Patent ID: 8028448

Claim:
A portable frame for signage, comprising: (a) a post fabricated of a relatively light weight material; (b) an arm attached to the post and configured to support signage depending from the arm; (c) a hinge coupling the post to the arm, the hinge enabling the arm to fold against the post in a collapsed configuration when the portable sign is not in use, to facilitate storage and transport of the portable frame; (d) a base comprising at least one outer face configured to accommodate additional signage, at least a portion of the base being configured to engage a substrate supporting the portable frame, the base comprising a central hollow member and a bottom opening aligned with the central hollow member, a distal portion of the post passing through the central hollow member and extending beyond the opening and into the substrate supporting the portable frame; (e) a support attached to a lower portion of the post; and (f) a shaft configured to rotatably engage the support, the shaft having an upper head portion configured to be drivingly rotated by a rotary drive tool, and a lower portion configured to be driven into the substrate supporting the portable frame to support the post, such that drivingly rotating the shaft causes the lower portion of the shaft and a distal end of the post to be driven into the substrate, the shaft being parallel to the post, but not coaxial with the post.