Patent ID: 8176665

Claim:
An improved portable stand intended to carry and hold signage therein, comprising a base unit, said base formed by a first leg and a second leg rotationally mounted to said first leg at the approximate mid-point of said first leg said second leg having a forward section and a rearward section said second leg being rotationally movable relative to said first leg into a support position with said forward section rearward of said first leg and said rearward section forward of said first leg, said first leg has a width dimension approximately double the width of said second leg, and said first leg includes a pair of insets positioned diagonally opposed to each other, one inset being forward of the mid point and the other inset being rearward of the mid point thereof, each of said insets having a width approximately equal to the width of said second leg, whereby said second leg may rotationally moved to a closed position with the forward section nested within the rearward inset and the rearward section nested within the forward inset, said first leg provided with at least two spaced apart mounting apertures formed therein, each of said mounting apertures provided with lock means incorporated therein, at least two vertical arms adapted to be mounted into each of said mounting apertures and lockingly engaged therein by said lock means, said vertical arms adapted to carry signage therebetween, whereby said stand may be transported to a desired location and erected by rotating said second leg 90° relative to said first leg to form a support base and mounting said vertical arms into said mounting apertures thereby to carry and display signage mounted between said arms.