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Increment assembly sheet sign

Assignee: TRAFFIC AND STREET SIGN CO
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Filing: 1960-05-19
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Granted: 1964-02-04
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Expires: 1980-05-19
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Henry C Pfaff
  • 👤 Richard W Siver

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 12:55
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F15/00; G09F15/0006; G09F15/0012

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 185 words
AN INCREMENT ASSEMBLY SHEET SIGN TO BE SECURED TO A POST COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FLAT PANELS ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED IN EDGEWISE ABUTMENT TO DEFINE A PLANAR SIGN DISPLAY SURFACE OF THE COMBINED SURFACE AREAS OF SAID PANELS, A FRAME ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO SAID POST TO THUS SECURE THE SIGN THERETO, SAID FRAME INCLUDING AN ELONGATED RAIL HAVING AN UPSTANDING FLANGE, CLIPS EACH HAVING A BASE SECURED TO THE REAR FACE OF A PANEL, EACH CLIP HAVING A WEB PORTION PROJECTING REARWARDLY FROM SAID BASE AND TERMINATING IN A DOWNWARDLY-PROJECTING FLANGE FORMING A SLOT DEFINED BY SAID BASE, WEB AND FLANGE TO RECEIVE SAID UPSTANDING FLANGE OF SAID RAIL TO INITIALLY POSITION THE PANELS ON THE FRAME, A PROTUBERANCE FORMED ON AND PROJECTING FROM SAID BASE RESTRICTING THE OPEN END PORTION OF SAID SLOT, AND A SET SCREW THREADED INTO THE DOWNWARDLY-PROJECTING FLANGE OF EACH CLIP, THUS CONNECTING THE PANELS TO SAID RAIL, THE AXIS OF SAID SCREW BEING OFFSET UPWARDLY AS COMPARED WITH THE PROTUBERANCE, THEREBY ALLOWING FOR RELEASE OF THE CLIPS WITH RESPECT TO SAID UPSTANDING FLANGE UPON ROTATION THEREBETWEEN.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 185 words
AN INCREMENT ASSEMBLY SHEET SIGN TO BE SECURED TO A POST COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF FLAT PANELS ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED IN EDGEWISE ABUTMENT TO DEFINE A PLANAR SIGN DISPLAY SURFACE OF THE COMBINED SURFACE AREAS OF SAID PANELS, A FRAME ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO SAID POST TO THUS SECURE THE SIGN THERETO, SAID FRAME INCLUDING AN ELONGATED RAIL HAVING AN UPSTANDING FLANGE, CLIPS EACH HAVING A BASE SECURED TO THE REAR FACE OF A PANEL, EACH CLIP HAVING A WEB PORTION PROJECTING REARWARDLY FROM SAID BASE AND TERMINATING IN A DOWNWARDLY-PROJECTING FLANGE FORMING A SLOT DEFINED BY SAID BASE, WEB AND FLANGE TO RECEIVE SAID UPSTANDING FLANGE OF SAID RAIL TO INITIALLY POSITION THE PANELS ON THE FRAME, A PROTUBERANCE FORMED ON AND PROJECTING FROM SAID BASE RESTRICTING THE OPEN END PORTION OF SAID SLOT, AND A SET SCREW THREADED INTO THE DOWNWARDLY-PROJECTING FLANGE OF EACH CLIP, THUS CONNECTING THE PANELS TO SAID RAIL, THE AXIS OF SAID SCREW BEING OFFSET UPWARDLY AS COMPARED WITH THE PROTUBERANCE, THEREBY ALLOWING FOR RELEASE OF THE CLIPS WITH RESPECT TO SAID UPSTANDING FLANGE UPON ROTATION THEREBETWEEN.

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