Sign apparatus

Sign mounting apparatus comprising:

• a tubular post member adapted to be mounted in a vertically oriented position;
• a horizontal member;
• means for removably attaching said horizontal member to said tubular post member;
• means for attaching a sign to said horizontal member;
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• post driving means for securing said post to the ground by reciprocal movement of said post member comprising:
• a closure member secured to the bottom end of said tubular post member and having a central opening therein;
• a shaft reciprocally mounted in said opening and movable between a first position extending a substantial distance into said tubular post member and a second position substantially outside of said tubular post member;
• a first stop means on an upper end of said shaft for preventing said shaft from dropping downwardly out of said opening;
• a second stop means secured to a central portion of said shaft for preventing said shaft from entering said opening beyond the second stop means;
• a plurality of radially extending fins secured to said shaft;
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• locking means for holding said shaft in said first position thereof whereby it cannot slide to said second position thereof, thereby rendering it safe to carry from place to place, said locking means comprising a hook member pivotally attached at one end thereof to said post member and an opening being disposed in one of said fins for reception of the other end of said hook member.

Sign mounting apparatus comprising:

• a tubular post member adapted to be mounted in a vertically oriented position;
• a horizontal member;
• means for removably attaching said horizontal member to said tubular post member, said means for removably attaching the horizontal member to the tubular post member comprising a vertically disposed member attached to said horizontal member for reception into the top of the tubular post member, said vertically disposed member being generally square in cross-sectional shape at the top thereof and the sides of the square shape being bent radially inwardly near the bottom thereof, a hole extending horizontally through the vertically disposed member, a horizontally disposed pin reciprocally disposed within said hole, means for biasing said pin to a first outward position with respect to said vertically disposed member, said pin being movable to a second inward position in response to overcoming the biasing means on the pin, and an opening in a sidewall of the tubular post member for reception of said pin, whereby when the pin is in the first outward position in the opening in the sidewall of the tubular post member, said horizontal member is held in proper sign displaying position with respect to the tubular post member;
• means for attaching a sign to said horizontal member;
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• post driving means for securing said post to the ground by reciprocal movement of said post member comprising:
• a closure member secured to the bottom end of said tubular post member and having a central opening therein;
• a shaft reciprocally mounted in said opening and movable between a first position extending a substantial distance into said tubular post member and a second position substantially outside of said tubular post member;
• a first stop means on an upper end of said shaft for preventing said shaft from dropping downwardly out of said opening;
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• a second stop means secured to a central portion of said shaft for preventing said shaft from entering said opening beyond the second stop means.