Patent ID: 7121029

Claim:
A sign system for moving a sign on a vertical support means between an access position and a display position which is higher than the access position, the sign system comprising: a first set and a second set of generally tubular guide members connected together for telescopic movement; each said set of guide members including an outermost guide member, and an innermost guide member, one of said outermost and said innermost guide members being an anchor guide member and other of said outermost and said innermost guide members being a sign supporting guide member; said sign supporting guide member including at least one connector for connecting said sign thereto; said anchor guide members of said first and second sets of guide members being fixedly connectable in a generally vertical orientation to the vertical support means in horizontally spaced relation to each other such that said first and second sets of guide members are extendible downwards to move said sign to said access position and retractable upwards to move said sign to said display position; and a drive system operatively connected to said first and second sets of guide members for selectively moving said first and second sets of guide members between said extended position and said retracted position, wherein said anchor guide member is said outermost guide member, and wherein said vertical support means is a wall, and wherein said drive system includes a first cable and a second cable, wherein said first and second cables are connected to said sign supporting guide members of said first and second sets of guide members, and wherein, in use, said first and second cables extend substantially vertically upwards from said sign supporting guide members during retraction and extension of said set of guide members, and wherein said sign includes a too support bar, a bottom support bar and a banner having a top edge and a bottom edge, and wherein said banner is connected to said top support bar proximate said top edge of said banner and is connected to said bottom support bar proximate said bottom edge of said banner, and wherein each said sign supporting guide member includes an upper connector for connecting to said top support bar and a lower connector for connecting to said bottom support bar, and wherein said top and bottom support bars are movable towards each other, and wherein said upper connector is slidably connected to said sign supporting guide member for movement towards and away from said lower connector, and wherein each said cable is connected to said upper connector so that when said cables are pulled upwards to retract said set of guide members said upper connector is pulled upwards away from said lower connector.