Patent ID: 7409789

Claim:
A portable support for a highway sign that may be hit with a motor vehicle having a front bumper and a front frame comprising: a frame having a base member adapted to rest unsecured on a support surface for a motor vehicle and movably on the support surface when hit with a motor vehicle, said base member having a middle portion, a reinforcement bar extended upwardly from the middle portion of the base member, means securing the bar to the middle portion of the base member, an upright member adapted to be connected to a highway sign, said upright member having a section telescoped over the bar, means securing the upright member to the bar, said section of the upright member having a motor vehicle impact area, said bar having a length to reinforce said section of the upright member including the motor vehicle impact area of the upright member to inhibit bending and breaking of the upright member, a sleeve surrounding the outside of the section of the upright member to further reinforce the upright member, said sleeve having a motor vehicle impact area, an upwardly and rearwardly extended ramp secured to the base member and sleeve, said ramp being located below said motor vehicle impact area of the sleeve, said ramp engaging the bumper or front frame of the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle hits the motor vehicle impact area of the sleeve and upright member thereby limiting upward and rearward movements of the upright member and sign and reducing bending and breaking forces on the upright member and bar.