Patent ID: 7475855

Claim:
A mount for mounting a sign to a post of an associated structure, comprising: a base element mountable to the post, the base element defining a pair of hinge regions, the base element defining a base plane; two support arms; at least two tension biasing elements connecting each of the support arms to the base element; wherein each of the support arms is engaged with the base element, and is maintained in engagement with the base element only by tension of the biasing elements; each of the support arms being pivotable about a respective one of the hinge regions between a first position parallel to the base plane and a second position transverse to the base plane; each of the hinge regions comprising a resting surface, and the base element comprising a central region between the hinge regions; each of the support arms comprising a resting face configured to cooperate with the respective hinge region resting surface when the respective support arm is in the first position parallel to the base plane, and to cooperate with the central region when the respective support arm is in the second position transverse to the base plane, wherein the biasing elements for the support arms are springs and wherein the springs are mounted to the base element inwardly of and spaced from the resting surface of the hinge region about which said one of the support arms is pivotable, wherein said one of the support arms includes slotted openings therein and wherein the springs are disposed through the slotted openings.