Patent ID: 7975413

Claim:
A signage system comprising a sign support member in which a rigid panel signage member can be installed for display in lieu of a banner, wherein the sign support member is provided and assembled as a plurality of elongate sections, which include: a support body having an elongate base having a first side and outer boundaries, to which base is connected inner and outer struts: with the inner strut projecting in a first direction from an inner portion of the first side of the base, which inner portion is between the outer boundaries of the base, and running elongately lengthwise in a substantially same second direction as the base, and with the outer strut initially projecting generally in the first direction from an outer portion of the first side of the base, and running elongately lengthwise in the substantially same second direction as the base and inner strut, and connecting with a distal portion of the inner strut away from the base to further support the inner strut and to define a volume bounded by the inner and outer struts; and substantially parallel to the second direction of the base being also included: a groove including side fingers substantially away from the base with respect to the first direction and formed on the inner strut and supported with the outer strut, which groove can receive the signage member, and at least one inverse-T channel to provide for joining of adjacent elongate sections; wherein: in the groove of at least one elongate section is placed at least one outwardly biased spring that can engage the signage member along its outer border when the signage member is on display; the sign support member has opposing support bodies with elongate bases with opposing elongate grooves including side fingers, which grooves open facing each other such that the signage member can be received in the opposing, facing grooves and span the opposing elongate bases; and the signage system provides for attachment and removal of the signage member, and provides for storage behind a rigid panel signage member on display of at least one other rigid panel signage member not on display.