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US 10,867,529 B2Granted
Yard sign frame
AssigneeDee Sign Co.
InventorBraden R. Huenefeld
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Abstract
A yard sign frame comprises an injection molded universal base, the base comprising a pair of vertical frame members and at least one horizontal frame member interconnecting the vertical frame members, and a frame mounted on the base, the frame comprising a pair of extruded vertical frame members and at least one extruded horizontal frame member interconnecting the vertical frame members. The frame is adapted to receive a main sign panel.
Claims10
A yard sign frame comprising:
- an injection molded universal plastic base comprising a single, unitary, monolithic structure, said base comprising a pair of vertical frame members and at least a first horizontal frame member interconnecting said vertical frame members,
- a plastic frame mounted on said base, said frame comprising a pair of separate, individual extruded vertical frame members and at least a first separate, individual extruded horizontal frame member interconnecting said vertical frame members, said frame adapted to receive a main sign panel,
- a pair of plastic upper corner connectors, each of which connects a respective end of said extruded horizontal frame member to an upper end of a respective one of said extruded vertical frame members, and
- each said vertical frame member of said frame including an elongated male tube extending therefrom, each said vertical frame member of said base including an elongated female tube therein, respective ones of said male tubes received in respective ones of said female tubes.
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A method of manufacturing a yard sign frame comprising:
- injection molding a universal plastic base as a single, unitary, monolithic structure having a pair of vertical frame members and at least one horizontal frame member interconnecting the vertical frame members,
- extruding at least three separate, individual plastic frame members,
- forming a frame from the at least three extruded frame members, the frame comprising a pair of vertical frame members and at least one horizontal frame member interconnecting the vertical frame members, the frame adapted to receive a main sign panel,
- forming a pair of plastic upper corner connectors,
- utilizing each of the pair of corner connectors to connect a respective end of the extruded horizontal frame member to an upper end of a respective one of the extruded vertical frame members,
- installing an elongated male tube in each vertical frame member of the frame so as to extend therefrom,
- installing an elongated female tube in each vertical frame member of the base;
- and
- mounting the frame on the base by inserting respective ones of the male tubes into respective ones of the female tubes.
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A method of manufacturing a yard sign frame comprising:
- providing an injection molded universal plastic base formed as a single, unitary, monolithic structure having a pair of vertical frame members and at least one horizontal frame member interconnecting the vertical frame members,
- providing at least three separate, individual extruded plastic frame members,
- forming a frame from the at least three extruded frame members, the frame comprising a pair of vertical frame members and at least one horizontal frame member interconnecting the vertical frame members, the frame adapted to receive a main sign panel,
- providing a pair of plastic upper corner connectors,
- connecting a respective end of the extruded horizontal frame member to an upper end of a respective one of the extruded vertical frame members with each of the pair of corner connectors,
- providing an elongated male tube in each vertical frame member of the frame so as to extend therefrom,
- providing an elongated female tube in each vertical frame member of the base;
- and
- mounting the frame on the base by inserting respective ones of the male tubes into respective ones of the female tubes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.