Claims
- 1. A sign for use with one or more replaceable sign inserts, comprisinga chassis adapted to be supported in an upright position, a raised border of magnetic material attached to said chassis, at least one replaceable sign insert within said raised border of magnetic material, said sign insert having front and back surfaces with the entire back surface contacting said chassis, and a flexible, light transmitting cover sheet covering said sign insert, said cover sheet having an outer surface and an undersurface which engages the sign insert, and including a magnetically attractive material which is not a magnet coated on its undersurface adapted to hold the flexible, light transmitting cover sheet against said raised border of magnetic material.
- 2. A sign according claim 1, wherein said flexible, light transmitting cover sheet further includes a printed border obscuring said magnetically attractive coating.
- 3. A sign according to claim 2, wherein said printed border is on the outer surface of said cover sheet.
- 4. A sign according to claim 2, wherein said printed border is on the undersurface of said cover sheet and said magnetically attractive coating is applied to said printed border.
- 5. A sign according to claim 1, wherein said cover sheet is mechanically attached to the chassis along one edge.
- 6. A sign according to claim 1, wherein said magnetically attractive coating comprises a mixture of iron powder and printing ink.
- 7. A sign according to claim 1, further comprising an extrusion for holding said chassis, raised border and cover sheet together at one edge, said extrusion including at least one channel and a resilient, U-shaped clip within said channel, said one edge of the chassis, raised border and cover sheet being retained within said clip.
- 8. A sign according to claim 7, wherein said extrusion includes a second channel, and means positioned in said second channel for mounting said sign on a support means.
- 9. A sign according to claim 1, wherein an entire area of the chassis contacting the back surface of the sign insert is concave.
- 10. A sign according to claim 9, wherein the chassis includes a concave upright surface and a concave base plate extending from the lowermost edge of said concave upright surface for supporting the chassis on a horizontal surface.
- 11. A sign according to claim 10, wherein the radius of curvature of the chassis and base plate is the same.
- 12. A sign according to claim 1, wherein a portion of said raised border of magnetic material extends across the bottom of said chassis.
- 13. A sign according to claim 12, wherein at least a portion of said cover sheet is exposed so that an edge of said cover sheet can be grasped and lifted by a user.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of International Application No. PCT/US96/17716 filed Nov. 1, 1996, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Application Ser. No. 08/590,570 filed Jan. 26, 1996, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/587,665 filed Jan. 17, 1996, now abandoned. This application further claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119 based upon provisional application Ser. No. 60/062,358 filed Oct. 15, 1997. The entire disclosures of the aforesaid prior applications are hereby incorporated by reference.
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