Ballasted sign
AssigneeMcCue Corporation
InventorsThomas Ustach, Matthew O'Brien
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises a signpost assembly that includes a sign holder, a signpost that supports the sign holder, and a base for receiving the signpost. The base engages the signpost at two locations along the signpost, thereby ensuring that the signpost is held vertically.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising a signpost assembly, said signpost assembly comprising a sign holder, a signpost that supports said sign holder, and a base for receiving said signpost, wherein said base comprises an aperture for receiving ballast, a first posthole that is disposed in said aperture, said first posthole being sized and shaped to receive said signpost to permit said signpost to exit said base, and a bottom surface having a second posthole formed therein, said second posthole being sized and shaped to accommodate said signpost as said signpost enters said base through said bottom surface and being disposed such that ballast entering said aperture is able to exit said base through said second posthole.
A method comprising assembling a sign assembly comprising:
- a base,
- a sign holder, and
- a signpost wherein assembling said sign assembly comprises causing said base to engage a signpost at first and second locations along a vertical line, causing ballast to engage said signpost between said first and second locations, and fixing said sign holder to an upper end of said signpost,
- wherein causing said base to engage a signpost at said first and second locations comprises passing said signpost through a first posthole and passing said signpost through a second posthole, and
- wherein said method further comprises filling said base with ballast through a filling aperture in said base after having passed said signpost through said first posthole and before having passed it through said second posthole, placing a lid of said base onto said filling aperture, and adjusting said lid to cover said aperture.
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