Patent ID: 7089694

Claim:
A method of assembling a sign post assembly in the ground and removal therefrom, the method comprising: inserting a top end of an inner post portion of a stabilizing post member through a tubular hammer portion of a slide hammer; positioning a spike portion of the stabilizing post member to sit upright on the ground with the inner post portion disposed above the ground; reciprocating the slide hammer disposed around the inner post portion against a blocking portion fixedly coupled to an outer surface of the stabilizing post member above the spike portion to pound the spike portion into the ground until the spike portion is unexposed; removing the slide hammer from the top end of the inner post portion of the stabilizing post member; mating an outer tubular post with the inner post portion so that the inner post portion is disposed within a post bore, defined in the outer tubular post extending substantially a length thereof, with the inner post portion substantially extending within the post bore of the outer tubular post; operatively coupling a post coupling portion of a horizontal post member with the inner post portion of the stabilizing post member, the post coupling portion including a tubular portion integrally formed transverse with the horizontal post member; removing the horizontal post member and the outer tubular post; re-inserting the top end of the inner post portion of the stabilizing post member through the tubular hammer portion of the slide hammer; inserting a blocking pin through an inner post opening extending through the inner post portion formed at an upper portion thereof so that opposing ends of the blocking pin extend laterally from the inner post portion; and reciprocating the slide hammer disposed around the inner post portion against the blocking pin until the spike portion of the stabilizing post member is dislodged from the ground.