Marquee

Claim 1

A MARQUEE OR THE LIKE TO BE MOUNTED WITH ONE EDGE SECURED TO A WALL, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED INTERLOCKED PANELS EACH COMPRISING A BOTTOM AND UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS FORMING A RELATIVELY DEEP TROUGH LENGTHWISE OF THE PANEL, SAID PANELS BEING ARRANGED TO LIE IN PLANES NORMAL TO THE WALL ON WHICH THE MARQUEE IS TO BE MOUNTED, AND HAVING THE BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS OF EACH PANEL ADJACENT SAID WALL BENT UPWARDLY TO FORM A DAM, ASSEMBLING MEANS COMPRISING A FLANGE OVERLYING THE SAID PANELS AND TO BE SECURED THERETO AT THEIR ENDS ADJACENT SAID WALL, THE WIDTH OF SAID FLANGE BEING SUFFICIENT TO EXTEND FROM THE PANEL TO A POINT BEYOND THE BENT UP BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS OF THE PANELS, AND A RELATIVELY NARROW PORTION OF SAID MEANS PARALLEL TO SAID FLANGE SO SPACED FROM SAID FLANGE AS TO UNDERLIE THE BOTTOMS OF SAID PANELS, MEANS SECURING SAID FLANGE AND SAID RELATIVELY NARROW PORTION TO THE BOTTOMS OF SAID PANELS, A HEAD EXTENDING ALONG SAID ASSEMBLING MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE OF THE TOPS OF SAID INTERLOCKED PANELS, SAID HEAD BEING OF SEMI-CYLINDRICAL EXTERIOR SECTION, A STRIP FOR SECUREMENT TO THE WALL, SAID STRIP BEING PROVIDED WITH A LONGITUDINAL GROOVE THE WALLS OF WHICH ARE SEMICYLINDRICAL AND COMPLEMENTARY TO THE SEMI-CYLINDRICAL HEAD ON SAID ASSEMBLING MEANS, SAID GROOVE AND SAID HEAD BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED THAT SAID HEAD CAN BE INSERTED INTO SAID GROOVE WHEN SAID PANELS ARE SLOPED SHARPLY DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID STRIP, BUT CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM SAID GROOVE WHEN SAID PANELS ARE POSITIONED TO BE IN A PLANE APPROXIMATELY NORMAL TO SAID WALL, AND FASCIA-GUTTER MEANS BY WHICH THE PANELS ENDS REMOTE FROM SAID WALL ARE SECURED TOGETHER AND HELD IN A COMMON PLANE, SAID FASCIA-GUTTER MEANS INCLUDING A NARROW FLANGE OVERLYING SAID PANELS, A FASCIA-FACE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID FLANGE, A WEB PORTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY AT AN ANGLE FROM THE BOTTOM EDGE OF SAID FASCIA-FACE TO FORM A GUTTER WITH SAID FASCIA-FACE, THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID WEB PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A FLANGE TO UNDERLIE SAID PANEL BOTTOMS, AND MEANS TO SECURE SAID FLANGES TO SAID FASCIA-GUTTER TO SAID PANELS.