Illuminated house number construction

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AN ILLUMINATED HOUSE NUMBER CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A HOLLOW HOUSING HAVING INTERCONNECTED TOP, BOTTOM AND UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS AND UPSTANDING FRONT AND REAR WALLS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID TOP, BOTTOM AND SIDE WALLS, SAID FRONT WALL HAVING AN ENLARGED OPENING FORMED THEREIN, A FLAT PANEL-LIKE NUMERAL ASSEMBLY CONFORMING GENERALLY IN SHAPE AND SIZE TO SAID FRONT WALL AND OVERLYING THE LATTER, SAID FRONT WALL INCLUDING A SUPPORT FLANGE WHICH PROJECTS FORWARDLY THEREOF AND EXTENDS ALONG THE LOWER MARGINAL EDGE PORTION OF SAID FRONT WALL, THE LOWER EDGE OF SAID NUMERAL ASSEMBLY RESTING UPON THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID SUPPORT FLANGE, MEANS REMOVABLY SECURING THE LOWER MARGINAL EDGE PORTION OF SAID NUMERAL ASSEMBLY TO SAID HOUSING IN OVERLYING RELATION TO SAID FRONT WALL, A GENERALLY INVERTED U-SHAPED SHROUD INCLUDING UPSTANDING SIDES AND AN UPPER BIGHT PORTION OVERLYING SAID UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS AND SAID TOP WALL RESPECTIVELY, SAID BIGHT PORTION PROJECTING FORWARDLY OF THE FORWARD EDGE PORTION OF SAID TOP WALL, A PLATE-LIKE FLANGE PORTION DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID TOP WALL AND SAID BIGHT PORTION AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SIDES, SAID FLANGE PORTION INCLUDING A DEPENDING FLANGE BEHIND WHICH THE UPPER MARGINAL EDGE PORTION OF SAID NUMERAL ASSEMBLY IS RECEIVED, SAID DEPENDING FLANGE BEING SPACED FROM SAID FRONT WALL A DISTANCE APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF SAID NUMERAL ASSEMBLY, SAID NUMERAL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING PORTIONS HAVING DIFFERENT LIGHT TRANSMITTING QUALITIES DEFINING INDICIA, SOME OF SAID PORTIONS BEING TRANSLUCENT, ILLUMINATION MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID HOUSING, SAID NUMERAL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FLAT UPSTANDING HOUSING INCLUDING OPPOSITE TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS AND OPPOSITE END WALLS INTERCONNECTED BY MEANS OF FRONT AND REAR WALLS HAVING OPENINGS FORMED THEREIN REGISTERED WITH AND CONFORMING TO THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF SAID ENLARGED OPENING, SAID PORTIONS HAVING DIFFERENT LIGHT TRANSMITTING QUALITIES COMPRISING A PANEL OF STILL MATERIAL SNUGLY RECEIVED AND HELD CAPTIVE IN SAID FLAT HOUSING.