Subsequent Events	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	Note 14 - Subsequent Events As approved by shareholders at the Company’s Annual Meeting on October 2, 2013, the Company enacted a 1,000:1 reverse stock split followed immediately by a 1:40 forward stock split effective October 29, 2013. As a result, on October 29, 2013, every 1,000 outstanding shares of Common Stock were exchanged into 1 share of Common Stock. Any shareholders who owned fractional shares of Common Stock after the reverse stock split were cashed out at the closing market price of $0.29 on October 25, 2013. At the conclusion of the forward stock split, every 1outstanding share of Common Stock was exchanged into 40 shares of Common Stock. Unless otherwise indicated, all share information in this Form 10-Q has been adjusted for the reverse and forward stock splits. In December 2013, the Company issued 5,813 shares (adjusted for the reverse and forward stock splits, see Note 14 – Subsequent Events) of Restricted Stock and cash of $11,282 to certain current and former board members in lieu of cash as payment for board fees of $83,940 that were owed as of the October 2, 2013 Annual Meeting. Subsequent to September 30, 2013, the Company executed a promissory note (the “Note”) in favor of Carlisle Investments, Inc. (“Carlisle”), pursuant to which Carlisle loaned $1,000,000 to the Company in order to provide the Company with temporary financing (the “Loan”). Mr. Marco Elser, a director of the Company, exercises voting and dispositive power as investment manager of Carlisle. In connection with the Loan, the Company has granted to Carlisle a first-priority (excluding the liens held by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which are senior to the liens and security interest granted in connection with the Loan) continuing security interest in and lien upon all assets of the Company (excluding those assets subject to the security interest granted to Axis Capital, Inc. by the Company pursuant to that certain Master Agreement for Sale and Assignment of Leases dated as of June 6, 2013), in accordance with the terms of a security agreement entered into between the parties and dated as of December 2, 2013. The Note bears interest at the rate of ten percent per annum and has a maturity date of June 1, 2014, with a bullet payment of all principal and accrued interest due at such time;provided, however, that the parties may agree in writing to convert or exchange all or any part of the Note into a long term investment by Carlisle in Trans-Lux (a “Conversion Transaction”). In the event the parties engage in a Conversion Transaction (of which there can be no assurance), all amounts due under the Note will be payable (or not, as the case may be) in accordance with the terms of the documentation executed by the parties in connection with such Conversion Transaction, if any. On December 4, 2013, net proceeds in the amount of $1,000,000 were received from Carlisle. The funds were used for working capital purposes.

Subsequent Events

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Note 14 - Subsequent Events

As approved by shareholders at the Company’s Annual Meeting on October 2, 2013, the Company enacted a 1,000:1 reverse stock split followed immediately by a 1:40 forward stock split effective October 29, 2013. As a result, on October 29, 2013, every 1,000 outstanding shares of Common Stock were exchanged into 1 share of Common Stock. Any shareholders who owned fractional shares of Common Stock after the reverse stock split were cashed out at the closing market price of $0.29 on October 25, 2013. At the conclusion of the forward stock split, every 1outstanding share of Common Stock was exchanged into 40 shares of Common Stock. Unless otherwise indicated, all share information in this Form 10-Q has been adjusted for the reverse and forward stock splits.

In December 2013, the Company issued 5,813 shares (adjusted for the reverse and forward stock splits, see Note 14 – Subsequent Events) of Restricted Stock and cash of $11,282 to certain current and former board members in lieu of cash as payment for board fees of $83,940 that were owed as of the October 2, 2013 Annual Meeting.

Subsequent to September 30, 2013, the Company executed a promissory note (the “Note”) in favor of Carlisle Investments, Inc. (“Carlisle”), pursuant to which Carlisle loaned $1,000,000 to the Company in order to provide the Company with temporary financing (the “Loan”). Mr. Marco Elser, a director of the Company, exercises voting and dispositive power as investment manager of Carlisle.

In connection with the Loan, the Company has granted to Carlisle a first-priority (excluding the liens held by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which are senior to the liens and security interest granted in connection with the Loan) continuing security interest in and lien upon all assets of the Company (excluding those assets subject to the security interest granted to Axis Capital, Inc. by the Company pursuant to that certain Master Agreement for Sale and Assignment of Leases dated as of June 6, 2013), in accordance with the terms of a security agreement entered into between the parties and dated as of December 2, 2013. The Note bears interest at the rate of ten percent per annum and has a maturity date of June 1, 2014, with a bullet payment of all principal and accrued interest due at such time;provided, however, that the parties may agree in writing to convert or exchange all or any part of the Note into a long term investment by Carlisle in Trans-Lux (a “Conversion Transaction”). In the event the parties engage in a Conversion Transaction (of which there can be no assurance), all amounts due under the Note will be payable (or not, as the case may be) in accordance with the terms of the documentation executed by the parties in connection with such Conversion Transaction, if any. On December 4, 2013, net proceeds in the amount of $1,000,000 were received from Carlisle. The funds were used for working capital purposes.