Patent ID: 7823308

Claim:
A formed metal cabinet for an electronic sign comprising: a front mounting panel with a plurality of openings therein for accommodating a plurality of electronic display modules, said front mounting panel having a front side and a rear side, said front mounting panel having a top lip and a bottom lip extending inwardly from said rear side; a pair of adjacently attached elongated rear channels secured to said rear side of said front mounting panel; an elongated planar top panel; an elongated planar bottom panel oppositely spaced from said elongated top planar panel; an elongated right side planar panel; an elongated left side planar panel oppositely spaced from said elongated right side planar panel; and, said elongated planar panels being attached to the peripheries of said front mounting panel and said pair of adjacently attached elongated rear channels in the form of a box shaped configuration, each of said pair of adjacently attached elongated rear channels having an opening therein to accommodate a rear access door, and said front mounting panel, said top and bottom elongated planar panels, said pair of adjacently attached elongated rear channels, said elongated right side and left side planar panels being secured together in said box shaped configuration by fastening means, wherein each of said elongated rear channels has a planar front side with a pair of elongated vertically oriented planar side panels extending therefrom and oppositely spaced from each other, wherein each of said elongated rear channels has a top lip and a bottom lip extending inwardly from said planar front side, said top and bottom lips being perpendicular to said planar front side, and wherein each of said elongated rear channels has a top side lip and a bottom side lip extending inwardly from each of said elongated vertically oriented planar panels, each of said side lips being perpendicular to said respective elongated vertically oriented planar panels.