Patent ID: 6883260

Claim:
A sign assembly comprising: (A) a support surface including: (i) a first side frame portion having a longitudinal first recess along the length thereof, said first recess having a bottom and a top; and (ii) a second side frame portion having a longitudinal second recess along the length thereof, said second recess having a bottom and a top; (iii) a back plate; wherein the second side frame portion is disposed opposite the first side frame portion and the back plate is disposed between the first side frame portion and the second side frame portion; (B) a third side frame portion; (C) a fourth side frame portion; wherein the third side frame portion is disposed generally opposite the fourth side frame portion; (D) a front panel having: (i) a first side; (ii) a second side that is disposed generally opposite the first side; (iii) a third side; (iv) a fourth side that is disposed generally opposite the third side; wherein the distance between the first side and the second side is no greater than the distance between the bottom of the first recess and the top of the second recess; and wherein the distance between the third side and the fourth side is no greater than the distance between the third side frame portion and the fourth side frame portion; (E) a locking pin that is adapted to extend into and generally align with the second recess; wherein the first side frame portion, the second side frame portion, the third side frame portion, the fourth side frame portion, the front panel and the locking pin are arranged so that: (F) when the second side of the front panel is in the second recess and the locking pin is in the second recess, the first side of the front panel extends into the first recess; (G) when the locking pin is not in the second recess, the front panel may be moved so that the second side of the front panel is disposed toward the bottom of the second recess and the first side of the front panel is disposed out of the first recess so that said panel may be pivoted about the second recess to remove the front panel from the sign assembly.