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Claim 1

AN INSULATED SIGN COMPRISING: (A) A FRAME MEMBER; (B) A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED, NON-CONDUCTIVE CASINGS EACH HAVING A V-SHAPED BOTTOM AND TWO SPACED SIDE WALLS TERMINATING IN LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING ENDS, EACH OF SAID CASINGS BEING FIXED TO SAID FRAME IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH OTHER TO PROVIDE A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED SLOTS EACH FROM EACH OTHER BY A CONSTANT PREDETERMINED DISTANCE, SAID V-SHAPED BOTTOM DEFINING A BASE GROOVE EXTENDING ALONG THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID CASING IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID SLOT; (C) CLOSING MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID CASINGS COMPRISING: (1) A FLANGE PORTION EXTENDING FROM THE END OF EACH OF THE SIDE WALLS OF SAID CASINGS ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF AND PARTIALLY ACROSS SAID ELONGATED SLOT WITH EACH OF THE SIDE WALLS INTERSECTING ITS RESPECTIVE FLANGE PORTION INTERNALLY OF SAID CASING ALONG A LINE PARALLEL TO SAID BASE GROOVE, AND (2) AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE SEALING MEMBER ATTACHED TO EACH OF SAID FLANGE PORTIONS ALONG ITS LENGTH AND NORMALLY CLOSING SAID SLOT; (D) A PLAURALITY OF ELONGATED FEMALE, V-SHAPED CONDUCTORS EACH HAVING A BASE AND TWO DIVERGING SIDES EXTENDING THEREFROM AND TERMINATING IN LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FREE EDGES, EACH OF SAID CONDUCTORS BEING POSITIONED IN ONE OF SAID CASINGS WITH EACH LONGITUDINALLY FREE EDGE OF THE SIDES OF EACH CONDUCTOR ENGAGING ITS RESPECTIVE CASING ALONG ONE OF SAID LINES FORMED BY THE INTERSECTION OF SAID WALLS WITH SAID FLANGE PORTIONS AND WITH THE BASE OF THE CONDUCTOR DISPOSED WITHIN THE BASE GROOVE ON THE BOTTOM OF SAID CASING SO AS TO RESTRAIN MOVEMENT OF SAID CONDUCTOR WITHIN SAID CASING; (E) MEANS FOR CONNECTING ALTERNATE CONDUCTORS TO OPPOSITE TERMINALS OF A SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY; (F) A PLURALITY OF CHARACTERS EACH INCLUDING A NONCONDUCTIVE SUPPORT; (G) A PLURALITY OF LIGHTING ELEMENTS MOUNTED THEREON; (H) A PAIR OF CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS CONNECTING THE LIGHTING ELEMENTS OF EACH CHARACTER TOGETHER ELECTRICALLY; (I) A FIRST MALE ELECTRICAL TERMINAL PROJECTING FROM ONE OF THE CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS OF EACH CHARACTER REMOVABLY AND SLIDABLY POSITIONED WITHIN THE SLOT OF ONE OF SAID CASINGS IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH ITS CONDUCTOR; AND (J) A SECOND MALE ELECTRICAL TERMINAL SPACED FROM SAID FIRST TERMINAL BY A DISTANCE EQUAL TO SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE AND PROJECTING FROM THE OTHER CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT OF EACH CHARACTER REMOVABLY AND SLIDABLY POSITIONED WITHIN THE SLOT OF AN ADJACENTCASING IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH ITS CONDUCTOR.