finished, in
which the letters or figures are made to slide. These grooved metallic strips I
affix horizontally at suitable distances apart, by means of solder, rivets, screws, or
other convenient method to straight vertical lengths of similar material, thus forming
a frame or frames which may be made of any desired size, by adding as many
horizontal strips as required. The letters and figures to be displayed in the above
frames may be either printed, painted, perforated or enamelled upon any suitable
material, but preferably on thin metal plates, which are cut into the lengths and
widths required to fit into the spaces, between any pair of the horizontal strips,
when passed into their corresponding grooves. The letters and figures being
each on separate plates, can be readily changed as often as required by the
advertiser.
When desired, two separate advertisements can be displayed, in any frame, at one
and the same time, by passing two sets of letters in the grooves and placing them
back to back.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents an elevation of the advertising
frame, in which A. A. A. are the horizontal grooved strips, between which the letter
or figure plates D. D. slide as shown, and B. B. are the vertical strips to which the
horizontals are affixed as before described.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of two of the horizor tal strips, showing how the
metal is bent to form the grooves C. C. in which the letter plate D slides.
By the use of my invention an inexpensive and durable means of advertising is
obtained, that can be changed whenever desired by the advertiser.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
1. The construction of a frame for advertising purposes in which the letters can
be changed when required.
2. The arrangement of the horizontal strips, forming the grooves in which the
letter plates slide, as substantially in manner herein set forth, described, and
illustrated.
Dated this 15th day of September 1890.
GRAHAM & GRAHAM,
Agents for Applicant.