Patent ID: 7810262

Claim:
An illuminated sign, comprising: a housing; a solar panel forming a top of said housing; a rechargeable battery mounted within said housing and receiving power from said solar panel to recharge said battery; a plurality of light emitting diodes contained within said housing and connected to said rechargeable battery for powering said light emitting diodes to produce light; a sliding channel formed at a bottom of said housing; at least one acrylic panel including at least one indicia, wherein said at least one acrylic panel interacts with said sliding channel so as to hang down from the housing and receiving light from the light emitting diodes through an upper edge of the panel, said at least one panel includes an upper channel formed along a top surface thereof for receiving light from at least one of said plurality of light emitting diodes, said at least one light emitting diode extends into the upper channel, and said at least one acrylic panel includes a bottom surface that is not supported from below by the housing.