Wind Resistant Sign
OwnerMichael L. Ritter, JR.inventor
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Abstract
A wind resistant sign has a frame with vertical supports that are joined and held parallel with respect to each other by a top crossmember and a lower crossmember. The crossmembers and supports form an enclosed area that surrounds a panel. The panel is connected to the frame through hanging posts that extend into channels in the panel. The hanging posts are captured on the top crossmember and allow the panel to pivot when wind or other forces apply force to the panel. When the force is removed, the panel returns to a vertical orientation. The frame can be driven into the ground to support the frame. The panel is installed on the hanging posts by inserting the hanging posts into parallel channels.
Claims20
A wind resistant sign for being affixed to the ground, said sign comprising:
- a frame having a first vertical support and a second vertical support, said vertical supports affixed to a top crossmember, said frame having a lower crossmember connecting and affixed to said vertical supports, said lower crossmember spaced from and parallel to said top crossmember, said lower crossmember forming a boundary between a lower portion and an upper display portion of said frame, said lower portion for affixing said frame to said ground, said upper display portion forming an enclosed area, said frame having a first hanging post and a second hanging post connected to and retained on said top crossmember, said first hanging post spaced from said second hanging post, said first and second hanging posts pivotable with respect to said frame about a pivot axis;
- a panel formed from corrugated material having parallel channels located between and connecting a first skin to a second skin, said panel received by said enclosed area, one of said parallel channels receiving and retaining said first hanging post, another of said parallel channels receiving and retaining said second hanging post, said panel having a width defined by a distance between lateral edges, said one parallel channel closer to one of said lateral edges than a midpoint between said lateral edges, said another of said parallel channels closer to another of said lateral edges than said midpoint, said parallel channels are perpendicular to said top crossmember;
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- said panel suspended by said first and second hanging posts, said hanging posts retained by said panel.
A wind resistant sign for being affixed to the ground, said sign comprising:
- a frame having a first vertical support and a second vertical support, said vertical supports affixed to a top crossmember, said frame having a lower crossmember connecting and affixed to said vertical supports, said lower crossmember spaced from and parallel to said top crossmember, said lower crossmember forming a boundary between a lower portion and an upper display portion of said frame, said lower portion for affixing said frame to said ground, said upper display portion forming an enclosed area, said frame having a first hanging post and a second hanging post connected to and retained on said top crossmember, said first hanging post spaced from said second hanging post, said first and second hanging posts pivotable with respect to said frame about a pivot axis;
- a panel formed from corrugated material having parallel channels located between and connecting a first skin to a second skin, said panel received by said enclosed area, one of said parallel channels receiving and retaining said first hanging post, another of said parallel channels receiving and retaining said second hanging post;
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- said panel suspended by said first and second hanging posts, said hanging posts retained by said panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.