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US 2022/0093018 A1Published application
A-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.
Claims15
An A-frame support for a sign or display, comprising
- two separate panels couplable to one another,
- each said panel having a curved surface arranged to face away from the other panels when said panels are coupled together,
- means for securing a sign or display to each said curved surface of said panels, and
- means for securing said panels in fixed position with respect to one another.
1 more element
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 pivotally securable to one another,
- with each said hinge piece extending at an angle with respect to a remainder of the A-frame panel.
A device for bracing outwardly-pivoted panels of an A-frame support with respect to one another, and comprising
- a clip bar having a hook at one end and an encircled opening at an opposite end, said hook arranged to hook onto projections along each said panel to brace said panels in an angular position with respect to one another and said clip bar retained on and hanging from said panel on which said encircled end receives a projection when said panels are uncoupled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.