Structure for supporting sign board

• US 20050097802A1
• Filed: 12/16/2004
• Published: 05/12/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hanyang Frame Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hanyang Frame Company Limited
• Inventors: Kim, Yong Soo
• Granted Patent: US 7,320,193 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/791
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/22 for rotatably or swingably mounting, e.g. for boards adapted to be rotated by the wind

Abstract

A structure for supporting a sign board is disclosed. The structure includes: a post clamp having a pair of arched clamping bands which are hingedly coupled and joined to each other by a fastening element, at least one clamping band having a pillar; a hanger having a socket pipe joined to the pillar of the post clamp, a support bar inserted into the socket pipe and joined by a fastening element, the support bar having an axial coupling groove; at least one connector having a first coupling plate with a coupling bulge adapted to be fitted into the coupling groove of the support bar and with a first arched hinge holder, and a second coupling plate coupled to the first coupling plate having a second arched hinge holder; and a sign board having a coupling bulge and a guide slot through which the hinge holders of the connector pass.

Claims

1. A structure for supporting a sign board, comprising:

a post clamp including at least a first arched clamping band and second arched clamping band each hingedly interconnected to at least one third arched clamping band, the first and second arched clamping band joined to each other by a fastening element at their free ends to be assembled around a periphery of a post, the at least one third arched clamping band being provided at its outer surface with a pillar protruding therefrom that includes a groove on a front surface thereof; and

a connecting holder with a coupling bulge adapted to be fitted into the coupling groove of the pillar for holding the sign board.

2. The structure of claim 1, wherein the at least first arched clamping band and second arched clamping band include a hinge groove and a hinge bulge at a first end and a flange at a second end such that the hinge grooves and the hinge bulges may be joined to a hinge bulge or hinge groove on the ends of the at least one third arched clamping band.

3. The structure of claim 2, wherein the post clamp further includes at least one auxiliary clamping band coupled between the at least one of the first arched clamping band and second arched clamping band and the at least one third arched clamping band, said auxiliary clamping band is provided at its opposite ends with a hinge groove and a hinge bulge corresponding to each other and has a circumference smaller than that of any of the first, second, and third arched clamping bands, whereby the auxiliary clamping band is selectively coupled to the post clamp according to a size of the post.

4. The structure of claim 2, wherein a plurality of third clamping bands are provided, and wherein the post clamp further includes at least one auxiliary clamping band coupled between two of the plurality of third arched clamping bands, said auxiliary clamping band is provided at its opposite ends with a hinge groove and a hinge bulge corresponding to each other and has a circumference smaller than that of any of the first, second, and third arched clamping bands, whereby the auxiliary clamping band is selectively coupled to the post clamp according to a size of the post.

5. The structure of claim 2, wherein the clamping bands are provided, adjacent to the hinge groove, with at least one retaining screw that are embedded into the hinge groove to prevent the hinge bulge from being separated therefrom.

6. The structure of claim 3, wherein the at least one auxiliary clamping band is provided, adjacent to the hinge groove, with at least one retaining screw that are embedded into the hinge groove to prevent the hinge bulge from being separated therefrom.

7. The structure of claim 4, wherein the at least one auxiliary clamping band is provided, adjacent to the hinge groove, with at least one retaining screw that are embedded into the hinge groove to prevent the hinge bulge from being separated therefrom.

8. The structure of claim 1, wherein the post clamp and the connecting holder are made of nonferrous metal.

9. The structure of claim 8, wherein the nonferrous metal is aluminum.

10. The structure of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first arched clamping band and second arched clamping band are provided at its outer surface with a pillar protruding therefrom that includes a groove on a front surface thereof.

11. The structure of claim 1, wherein the connecting holder includes a channel for receiving the sign board.