Billboard apparatus

Claim 1

A billboard apparatus for providing an advertisement or the like in a protected enclosure, the apparatus comprising: a back having a planar, rectangular configuration defining a perimetric edge, said back including a first tab extending outwardly from the perimetric edge in a first direction and a second tab extending outwardly from the perimetric edge at a location opposite the first tab and in a second direction opposite the first direction; attachment means for attaching said back to a support surface; a cover removably mounted on said back, said cover shaped and configured complementary to said back, said cover being at least partially transparent, said cover including a perimetric wall receivable adjacent the perimetric edge of said back, the perimetric wall including first and second slots positioned to receive therein the first and second tabs, respectively, of said back when said cover is positioned against said back with the perimetric wall adjacent the perimetric edge of said back; and spring means for urging the perimetric wall of said cover in a direction outward from the first tab in a direction to normally displace the cover from the first tab when said cover is mounted to said back with the first slot in the perimetric wall receiving the first tab therein, the perimetric wall and the first and second tabs being sized such that the distance between the first and second slots is less than the distance from the outward tip of the first tab to the outward tip of the second tab, whereby said cover is firmly attached to said back by mounting said cover to have the first tab received within the first slot, moving said cover toward the second tab against the resistance of said spring means until the second tab may be received within the second slot, and releasing said cover to be held in position by the tabs and said spring means.