Portable sign and barricade assemblies and plastic molded uprights and light and flag mounts therefor
AssigneePlastic Safety Systems, Inc.
InventorsCharles M. Mettler, Gregory H. Brown
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Abstract
Plastic molded uprights and/or light and flag mounts may include stepped upper ends for mounting of a light thereon and/or laterally spaced apart oppositely downwardly angled flag mounting holes extending at least partway therethrough adjacent the upper ends thereof. One or more pairs of integral molded, axially spaced apart flanges may protrude outwardly from one of the front and back walls of the uprights for aiding in locating and supporting one or more barricade boards between respective pairs of flanges.
Claims8
In combination, an upright and a base support for supporting said upright in a generally upright position, said upright having a non-cylindrical shaped lower end portion, and said base support having a correspondingly shaped non-cylindrical mounting hole for close sliding receipt of said lower end portion of said upright in said mounting hole, said mounting hole having multiple sides, each of said sides having a plurality of laterally spaced, longitudinally extending ribs around the entire periphery of said mounting hole that are transversely rounded in a direction normal to an axial length of the ribs for establishing axial line contact with said lower end portion of said upright when inserted into said mounting hole, and a combination light and flag mount having a lower end attachable to an upper end of said upright, said combination light and flag mount comprising a hollow molded plastic body member having front and back walls and opposite side walls, and an inwardly stepped upper end having a transversely inwardly extending surface for supporting a light thereon and an axially outwardly extending surface having a hole extending therethrough for receipt of a fastener for attaching the light to said stepped upper end, and at least one flag mounting hole extending at least partway through said body member at a downwardly extending angle between said side walls below said stepped upper end of said body member.
In combination, an upright and a base support for supporting said upright in a generally upright position, said upright having a non-cylindrical shaped lower end portion, and said base support having a correspondingly shaped non-cylindrical mounting hole for close sliding receipt of said lower end portion of said upright in said mounting hole, and a combination light and flag mount having a lower end attachable to an upper end of said upright, said combination light and flag mount comprising a hollow molded plastic body member having front and back walls and opposite side walls, and an inwardly stepped upper end having a transversely inwardly extending surface for supporting a light thereon and an axially outwardly extending surface having a hole extending therethrough for receipt of a fastener for attaching the light to said stepped upper end, and at least one flag mounting hole extending at least partway through said body member at a downwardly extending angle between said side walls below said stepped upper end of said body member.
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