It is well-known that real-estate signs positioned in front of residential or commercial real-estate properties are an important method of indicating to the public the availability of the real-estate property for sale, lease, or rent. Unfortunately, there exists a period during the evening where this marketing opportunity is not utilized because the real-estate sign is no longer clearly visible to passersby.
Lighted real-estate signs are known. Unfortunately, there are drawbacks to existing lighted real-estate sign solutions. Real-estate sign assemblies exist that illuminate the real-estate sign by traditional light bulbs. However, these light bulbs tend to blend in with similar bulb-based lights in a neighborhood and thereby may be easily missed by a passerby. For example, porch lights, yard lights, street lights, incandescent light bulbs emitting through a window from within a home may make the sign difficult to see from certain angles where surrounding lights obscure it.
In addition, real estate signs are typically not very attention-catching, particularly to passersby by who are focused on driving or may otherwise be occupied while traveling past the real-estate property. Even if the sign is lighted at night, the passersby may still not notice the real-estate sign and an opportunity to market the property is missed.
Existing solutions are cumbersome, complicated, and expensive. Relators desire an apparatus or method that allows them to market their numerous real-estate properties in an effective and efficient manner that does not require a large investment or a large deviation from a standard thin panel sign 100 attached to a horizontal cross-arm 102 that is affixed to a vertical post 104 (see FIG. 1). For example, some prior art lighted real-estate signs require the marketing indicia to be integrated into the lighted assembly, which requires relators to waste their existing real-estate signage and purchase the expensive lighted assembly with the marketing indicia integrated into the assembly. Accordingly, what is desired is an apparatus that allows relators to illuminate their existing real-estate signs, without a large deviation from the standard vertical post-horizontal cross-arm configuration, and using a unique type of illumination that attracts the attention of passersby during the night.
Therefore, a need exists to overcome the problems with the prior art as discussed above.