Warning sign

• US 20120047784A1
• Filed: 04/07/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: St. Denis, Dennis
• Original Assignee: St. Denis, Dennis
• Inventors: St. Denis, Dennis
• Granted Patent: US 9,711,068 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 40/607.13
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/22 Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/18 Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure

Abstract

A warning sign for attachment to a load bearing wall in a building, the wall having an inner supporting structure covered with an outer layer. The sign is mountable on the supporting structure of the wall before the structure is covered with the outer layer of material so that the sign is not normally visible. The sign becomes visible only on removal of the outer layer such as during renovation. The sign has a message on its side facing outwardly from the structure, when the sign is attached to the structure, to warn a person viewing the sign when the sign is visible. The message warns the viewer that the wall is a load bearing wall and that the removal of the wall could have dangerous consequences.

The invention is also directed toward a load bearing wall incorporating the sign and the use of the sign in a load bearing wall.

Claims

1. (canceled)

7. A warning sign as claimed in claim 1 including a second warning sign identical to the first warning sign, the two warning signs joined by a connector to be parallel, transverse to the connector, and spaced apart by the connector a distance equal to the width of the wide side of a stud used in the load bearing wall, the warning message on the signs facing away from each other;

the signs adapted to be mounted on a stud in the inner supporting structure with one sign adjacent one side of the supporting structure and the other sign adjacent the other side of the supporting structure, both signs covered by the outer layer.

8. A warning sign unit as claimed in claim 7 wherein each warning sign has an octagonal shape and is coloured red to emphasize the warning the sign provides.

9. A warning sign as claimed in claim 8 wherein the connector extends from a straight edge section of the edge of each sign.

10. A load bearing wall in a building, the wall having an inner supporting structure, the inner structure covered with a outer layer, at least one warning sign mounted on the inner structure, the sign normally covered by the outer layer and not visible and thus not in use;

the sign becoming visible and thus in use when the outer layer is removed;

the sign having a warning on it'"'"'s side facing outwardly from the inner structure to warn a person viewing the sign when the sign is visible, the warning relevant to the wall;

the warning giving the viewer a message that the wall the sign is on is a load bearing wall and that the removal of the wall could have dangerous consequences.

11. A load bearing wall as claimed in claim 10 wherein the inner supporting structure of the load bearing wall is a wood frame structure that has vertical, spaced-apart, studs, the studs positioned to have their narrow edges facing outwardly, the sign adapted to be mounted on an outwardly facing edge of one of the studs.

12. A load bearing wall as claimed in claim 11 including attachment means on the sign for use in attaching the sign to the facing edge of said one stud.

13. A load bearing wall as claimed in claim 12 wherein the attachment means comprises a least one hole in the sign for receiving a fastener.

14. A load bearing wall as claimed in claim 12 wherein the attachment means has a u-shaped channel fastened to the other side of the sign, the channel adapted to be slipped onto the said one stud over its facing edge, the channel fastened to the stud with fastening means.

15. A load bearing wall as claimed in claim 12 wherein the attachment means comprises teeth formed from the sign to extend from the other side of the sign opposite to the one side carrying the message, the teeth penetrating the facing edge of the said one stud.

16. A load bearing wall as claimed in claim 10 wherein the sign is mounted on one side of the supporting structure and a second identical sign, with the sane message as the first sign, is mounted on the other side of the supporting structure, the two signs joined by a connector extending across the supporting structure.

17. The use of a warning sign on a load bearing wall, the load bearing wall having an inner supporting structure and an outer layer covering the supporting structure, the warning sign adapted to be mounted on the supporting structure under the cover outer layer and not visible and thus not is used;

the warning sign only becoming visible, and thus in use, on removal of the outer layer covering the sign;

the sign having a warning thereon relevant to the wall;

the warning giving the person removing the covering layer a message that the wall the sign is on is a load bearing wall the removal of which could have dangerous consequences.

18. A warning sign adapted for mounting on a load bearing wall in a building, the load bearing wall having an inner supporting structure covered with an outer layer;

the sign being essentially two dimensional with a viewing surface on at least one side of the sign, the sign having a warning on it'"'"'s viewing surface relevant to a load bearing wall, the warning being a message telling the viewer that the wall the sign is on a load bearing wall and that the removal of the wall could have dangerous consequences;

the sign adapted to be mounted on the supporting structure of the load bearing wall with the viewing surface on the sign facing outwardly from the structure;

the supporting structure and the sign normally being covered with the outer layer and the sign not in use, the sign being uncovered and thus in use by removing the outer layer off the sign.

2. A warning sign as claimed in claim 18 including attachment means on the sign for use in attaching the sign to the supporting structure.

3. A warning sign as claimed in claim 2 wherein the attachment means Comprises a least one hole in the sign for receiving a fastener.

4. A warning sign as claimed in claim 2 wherein the attachment means has a u-shaped channel fastened to the back of the sign, the channel adapted to be slipped onto a framing member forming part of the supporting structure, and fastening means for attaching the channel to the framing member when mounted thereon.

5. A warning sign as claimed in claim 2 wherein the attachment means comprises teeth formed from the sign to extend from the side of the sign opposite to the one side carrying the message, the teeth adapted to penetrate the supporting structure

6. A warning sign as claimed in claim 18 wherein the warning sign has an octagonal shape and is coloured red to emphasize the warning the sign provides.