Patent ID: 7950173

Claim:
A portable sign comprising: three legs moveable between a deployed position and a collapsed position; a flexible covering over the three legs, the flexible covering bearing one or more of graphics, text or both; and a biasing mechanism urging each of the three legs from the collapsed position to the deployed position, the biasing mechanism including a support, formed by a trefoil-shaped upper portion and a frustrum-shaped lower portion, for securely retaining at least three coil springs between the upper and lower portions, said upper and lower portions having recesses therein each adapted to receive a portion of a spring, and wherein each of said at least three springs is mounted within the support with an annulus formed by the coils extending outwardly from a center of the support, wherein each coil spring terminates with a first extension secured by the support and a second extension applying a biasing force to one of the legs, and wherein the second extension of each of the springs is movable within a plane tangential to a perimeter of the support and applies a biasing force on one of the legs urging movement within the respective plane.