CROSS-REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATIONS

This application is a U.S. National Phase Application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Application No. PCT/EP2019/074191, filed on Sep. 11, 2019, and claims benefit to German Patent Application No. DE 10 2018 122 985.2, filed on Sep. 19, 2018. The International Application was published in German on Mar. 26, 2020 as WO 2020/058056 under PCT Article 21(2).

FIELD

The invention relates to a luminous advertisement assembly including an in particular opaque side wall, a transparent and/or translucent front plate and a profiled connecting element for connecting the front plate to the side wall, the profiled connecting element having a first connecting region to which the front plate is fixed, and a second connecting region to which the side wall is fixed, the first connecting region being configured as a receptacle having a first leg and a second leg between which the front plate is received. The receptacle may in particular be U-shaped or V-shaped.

BACKGROUND

For labeling or advertising purposes, luminous advertisements are often used in the form of strikingly illuminated images, such as letters, words and/or logos, which are attached to the inside and/or the outside of walls, objects or supports.

The luminous advertisements are composed of a luminous advertisement assembly which forms a suitably shaped housing having a transparent or translucent front cover that is connected to a side wall of the assembly. Typically, the luminous advertisement also has a rear wall connected to the side walls, so that electronics and light sources are located in an enclosed inner space of the assembly, where they are protected from weather conditions, contamination and other environmental influences.

The front cover is connected to the side wall using a profiled connecting element which is glued to the edge region of the front plate and is generally referred to as trim cap.

From EP 2 997 565 A1, for example, it is known that the trim cap can have a contact region that rests on an outer surface of the front cover, or that the trim cap can be configured in the form of a so-called F-section and have a slot for receiving the edge region of the front cover. In either case, it is necessary and usual to glue the trim cap to the front plate or to (chemically) weld it thereto using a solvent.

This is a disadvantage because, in addition to the additional material consumption in the form of glue, special gluing devices are needed to spread a certain amount of glue over the lower surface of the U-shaped or V-shaped receptacle in a controlled manner so that, after bonding to the front plate, the glue will not be pressed back onto the visible surface of the front plate and a stable and uniform bond is created between the front plate and the trim cap. In the process, the surface provided with glue must be pressed onto the desired surface of the front plate to be connected until the glue is cured and the surfaces are bonded together. This is aggravated by the fact that the trim cap must be laid along curved and angled contours with acute and obtuse angles, as is the case with the letters “a” and “x”, for example. In this connection, the trim cap must hold stably to the side wall and front plate at each point along the contour of the body and ultimately yield a visually appealing appearance by being laid as continuously as possible along the contour of the body, without discontinuities due to cuts.

SUMMARY

In an embodiment, the present invention provides a luminous advertisement assembly which includes a side wall, a transparent and/or translucent front plate and a profiled connecting element. The profiled connecting element has a first connecting region to which the front plate is fixed, and a second connecting region to which the side wall is fixed. The first connecting region is configured as a receptacle having a first leg and a second leg between which the front plate is received. A latching hook is disposed on the first leg and is configured to fix the front plate in the receptacle. A recess is disposed in the front plate, and the latching hook of the profiled connecting element engages in the recess of the front plate.

