Patent ID: 8350788

Claim:
A louver panel for an electronic sign comprising: an expansive planar panel having: a top edge and an opposite bottom edge; a left side edge and an opposite right side edge; and a front surface and a rear surface; a plurality of rectangular shaped primary louvers extending perpendicularly from said front surface of said planar panel, said plurality of primary louvers being arranged in columns and rows with a primary louver gap formed between primary louvers in adjacent columns; a plurality of rectangular shaped secondary louvers extending perpendicularly from said front surface of said planar panel, said plurality of rectangular shaped secondary louvers being arranged in said columns and rows with a secondary louver gap formed between secondary louvers in adjacent columns, each of said secondary louvers being spaced below a respective primary louver in each of said columns, said primary louvers and said secondary louvers having the same longitudinal widths, each of said secondary louvers having a smaller depth than each of said primary louvers; and, a plurality of spaced holes through said planar panel, said plurality of spaced holes being arranged in said columns and rows in a patterned array, and each of said holes in said patterned array being vertically sandwiched and spaced between an adjacent pair of said primary and secondary louvers; wherein a vertical, elongated groove extends between successive adjacent columns from said top edge of said planar panel to said bottom edge of said planar panel, said elongated groove being inset into said front surface of said planar panel and vertically aligned with a plurality of the primary louver gaps and a plurality of the secondary louver gaps.