Patent ID: 7721476

Claim:
A sign support system having breakaway capabilities, comprising: a sign post in the shape of an I-beam having front, rear, right, and left sides, wherein the right and left sides comprise U-shaped voids having inner peripheries; a sign stub in the shape of an I-beam having front and rear sides; and a bracket assembly connecting the sign post to the sign stub at a lower region of the sign post and an upper region of the sign stub, wherein the bracket assembly comprises: post mounting plates attached to the front and rear sides of the lower portion of the sign post, wherein the post mounting plates have post mounting cleats located on a lower region of the post mounting plates, post mounting bolts passing through the post mounting plates and the sign post, stub mounting cleats located on the front and rear sides of the upper region of the sign stub, a bolt keeper plate located between the sign post and the sign stub and perpendicular to the sizes of the sign post and the sign stub, wherein portions of the bolt keeper plate are located between the post mounting cleats and the stub mounting cleats, and connecting bolts, wherein each individual connecting bolt passes through a post mounting cleat, a stub mounting cleat, and the portions of the bolt keeper plate located between the post mounting cleat and the stub mounting cleat, and wherein the connecting bolts are parallel to the sign post and sign stub.