Trailer sign frame
OwnerJoseph K. Favatainventor
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Abstract
A sign system wherein surface mounted signs and sign frames on truck bodies are protected from damage by the use of a protective beveled molding mounted on the outside of the frame of the sign.
Claims20
A vehicle sign frame for displaying a sign on a side of a vehicle, comprising:
- a frame for mounting on said side of said vehicle wherein said frame includes a plurality of rails and stiles each having a back end, a rear surface an outermost portion and defining a front opening;
- means for protecting said frame extending outward of said frame from a position adjacent said frame;
- means for attaching said means for protecting to said frame;
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- means for supporting said means for protecting comprising a pad having a surface extending at an oblique angle with respect to the rear surface and abutting said means for protecting along a portion thereof for supporting said means for protecting and absorbing impact imparted thereto.
A damage resistant truck sign system for mounting to a side of a truck body, said sign system comprising:
- a four sided frame for mounting on a surface of a side of a truck body, said frame being formed of a plurality of rails and stiles having a length, said rails and stiles each having a top, a bottom, a back having a rar surface and a front channel extending the length of the rails and stiles, said front channels being opposed when said rails and stiles are assembled into the four sided surface mounted frame;
- a loose fitting jaw shaped bar for holding a sign having edges, said jaw shaped bar being contained within the channels and extending throughout a substantial portion of the length of the channels, said jaw shaped bar being contoured to receive and engage a rod which is fitted about the edges of the sign made of a flexible sheet material;
- adjusting means for selectively urging the jaw shaped bar with the engaged sign towards the back of the rails and stiles;
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- a protective beveled molding fitted against the frame and adapted to extend from the top back edge of each of the rails and stiles and to the side of the truck body
- a shoulder extending from the back of said rails and stiles and adapted to be adjacent said truck body wherein said shoulder has a surface at an oblique angle with respect to the rear surface, said beveled molding being supported by said shoulder along a portion of said beveled molding.
A method for protecting a surface mounted sign frame mounted on a side of a truck from damage, wherein said frame includes a plurality of rails and stiles each having a back end, a rear surface, and a pad having a surface extending at an oblique angle with respect to the rear surface, an outermost portion and defining a front opening, said method comprising the steps of:
- fitting said frame with a protective beveled molding extending at an angle from said side of said truck to said outermost portion of said sign frame and extending substantially contiguous with said oblique angled surface of said pad to be supported thereby.
An apparatus for mounting a sign to a mounting surface, said apparatus comprising:
- a frame member having sides, a rear surface, outermost portions and a pad extending at an oblique angle with respect to the rear surface and adapted to extend outward from said frame member adjacent to said mounting surface;
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- a protective member mounted proximate said sides of said frame member and adapted to extend outward at an angle from said outermost portions, along said oblique angled pad to said mounting surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.