Patent ID: 7673409

Claim:
A sign holder arrangement for the straight, planar support of a sign from an overhead support, comprising: an upper sign holder assembly clamped upon an upper edge of said sign; a lower sign holder assembly clamped upon a lower edge of said sign; and at least one outer support clip disposed peripherally around said upper sign holder, said clip having a cable attached thereto and to said overhead support to support said sign therefrom, wherein said outer support clip has an articulable liner slidingly received therein, to provide snug receipt of an inner gripper assembly therein, and wherein said inner gripper assembly is comprised of a pair of generally “C” shaped, elongated inner frame members, wherein said inner frame members have a plurality of “T” shaped flanges co-extruded therewith, extending off of an inner side thereof, and wherein each of said inner frame members have an elongated sign gripper attached thereto, each of said sign grippers having an elongated “L” shaped flange extending off of an outer side thereof for engaging said “T” shaped flanges on said inner frame members, and wherein each of said sign grippers have a plurality of elongated, flexible, co-extruded fins extending off of a side thereof, said fins arranged to resiliently pinch a sign between opposed fins when a sign is arranged therebetween.