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US 12,057,033 B2Granted
Frame sign support
AssigneeSmartSign LLC
InventorsClifford Struhl, Raymond M. Schneider
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an improved A-frame support for displaying signs, together with a hinge for outwardly-pivoting the A-frame support and a device for bracing the A-frame support in outwardly-pivoted, open position.
Claims9
A hinge for coupling and securing two panels in A-frame configuration together, and comprising:
- two hinge pieces each formed at the top of a respective A-frame panel and securable to one another,
- with each said hinge piece extending at an angle with respect to a remainder of the A-frame panel, and comprising
- a channel extending along a respective panel inwardly from a corner of the respective panel where the angled hinge piece meets the respective panel to which the hinge piece is formed, and
- at least one grommet extending around said respective channel, such that said grommets of the hinge pieces align only when the panels abut one another in closed position, and
- additionally comprising a pin arranged to seat through said grommets and along said channels of both said hinge pieces and pivotally couple said hinge pieces together, when said respective grommets are aligned, to secure the panels together in closed position, and be removed from said grommets and channels to allow the panels to pivot outwardly from one another.
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