Patent ID: 8650783

Claim:
A road sign mounting apparatus for displaying a road sign attached to a mounting bracket said road sign mounting apparatus comprising: a circular base having a rim and an interior encircled by said rim; a body; a plurality of legs carried by said body and extending outward from said body; each of said plurality of legs carried by said circular base and extending from said body within said interior of said base towards said rim; a road sign support pivotally carried by said body for having a first position wherein said road sign support is carried beneath the upper profile of said circular base when carried by said circular base and a second position wherein said road sign support extends in a general vertical direction intersecting said plane defined by said upper profile of said circular base; said road sign support including a locking mechanism for locking said road sign support in said second position; each respective leg includes a rim receptacle for receiving said rim of said circular base thereby locking said body in position within the interior of said circular base; and a sliding guide member which slides along said body, said road sign support pivoting from a generally horizontal position to a generally vertical position, and also said sliding guide member sliding along a general horizontal plane in a first direction enabling said road sign support being received within said rim of said circular base for storage and said sliding guide member also sliding along said general horizontal plane in a second direction enabling said road sign support to pivot to said second position wherein said road sign support may extend vertically intersecting the plane defined by the upper profile of said circular base.