Shield assembly for highway signs

A highway sign assembly, comprising:

• a highway sign having a periphery comprising an upper edge, lower edge and spaced side edges, and a front face carrying information;
• a peripheral frame secured around at least part of the periphery of the sign and projecting outwardly a predetermined distance from the front face of the sign;
• the frame including an upper flat panel extending along the upper edge of the sign and flat side panels each extending along at least part of a respective side edge of the sign, the panels projecting outwardly from the front face of the sign and shielding the front face from view from above;
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• the side panels projecting at angles greater than 90.degree. to the front face of the sign.

A shield assembly for a highway sign having a front face carrying information for highway users, the assembly comprising:

• a three-sided frame for extending around at least the upper part of the periphery of a rectangular highway sign;
• the frame comprising an upper elongate support member including a flat leg for securing along an upper edge of a sign, an upper shield panel mounted on the upper support member and extending along the length of the upper support member at an angle to said flat leg, whereby said upper shield panel projects outwardly at an angle of greater than 90.degree. to the front face of a sign when said frame is secured to the sign, a pair of elongate side support members extending downwardly from opposite ends of said upper support member, and a pair of side shield panels each mounted on a respective one of the side support members and extending along the length of the respective side support members;
• said upper and side support members each comprising means for supporting the respective upper and side shield panels to project outwardly a predetermined distance from the front face of a sign around which the frame is mounted;
• the upper panel having opposite end edges and the side panels each having an upper end edge spaced from the respective end edge of the upper panel at upper corners of the frame to form a gap;
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• a pair of corner members for filling the respective corner gaps, each corner member being of shape substantially corresponding to that of the respective gap and being secured to the respective upper panel end edge and side panel upper edge.

A shield assembly for a highway sign having a flat front face for carrying informational indicia, comprising:

• a peripheral frame for securing around at least part of the periphery of a sign and projecting outwardly a predetermined distance from the front face of the sign, the frame at least partially surrounding and defining a mounting plane for a sign secured to the frame;
• the frame including an upper flat panel for extending along an upper edge of the sign and a pair of side shield panels each comprising means for securing along at least part of a respective side edge of the sign;
• the upper panel being oriented at an angle of greater than 90.degree. to the mounting plane;
• the upper panel having opposite end edges and each side panel having an upper end edge spaced from the respective end edge of the upper panel to form a corner gap;
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• the assembly further including a pair of corner members for filling the respective corner gaps, each corner member being of shape substantially corresponding to the shape of the respective corner gap and being secured to the respective upper panel end edge and side panel upper edge.