Patent Publication Number: US-2004055191-A1

Title: Temporary sign support

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS  
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       STATEMENT REGARDING FED SPONSORED R &amp; D  
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       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
       [0003] The invention is directed to temporary signs that may placed in front of a residence including single homes, apartments and condominiums to direct persons on delivery of items that have been ordered or orders or calls in an emergency ect. It is well known fact that house numbers on individual houses or on buildings can frequently not be seen because of their placement or are obscured by bushes or tree branches. In the dark it is almost impossible to find the destination where a delivery person of goods or services has to go.  
       [0004] Signs to identify certain residences are well known such as realtors advertising homes for sale. These types of signs are more of a permanent nature and remain there until the residence is sold. The signs of the present invention are intended for a Short term duration until the task at hand is accomplished.  
       BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
       [0005] To remedy the above noted problems, the invention discloses outdoor signs that are placed in front of a residence, close to the roadway or street and close to the driveway so that it can easily spotted. The sign will have a special message indicating to the driver that he or she has arrived at the called for destination because most likely no other sign like it will be in the vicinity. In addition it contemplated that lights will be attached to sign that either illuminate the sign and the message thereon or the lights will just be blinking. The frames holding the signs will be similar to the signs used be realtors, yet they will be constructed to easily hold interchangeable signs. 
     
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
     [0006]FIG. 1 shows a sign display having sign changeable sign display including an illumination;  
     [0007]FIG. 2 shows a sign display allowing for showing differently sized signs;  
     [0008]FIG. 3 shows a different method of affixing a sign to a frame  
     [0009]FIG. 4 shows a hanging sign;  
     [0010]FIG. 5 shows another method of affixing a sign to a frame;  
     [0011]FIG. 6 shows a sign hanging on a door knob;  
     [0012]FIG. 7 shows a sign the is preprinted on a delivery carton 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE INVENTION  
     [0013]FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the overall sign  1  which includes the frame or stand  2 . The stand  2  can be pushed into the by way of the foot step  10  which pushing into the ground is aided by the sharpened  3  which is well known. The stand has two upstanding posts  2  which may end at a predetermined height. The height of the posts is controlled by the desired height of any of the signs  6 - 8 . The signs or hollow and are open on the bottom so that can be slid down over the posts  2  as is indicated by the arrow  9 . Below the sign display there is mounted a forward support  4  which has a battery operated light  5  attached thereon. The light be may turned on for only a short duration of time because the sign will be active for only a short time until the desired goal is obtained.  
     [0014]FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a differently constructed frame and sign display. In this view, the frame is constructed of a U-shaped channel material frame  20  such as a lower half of an octagon. The frame itself is shaped as a U-shaped channel  21 . The sign has a shape of an octagon  23  as a base plate whereby the lower section can easily settle into the lower half of the U-shaped frame  20 . The upper half of the base plate  23  can receive a hollow and a half of an octagon shaped sign which will easily slip over the upper half of the base plate. Another application is a different and hollow half-shaped octagon sign  26  which can slip over the previous sign  24  or by itself, see arrow  26 . In addition to a message, this hollow sign can also can have a flashing lighting system to aid inn attracting a driver&#39;s attention. Again, the overall sign can be pushed into the ground by way of the pointed spikes  28  and the foot step  27 . The base plate  23  can be held in place by way of a spring clip located I one of the arms of the receptacle  20 .  
     [0015]FIG. 3 is a perspective view of another temporary display sign  30  consisting of a frame  32  in an octagon shape. The frame is supported by spikes having sharpened points  31  to be driven into the ground by way of the foot step  35 . Patches  33  having hooks thereon are placed on cross arms of the octagon  32 . The hook patches are derived from the well known hook and loop fastening system. Therefore, the loops are correspondingly fastened to the back of the blank plate  34  which be removably fastened to the base frame  32 . The purpose of the blank plate  34  is that it can be constructed from the school board type material so that personalized messages can be written thereon.  
     [0016]FIG. 4 illustrates a hanging sign. In this illustration there is a hanging rod  43  which may be hung from a porch of a residence or a covered entrance way. The sign  40  itself is of a triangular shape with three exposed sides  44 ,  45  and  46 . The rod  43  continues by having a drum  41  attached below the sign  40 . The drum may have blinking light  42  therein to attract attention of the driver of a delivery vehicle. The triangular shape of the sign  40  induces the sign to rotate with the movement of air which makes the sign still more visible or noticeable.  
     [0017]FIG. 5 is a temporary sign similar to FIG. 3 with the difference that instead of hook and loop patches being used they are replaced by magnet patches  53  which are placed on the cross pieces of the octagonically shaped frame  52 . The opposite poles of the magnets are fastened to the backside of the plate  54 . As was explained with regard to FIG. 3, the spikes of the basic frame  50  are driven into ground by way of the pointed spikes  51  and the foot step  55 .  
     [0018]FIG. 6 shows a conventional sign  60  that that are hung on door knobs  62  having a door plate  61 . This type of a sign is well known in the hotel or motel industry except that they don&#39;t have specialized signs in stock or on hand.  
     [0019]FIG. 7 shows a standard pizza delivery box  70  that typically arrives at a residence after an order has been placed. The main companies that are delivering pizzas could be induced to print the message of this invention on the boxes. The bottom of the box  71  could be printed showing the shape of an octagon with crease or score lines pressed therein. It is merely necessary to remove the botttom  71  from the box, to the triangels back at the score lines  74  and then to place the thus obtained sign over anf of the basic frames of FIGS. 3 and 5.