Illuminated Displays or Signs

Patent: 5,682,694
Issued: Nov. 4, 1997
Inventor: David U. Hillstrom, Novi, Mich.
Assignee: Marketing Displays Inc., Farmington Hills, Mich.
An outdoor illuminated display device comprises a housing, a base member and lights positioned in the housing. A variety of display modules are positioned on the housing and backlit by the lights. A door member is pivotally connected along its upper edge to the housing covering the modules.

Client: Bastos, Ohain, Belgium
P-O-P Company: Fiberoptic Lighting Inc., Grants Pass, Ore.
Division: Permanent, Cigarettes-Illuminated
Comments: This sign was designed for discos and retail environments in Belgium where cigarettes are sold. The sign draws attention to the brand name of the Norman Young Tobacco Co. It is made of metal, plastic, a halogen lamp, fiberoptics and synchronous motors.

Client: The Integer Group, Lakewood, Colo.
P-O-P Company: Foam Visions Inc., Copiague, N.Y.
Division: Permanent, On-Premise - Illuminated or Motion, Beverages-Beer

Client: Remington Arms Co., Madison, N.C.
P-O-P Company: Image Works Display & Marketing Group, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Division: Permanent, Sports Equipment
Comments: The contoured lighted wall sign features a narrow 2-1/2-inch side profile with a peak center depth of only 4 -1/4 inches. Using a bright white, reflective interior and high-intensity fluorescent tubes, even, shadow-free light distribution was achieved. Graphics can be changed easily by removing the molded top cap.

Client: Eastman Kodak Co., London
P-O-P Company: Fiberoptic Lighting Inc., Grants Pass, Ore.
Division: Permanent, Film and Batteries
Comments: This fiberoptic sign was designed to draw attention to the new Kodak Advantix system. Light and motion are the attention-getting elements in this unit. It is composed of an aluminum cabinet, plastic corners, acrylic fiberoptics, a synchronous motor and a halogen lamp.

Client: Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee
P-O-P Company: Everbrite Inc., Greenfield, Wis.
Division: Permanent, Off-Premise - Illuminated or Motion, Beverages - Beer

Marketer: Nintendo of America Inc., Redmond, Wash.
Objective: To attract attention to Nintendo's N64 system in a retail environment and to create brand identification.
Number of Displays: 210
Construction: The cabinet is an aluminum extrusion with plastic corners; the face is styrene with screen printed graphics; fiberoptic acrylic cables; synchronous motor and encoded screen printed acrylic color disc; halogen lamp
Introduced: Fall 1996
Producer: Fiberoptic Lighting Inc., Grants Pass, Ore.

Restaurant: Sonic Corp., Oklahoma City
Number of Displays: 56,000 cards
Construction: 10 mil translucent styrene
Introduced: May 1997
P-O-P Company: Adams McClure, Denver

Restaurant: Great American Cookie Co., Atlanta
Number of Displays: An average of eight displays per store throughout the 350-store chain. Displays are updated regularly.
Construction: Narrow profile, 24-inch-by-30-inch light boxes with anodized brass finish and a flip-open frame. Extruded aluminum, acrylic, fluorescent lamps, electrical components and photographic transparency.
Introduced: August 1996
P-O-P Company: Clearr Corp., Minnetonka, Minn.

Client: Trek Bicycle Corp.
Producer: The W/M Display Group, Chicago
Category: Signs - Toys/Sporting Goods/Recreational Products
Production Run: 700
Unit Cost Range: $25-$99