Return jointed sign post pedestal

Claim 1

A jointed sign post pedestal which returns a knocked-down post attached thereto to its original position comprising: an elongated tubular base member, the lower end portion of which is adapted for vertical attachment below ground level and the upper end portion of which flares into an upwardly facing fluted bell; a top member formed in the shape of a fluted bell which is complementary to and fits in nesting relationship within the fluted bell portion of said base member adapted for attachment to the lower end of a vertically positioned sign post, the fluted bell portion of said top member terminating at its lower end in a tubular segment which fits and extends into a tubular portion of said base member when the fluted bell portions of said top and base members are positioned in nesting relationship; and biasing means connected between said base member and said top member which urge said members together with the fluted bell portions thereof positioned in nesting relationship so that when a sign post attached to said pedestal is knocked down, said top member rotates with respect to said base member while being prevented from swiveling by the flutes of said fluted bell portions and then is returned along with said sign post to its original position by said biasing means.