Patent ID: 7356955

Claim:
An indoor as well as outdoor display system having readily changeable planar-type signage comprising: a signage support structure having a front surface, lateral sides and a back surface; signage having a display face with a generally planar display surface and a contact surface surrounding said display surface, said display face being sized and shaped to fit around said support structure front surface; and a plurality of spaced apart quick-release fasteners for removably attaching said display face contact surface to said support structure at points on one or both of said lateral sides and back surface, said fasteners having at least a part thereof permanently affixed to one of said signage and said support structure, said fasteners being engaged and disengaged by hand without a tool; wherein said plurality of fasteners each comprise a male snap member and a female snap member, said male snap member being of a generally cylindrical shape having an outwardly extending lip on a first engaging end, and a second end of said male snap member being fixedly attached to one of said back surface of said support structure and said display face contact surface, said female snap member being attached to an other of said display face contact surface and said back surface of said support structure, said female snap member having a rounded button portion and a cup-shaped socket portion defining a second engaging end with an inward flange thereon, said cup-shaped portion being sized and shaped to engage said first engaging end of said male snap member such that said male snap member is received therein by applying pressure to force said lip of said male snap member past said inward flange of said female snap portion, said male snap member then being held in engagement with said female snap member by said inward flange until force is applied to extract said male snap member.