Patent ID: 7458176

Claim:
A construction zone sign cover for covering a highway and/or roadway sign during construction or other events, the sign having a top edge and a bottom edge, the sign cover comprising: a first sign portion having a first side surface, a second side surface, first side edge, a second side edge, a top edge, and a bottom edge; a substantially U-shaped first rail mounted to the first side surface of the first sign portion adjacent the first side edge; a substantially U-shaped second rail mounted to the first side surface of the first sign portion adjacent the second side edge; a second sign portion having a first side surface, a second side surface, a first side edge, a second side edge, a top edge, and a bottom edge, the first side edge of the second sign portion receivable within the first rail and the second side edge of the second sign portion receivable within the second rail such that the first sign portion is slidably mounted to the second sign portion with the second side surface of the first sign portion overlapping the first side surface of the second sign portion; a first spring mechanism secured between the first sign portion and the second sign portion along the first edges of the first sign portion and the second sign portion; a second spring mechanism secured between the first sign portion and the second sign portion along the second edges of the first sign portion and the second sign portion, the first spring mechanism and the second spring mechanism biasing the first sign portion and the second sign portion in a general direction toward each other; at least one first hanging rail mounted to the second side surface of the first sign portion adjacent the top edge of the first sign portion, the top edge of the sign releasably receivable within the first hanging rail; and at least one second hanging rail mounted to the second side surface of the second sign portion adjacent the bottom edge of the second sign portion, the bottom edge of the sign releasably receivable within the second hanging rail.