Patents by Inventor David Franklin Cox

David Franklin Cox has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140268562
    Abstract: Supports for plural billboard display modules include one or more structural frames mountable to existing billboard poster panels and other planar structural surfaces; each individual structural frame having a sufficient number of frame cutout areas to minimize frame weight to no greater than fifty pounds for hand lifting and mounting to the poster panels, but not such a sufficient number of frame cutout areas to compromise the structural integrity of the structural frame for resisting wind load forces in excess of 100 pounds per square foot when mounted to the poster panels while supporting the plural billboard display modules; and wherein each structural frame is arranged in an array of structural bay members defined by the cutout areas and visual separation features, the visual separation features facilitating the separating of the array into smaller array configurations, wherein the smallest array is a one bay high by one bay wide configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ADTI MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: DAVID FRANKLIN COX, ARNE E. CARLSON
  • Publication number: 20140259645
    Abstract: An out of the box signage kit facilitates in field conversion of a static billboard having an anchored planar mounting structure into a large format billboard type electronic sign that includes a plurality of interchangeable weatherized display modules; a plurality of hand mountable interchangeable structural frames for supporting the plurality of weatherized display modules, each structural frame having a back portion for mounting to a frontside of the anchored planar mounting structure and a front portion defining a plurality of bay members for receiving corresponding ones of said plurality of weatherized display modules; and a plurality of interchangeable wire harnesses, each individual wire harness including a first end for coupling to a power source mounted on a backside of the anchored planar mounting structure, each individual wire harness having a plurality of power extensions for coupling the power source to at least one of the display modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ADTI MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: DAVID FRANKLIN COX, ARNE E. CARLSO, JAMES WARREN FREDERICK, RICHARD J. ROMANO
  • Publication number: 20140268504
    Abstract: A large format billboard type electronic sign includes at least one structural frame member mounted to a front side of a planar mounting structure that defines a plurality of structural bay members configured for receiving and removably supporting therein a corresponding plurality of weatherized display modules to conceal and protect at least one preformed wiring harness from wind load forces in excess of 100 pounds per square foot and degradation from the effects of ultra-violet sunlight; each individual one of said plurality of structural bay members is provided with a plurality of receptacles to facilitate mechanically and electrically coupling the at least one preformed wiring harness to the plurality of weatherized display modules; and wherein the at least one preformed wiring harness is provided with a plurality of preformed nodes which are dimensioned to be snapped or pressed into position in a wire harness node receptacle forming part of the plurality of receptacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ADTI MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: ARNE E. CARLSON, DAVID FRANKLIN COX
  • Publication number: 20140268565
    Abstract: A modification kit for converting an existing signage mounting structure to an electronic sign generally includes a plurality of weatherized display modules; a plurality of sign sections each having a front-facing portion and a rear-facing portion, the front facing portion defining a two dimensional array of bays arranged in a plurality of rows along a vertical direction and a plurality of columns along a horizontal direction, each bay configured to receive one of the display modules, the rear-facing portion for mounting to a surface of the existing signage mounting structure and a plurality of wiring assemblies each having a first end for coupling to a power junction located adjacent to a rear surface of one of the rear-facing portions and a plurality of power extensions for coupling the power source to the plurality of weatherized display modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ADTI MEDIA, LLC
    Inventors: David Franklin COX, Richard J. Romano, Arne E. Carlson
  • Patent number: 8824125
    Abstract: An out of the box signage kit facilitates in field conversion of a static billboard having an anchored planar mounting structure into a large format billboard type electronic sign that includes a plurality of interchangeable weatherized display modules; a plurality of hand mountable interchangeable structural frames for supporting the plurality of weatherized display modules, each structural frame having a back portion for mounting to a frontside of the anchored planar mounting structure and a front portion defining a plurality of bay members for receiving corresponding ones of said plurality of weatherized display modules; and a plurality of interchangeable wire harnesses, each individual wire harness including a first end for coupling to a power source mounted on a backside of the anchored planar mounting structure, each individual wire harness having a plurality of power extensions for coupling the power source to at least one of the display modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Adti Media, LLC
    Inventors: David Franklin Cox, Arne E. Carlso, James Warren Frederick, Richard J. Romano
  • Patent number: 8824124
    Abstract: A large format billboard type electronic sign includes at least one structural frame member mounted to a front side of a planar mounting structure that defines a plurality of structural bay members configured for receiving and removably supporting therein a corresponding plurality of weatherized display modules to conceal and protect at least one preformed wiring harness from wind load forces in excess of 100 pounds per square foot and degradation from the effects of ultra-violet sunlight; each individual one of said plurality of structural bay members is provided with a plurality of receptacles to facilitate mechanically and electrically coupling the at least one preformed wiring harness to the plurality of weatherized display modules; and wherein the at least one preformed wiring harness is provided with a plurality of preformed nodes which are dimensioned to be snapped or pressed into position in a wire harness node receptacle forming part of the plurality of receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: ADTI Media, LLC
    Inventors: Arne E. Carlson, David Franklin Cox