Patent ID: 7726056

Claim:
A knock down signpost including: a lower body member having an annular bearing surface bounding a spigot portion; a post member having a lower annular edge corresponding to said annular bearing surface and bounding a recess adapted to receive said spigot portion, said spigot portion and recess being mutually configured to allow an articulation of said post member about an engagement of said lower annular edge and annular bearing surface in any direction, at least one of the spigot portion and recess including means for constraining initial impact movement of the post member to minimize lateral displacement; a pair of spaced, flexible cables passing through said lower body member and said post member, one end of each cable of said pair of cables being retained in one of said lower body member and said post member and said cables being pretensioned by tension means located in the other of said lower body member and said post member to urge said lower body and post members into mutual engagement against said articulation and providing primary circumferential alignment between said lower body member and said post member; and said post member comprising at least two round protrusions located radially inside an outer circumference of said post member and avoiding contact with an outer circumference of said lower body member, said at least two round protrusions depending from said lower body member and configured to be received in two clearance holes in said spigot portion such that when said post member rotates toward a vertical alignment in response to said cables urging said post member against said articulation said at least two round protrusions are received in said clearance holes to cause a complete return of said post to an original circumferential alignment prior to said articulation.