Adjustable sign holders
AssigneeFasteners for Retail, Inc.
InventorsDaniel J. Kump, Gerald A. Conway, Anthony J. Lammers
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Abstract
An apparatus for supporting a sign element on a fixture includes a left side support member and a right side support member with each of the support members being separated from the other and being free standing. Each support member includes a support surface and an engagement surface that is oriented substantially transverse to the support surface. A substantially linear side groove is located along a length of the engagement surface of each of the left and right support members. A left side base and a right side base are provided on which a respective one of the support members is mounted. Preferably the bases each have a projection extending into a recess formed in a housing of the support member for engaging a wall of the housing.
Claims21
An apparatus for supporting a planar element on a fixture comprising:
- a left side support member and a right side support member, each of said support members being separated from the other and being free standing, each of said left and right side support members including a support surface and an engagement surface oriented substantially normal to said support surface;
- a substantially linear groove located along a length of said engagement surface of each of said left and right side support members;
- and,
- a left side base and a right side base on which a respective one of said left side and right side support members is mounted, wherein at least one of said left side support member and said right side support member includes a housing having a recess and wherein at least one of said left side base and said right side base comprises:
- a projection extending into said recess of said support member housing,
- a securing means extending outwardly from said projection for fastening said projection in said recess of said support member housing, and
- a support wall on which said projection is mounted, said support wall having a larger circumference than a circumference of said one of said left side base and said right side base.
An apparatus for mounting a sign element on a fixture comprising:
- a free standing left side support member, said support member being L-shaped and including a support section and an engagement section oriented substantially transverse to said support section, and a substantially linear side groove located along a length of said engagement section;
- a free standing right side support member spaced from said left side support member, said support member being L-shaped and including a support section and an engagement section oriented substantially transverse to said support section and a substantially linear side groove located along a length of said engagement section of each of said left and right support members;
- a left side base on which said left side support member is mounted;
- and,
- a right side base on which said right side support member is mounted wherein each of said left side support member and said right side support member includes a housing having a recess and wherein each of said left side base and right side base comprises:
- a projection extending into said recess of said respective support member housing,
- a securing lip extending outwardly from said projection for fastening said projection in said recess of said support member housing, and
- a support wall on which said projection is mounted.
An apparatus for mounting a sign element on a fixture, comprising:
- a free standing support member, said support member being L-shaped and including a support section and an engagement section oriented substantially transverse to said support section, and a substantially linear groove located along a length of said engagement section;
- a rail which can be mounted in said groove wherein said rail comprises a pair of side walls which taper towards each other;
- and,
- a base on which said support member is mounted;
- said base for, contacting the fixture wherein said support member includes a housing having a recess and wherein said base comprises:
- a projection extending into said recess of said support member housing,
- a securing means extending outwardly from said projection for fastening said projection in said recess of said support member housing, and
- a support wall from which said projection extends, said support wall extending past at least one side of said projection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.