Illuminated display devices

Claim 1

An illuminated display comprising a skeletal support frame an a plurality of light box modules, the skeletal support frame forming a plurality of contiguous, rectangular openings, each opening being of a predetermined size to receive one light box module, the front of the support frame defining an outside vertical surface, each module including a casing, a light source within the casing and means for mounting a transparency in front of the light source, each casing have a first rectangular portion of a larger size than the rectangular opening in the skeletal frame which receives the casing, and a second rectangular portion of smaller size than the opening, the first and second rectangular portions of the casing being contiguous and having a vertical step between them, each casing being removably inserted in an opening in the frame with the step abutting the outside vertical surface of the frame, the first rectangular portion projecting outwardly beyond the vertical surface of the frame and the second portion of the casing fitting within the rectangular opening, releasable means for retaining the module within the frame, the means for mounting the transparency in the module being a keeper flange supported by the projecting first rectangular portion of the casing, the top portion of the keeper flange being open to receive the transparency, the top of the said first rectangular portion of the casing extending outwardly from the step a greater distance that the bottom portion thereby to form an angle between the keeper flange and the step, whereby the top opening of the keeper flange of a first lower module is forward of the bottom edge of the keeper flange of a second upper module which is located contiguous with the top edge of the first module so that a transparency may be inserted and removed from the first module without removing either module from the frame.