Bracket mountable to an upright support for holding a sign

• US 5,335,889 A
• Filed: 02/12/1993
• Issued: 08/09/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hall Signs, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hall Signs, Inc.
• Inventors: Hall, Larry W., Hopkins, Thomas M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Foss, J. Franklin
• Application Number:
  US08/017,625
• Time in Patent Office: 543 Days
• Field of Search: 248/231, 248/230, 248/219.4, 248/219.3, 248/218.4, 248/309.1, 40/607, 40/611, 40/617
• US Class Current: 248/231.81
• CPC Class Codes: E01F 9/65 with rotatable, swingable or adjustable signs or signals E01F9/646 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/18 Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure

Abstract

A bracket serving as a sign support by providing a leg and a foot with a multiple of retainers carried by the leg and foot for holding the sign in a vertical orientation.

Claims

1. A bracket for attaching a sign to a substantially vertical support structure, said bracket comprising a unitary body member, said body member including a vertical leg and a horizontal foot, said leg and foot being joined together at a junction in a substantially right angular orientation, a plurality of retainer means carried by said leg and foot for engagement with said sign, said retainer means protruding forwardly from said leg and upwardly from said foot, a said retainer means protruding from each of said leg and foot, another said retainer means located at said junction between the leg and foot, each retainer means includes two spaced tab members defining a channel means therebetween for receiving a perimeter edge of said sign.

2. The bracket of claim 1 wherein said retainer means protruding from said foot is located at the opposite end of the foot from said junction between the leg and foot.

3. The bracket of claim 2 and still another said retainer means located between said last mentioned retainer means and said junction between the leg and foot.