ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,845, issued on July 15.
"Illuminable sign for displaying a message in an automobile window" was invented by Roderick Ellis (Pearland, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminable sign includes comprising a translucent panel having an engraved message and an electrically powered light source oriented to direct light into an edge of the translucent panel. A remote may be used to transmit a wireless signal to the illuminable sign when a button on the remote is pressed by a user. The illuminable sign includes a wireless receiver that receives the wireless signal and turns the light source on and off in response to the wireless sig...