Signpost structure

Claim 2

A signpost structure, comprising: a hollow cylindrical sign formed an initially rectangular, flat, flexible sign blank, said sign blank having first and second side edges and first, second, fourth and forth openings provided therein in first, second, third and fourth corner regions thereof, respectively, the first and second openings being adjacent to the first side edge of the sign blank and the third and fourth openings being adjacent to the second side edge of the sign blank, said sign blank further having an outer surface having a plurality of identical items of information thereon; edge-placement means placing the first and second side edges of the sign blank adjacent to each other thereby to from the intially flat, rectangular sign blank into the hollow cylindrical sign, said edge-placement means including an Sshaped member having first and second diagonally opposed edgereceiving portions arranged to receive the first and second side edges, respectively, of the sign blank and a flat portion between the first and second edge-receiving portions and having first and second spaced openings therein, the openings in the sign blank and in the flat portion of the S-shaped member being arranged so that the first second openings in the sign blank are coaxially aligned with the first opening in the flat portion of the S-shaped member and the third and fourth openings in the sign blank are coaxially aligned with the second opening in the flat portion of the S-shaped member when the first and second side edges of the sign blank are received by the respective first and second edge-receiving portions of the S-shaped member, the plurality of items of information at the outer surface of the sign blank being arranged so that at least one item of information is always presented to a viewer when the side edges of the sign blank have been placed adjacent to each other in forming the cylindrical sign: an elongated support member having a cross-sectional area less than the cross-sectional area of the cylindrical sign; and mounting means including means employing the first and second openings in the sign blank and the first opening in the flat portion of the S-shaped member and means employing the third and fourth openings in the sign blank and the second opening in the flat portion of the S-shaped member for mounting the cylindrical sign and the associated S-shaped member to the elongated support member.

Claim 3

A signpost structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein: the support member is a tubular member having a plurality of openings provided therein along its length.

Claim 4

A signpost structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein: the plurality of items of information of the sign blank are arranged thereon so as to be spaced from each other by a predetermined fixed distance when the first and second edges are placed adjacent to each other by the edge-placement means.

Claim 5

A support structure in accordance with claim 1 wherein: the sign blank from which the hollow cylindrical sign is formed is of an organic plastic material.

Claim 6

A signpost structure in accordance with claim 4 wherein: the cylindrical sign is of a cellulose acetate butyrate plastic material.

Claim 7

A signpost structure in accordance with claim 4 wherein: the cylindrical sign is of a polystyrene plastic material.

Claim 8

A signpost structure comprising: a hollow cylindrical sign formed for an initially rectangular, flat, flexible sign blank, said sign blank having first and second side edges and first, second, third and fourth openings provided therein in first, second, third and fourth corner regions thereof, respectively, the first and second openings being adjacent to the first side edge of the sign blank and the third and fourth openings being adjacent to the sEcond side edge of the sign blank, said side blank further having an outer surface having a plurality of identical items of information thereon; an elongated support member having a cross-sectional area less than the cross-sectional area of the cylindrical sign; edge-placement means placing the first and second side edges of the sign blank adjacent to each other thereby to form the initially flat, rectangular sign blank into the hollow cylindrical sign, said edge-placement means including an S-shaped member having first and second diagonally opposed edge-receiving portions arranged to receive the first and second side edges, respectively, of the sign blank and a flat portion between the first and second diagonally opposed edge-receiving portions, said edge-placement means further including a member extending between the second edge-receiving portion of the S-shaped member and the elongated support member for spacing the cylindrical sign and the associated S-shaped member away from the elongated support member so that the cylindrical sign surrounds the elongated support member, said flat portion of the S-shaped member being arranged so that the first and second openings in the sign blank are coaxially aligned with the first opening in the flat portion of the S-shaped member and the third and fourth openings in the sign blank are coaxially aligned with the second opening in the flat portion of the S-shaped member when the first and second side edges of the sign blank are received by the respective first and second edge-receiving portion of the S-shaped member, the plurality of items of information at the outer surface of the sign blank being arranged so that at least one item of information is always presented to a viewer when the side edges of the sign blank have been placed adjacent to each other in forming the cylindrical sign; and mounting means including means employed the first and second openings in the sign blank and the first opening in the flat portion of the S-shaped member and means employing the third and fourth openings in the sign blank and the second opening in the flat portion of the S-shaped member for securing the cylindrical sign formed from the sign blank to the S-shaped member, and said mounting means further including means employing the openings in the extending member for securing the S-shaped member and the extending member to the elongated support member.

Claim 9

A signpost structure comprising: a hollow cylindrical sign formed for an initially rectangular, flat, flexible sign blank, said sign blank having first and second side edges and first, second, third and fourth openings provided therein in first, second, third and fourth corner regions thereof, respectively, the first and second openings being adjacent to the first side edge of the sign blank and the third and fourth openings being adjacent to the sEcond side edge of the sign blank, said side blank further having an outer surface having a plurality of identical items of information thereon; an elongated support member having a cross-sectional area less than the cross-sectional area of the cylindrical sign; edge-placement means placing the first and second side edges of the sign blank adjacent to each other thereby to form the initially flat, rectangular sign blank into the hollow cylindrical sign, said edge-placement means including an S-shaped member having first and second diagonally opposed edge-receiving portions arranged to receive the first and second side edges, respectively, of the sign blank and a flat portion between the first and second diagonally opposed edge-receiving portions, said edge-placement means further including a member extending between the second edge-receiving portion of the S-shaped member and the elongated support member for spacing the cylindrical sign and the associated S-shaped member away from the elongated support member so that the cylindrical sign surrounds the elongated support member, said flat portion of the S-shaped member being arranged so that the first and second openings in the sign blank are coaxially aligned with the first opening in the flat portion of the S-shaped member and the third and fourth openings in the sign blank are coaxially aligned with the second opening in the flat portion of the S-shaped member when the first and second side edges of the sign blank are received by the respective first and second edge-receiving portion of the S-shaped member, the plurality of items of information at the outer surface of the sign blank being arranged so that at least one item of information is always presented to a viewer when the side edges of the sign blank have been placed adjacent to each other in forming the cylindrical sign; and mounting means including means employed the first and second openings in the sign blank and the first opening in the flat portion of the S-shaped member and means employing the third and fourth openings in the sign blank and the second opening in the flat portion of the S-shaped member for securing the cylindrical sign formed from the sign blank to the S-shaped member, and said mounting means further including means employing the openings in the extending member for securing the S-shaped member and the extending member to the elongated support member.

Claim 10

A sign structure in accordance with claim 7 wherein: the sign blank from which the hollow cylindrical sign is formed is of an organic plastic material.

Claim 11

A signpost structure in accordance with claim 8 wherein: the cylindrical sign is of a cellulose butyrate plastic material.

Claim 12

A signpost structure in accordance with claim 8 wherein: the cylindrical sign is of a polystyrene plastic material.

Claim 13

A signpost structure in accordance with claim 7 wherein: the elongated support member is a tubular member having a plurality of openings provided therein along its length.

Claim 14

A signpost structure in accordance with claim 7 wherein: the plurality of items of information of the sign blank are arranged thereon so as to be spaced from each other by a predetermined fixed distance when the first and second edges are placed adjacent to each other by the edge-placement means.