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A street number display for mounting to a building in either a horizontal or vertical alignment. The street number display includes a housing, a face plate having an opening and square character plates which are mounted to the face plate. The square character plates may be arranged to be read in eit

A street number display for mounting to a building in either a horizontal or vertical alignment. The street number display includes a housing, a face plate having an opening and square character plates which are mounted to the face plate. The square character plates may be arranged to be read in either a vertical or horizontal alignment, thereby permitting the housing to be mounted either vertically or horizontally on the building. A light activated switch is provided to energize or deenergize the light at nightfall.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A street number display comprising:an elongated housing;a light source mounted within said housing;a plurality of square plates, each of said square plates having a pair of opposed horizontal sides and a pair of opposed vertical sides, and having an opaque portion and a translucent

[ I claim:] [1.] A street number display comprising:an elongated housing;a light source mounted within said housing;a plurality of square plates, each of said square plates having a pair of opposed horizontal sides and a pair of opposed vertical sides, and having an opaque portion and a translucent portion to permit light to pass through to form a character;means for mounting said plurality of square plates to said housing in a horizontally arranged position and a vertically arranged position, when mounted in said horizontally arranged position each of said plurality of plates has at least one vertical side abuttng at least one vertical side of an adjacent plate, when mounted in said vertically arranged position each of said plurality of plates has at least one horizontal side abutting at least one horizontal side of an adjacent plate;means for mounting said housing to a building, said means for mounting maintaining said plurality of plates to form a vertically aligned street number when said plurality of plates are in said vertically arranged position and said means for mounting maintaining said plurality of plates to form a horizontally aligned street number when said plurality of plates is in said horizontally arranged position.