Patent ID: 7610706

Claim:
A stepwise-adjustable sign hanging device for supporting a sign from an overhead support, said sign hanging device comprising: a front housing and a rear housing enclosing a rotatably controllable spool arranged to rotatably and stepwisedly dispense and retract a sign supporting line therefrom; a first biasing arrangement comprising a finger actuatable biased switch for release and locking of said spool with respect to said housing, wherein said biased switch comprises a pivotable lever having a first depressable arm movable about a pivot axis arranged to release a locking foot from a notch in said spool, and wherein said switch includes bias finger extending from said pivot axis arranged to first bias said locking foot in said notch until said first bias is overcome by a greater second bias applied to said first depressible arm; and a clip arrangement on said housing for twistably engaging said overhead support.