Pole sign attachment system

• US 8,935,870 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2014
• Issued: 01/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dent, Clifford M.
• Original Assignee: Dent, Clifford M.
• Inventors: Dent, Clifford M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoge, Gary
• Application Number:
  US14/199,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20140250748A1
• Time in Patent Office: 320 Days
• Field of Search: 406/071.2, 406/060.1
• US Class Current: 40/607.12
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2007/1808 using tensioned bonds, e.g. metallic
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2007/1826 using channels on the rear of the sign board to be connected to the post, e.g. via clamps
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/18 Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure

Abstract

A pole sign system having a pole, a sign, and a pole clamp attachment assembly that includes a perforated square tubing attached to a back surface of the sign, a cable configured to be wrapped around the pole and having first and second ends, and a pair of teethed clamps on each end of the cable, each clamp configured to be attached to the square tubing on the sign and adjustably tightened to the cable and the pole.

Claims

1. A pole sign system, comprising:

a pole;

a sign; and

a pole clamp attachment assembly that includes;

a perforated square tubing attached to the back surface of the sign;

a cable configured to be wrapped around the pole and having first and second ends; and

a pair of clamps, one clamp on each end of the cable, each clamp configured to be attached to the square tubing on the sign.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein each clamp has a back surface with a plurality of teeth formed therein for gripping the tube.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein each clamp includes a pair of claws in spaced parallel relationship to define a slot sized and shaped to receive the cable, each claw having a saddle portion.

4. The system of claim 3, comprising a pivot bar having a body with a curved wall and a chamfered opening formed centrally through the body, the curved wall is configured to be placed within the saddle portion of the claws.

5. An apparatus for attaching signs to a pole, comprising:

a pole clamp attachment assembly that includes;

a perforated square tubing configured to be attached to a back surface of the sign;

a cable configured to be wrapped around the pole and having first and second ends; and

a pair of clamps, one clamp configured for attachment to each of the first and second ends of the cable, each clamp configured to be attached to the square tubing on the sign.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein each clamp has a back surface with a plurality of teeth formed therein for gripping the tube.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein each clamp includes a pair of claws in spaced parallel relationship to define a slot sized and shaped to receive the cable, each claw having a saddle portion.

8. The system of claim 7, comprising a pivot bar having a body with a curved wall and a chamfered opening formed centrally through the body, the curved wall is configured to be placed within the saddle portion of the claws.