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AN INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE SUSPENDED OVER THE INTERSECTION OF SEVERAL STREETS TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY EACH OF SAID STREETS DURING BOTH DAYLIGHT AND DARK; SAID DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING A LIGHT FIXTURE HAVING A BASE; A SOCKET FOR A SOURCE OF LIGHT MOUNTED ON SAID BASE; MEANS FOR CONDUCTING ELECTRICITY TO SAID SOCKET ALSO MOUNTED ON SAID BASE; A SHADE MADE OF LIGHT TRANSMITTING MATERIAL ADAPTED TO SUBSTANTIALLY SURROUND A SOURCE OF LIGHT MOUNTED IN SAID SOCKET; A SIGN COMPRISING A SPIDER HAVING A CENTRAL RING AND A PLURALITY OF ARMS RADIATING FROM SAID RING; A SUPPORT MEANS ON EACH OF SAID ARMS SPACED FROM THE OUTSIDE ENDS OF SAID ARMS; A PLYHEDRON FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF FRAMES; EACH OF SAID FRAMES HAVING A TOP MEMBER, A BOTTOM MEMBER, AND TWO END MEMBERS; CORNER MEMBERS FOR CONNECTING TOGETHER ADJACENT FRAMES; THE TOP MEMBERS OF SAID FRAMES BEING LONGER THAN THE BOTTOM MEMBERS OF SAID FRAMES SO THAT WHEN SAID FRAMES ARE CONNECTED TOGETHER TO FORM THE POLYHEDRON, SAID FRAMES SLOPE OUTWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP; SAID POLYHEDRON BEING FORMED OF AS MANY FRAMES AS THERE ARE ARMS ON SAID SPIDER; MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN EACH OF SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND THE BOTTOM OF SAID INDIVIDUAL CORNER MEMBERS FOR HOLDING THE TOP MEMBERS OF SAID FRAMES FIRMLY AGAINST SAID ARMS; A PANEL FOR EACH OF SAID FRAMES ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED THEREIN; EACH OF SAID PANELS BEING FORMED OF LIGHT TRANSMITTING MATERIAL AND CARRYING INFORMATION THEREON IN CHARACTERS WHICH ARE OPAQUE AND IN A COLOR CONTRASTING WITH THE COLOR OF THE PANEL ITSELF; MEANS FOR DETECHABLY MOUNTING SAID SHADE TO SAID BASE WITH SAID RING INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID SHADE AND SAID BASE; AND MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID BASE FOR SUPPORTING SAID BASE IN HANGING RELATION OVER THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF SAID INTERSECTION SO THAT THE PANELS ARE INDIVIDUALLY VISIBLE BY REFLECTION DURING DAYLIGHT AND BY SILHOUETTE AT NIGHT FROM EACH OF SAID INTERSECTING STREETS.