Sign holding device

Jan. 20, 1953

T. P. MCCOLL

SIGN HOLDING DEVICE

2,625,762

Filed Jan. 3, 1951

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T. P. MCCOLL

SIGN HOLDING DEVICE

2,625,762

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Jan. 20, 1953

Filed Jan. 3. 1951

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Patented Jan. 20, 1953

2,625,762

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,625,762

SIGN HOLDING DEVICE

Thomas P. McColl, Troy, N. Y., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Chas. Brown Display Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York

Application January 3,1951, Serial No. 204,186 (Cl. 40—145) the top element I have depending marginal flanges 5, 6, 1 and 8 while each of the bottom sub-elements has upstanding marginal flanges 5', 6', 7' and 8', best illustrated in Fig. 8. The marginal flanges 7 and 7' are arcuate in form and extend through an arc of approximately 120°. The flanges 6 and 6' and the flanges 8 and 8' are provided with bolt holes 9 which are adapted to register with corresponding bolt holes in the next adjacent sub-element when the sub-elements are assembled around a post 10 as shown in Figs. 3, 6 and 9. The adjacent or abutting flanges of the sub-elements, when assembled about the post, are secured together by means of bolts 11, as shown in Fig. 6; and, since it is desirable so to design the holder that it may be attached to posts of various diameters, the radius of the arcuate portions 7 and 7' of the subelements 3 and 4 is made somewhat larger than 20 the largest post to which it may be desired to secure the holder, and the annular space between the arcuate flanges 7 and 7' and the post is filled with arcuate shims, such as shown at 12 in Figs. 3 and 6, and 13 in Fig. 9.

While each of the sub-elements 3 and 4 is generally triangular in shape these triangles are not isosceles considering the longer sides thereof as a base. It will be noted that these triangles are truncated at the corners where the sides 30 join the base, as best shown at 14 and 15 in Fig. 8, and it will also be noted that the truncation at one of the corners, 14, is greater than the truncation at the other corner. The reason for this will be apparent as the description proceeds.

Welded or otherwise secured to each of the sub-elements and parallel to the longest flange thereon is an angle i 6 having an upstanding leg 17 in slightly spaced relation to the adjacent flange on the sub-element, thus forming with

Claims.

My invention relates to sign holding devices and particularly to devices of this character which are adapted to be secured to a post such as a parking meter post.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a sign holding device which may be readily attached to a post such as a parking meter post without the necessity of removing the meter. In other words, an object of my invention is to produce a sign holding device of such design that it may be assembled around the post rather than passed over the end thereof. Another object is to provide a device of this character, adapted to hold a plurality of signs which may be readily changed from time to time as desired. A further object is to provide a sign holding device having signs which may be readily removed with the proper tool, but which is so designed that the signs cannot easily be removed by children or others without the proper tool.

I accomplish these objects by means of the novel elements and the combination and arrangement thereof described below and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which—

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a post showing my sign holding device secured thereto;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of one side thereof; .

Fig. 3 is a top or bottom view of the device showing the post in section;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section of the device in the plane 4—4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section of Fig. 6 in the plane 5—5;

Fig. 6 is a section of Fig. 2 in the plane 6—6;

Fig. 7 is an exploded, fragmentary, perspective view of one of the bottom corners of the device;

Fig. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing ^Οίρϊ 9 fragmentary section in a horizontal are assembled and secured together around the

Mg- a is a J the post as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 6, the channels tonⁿand tottom^lements and showing how the 18 extending along the edges of the top element device may be fitted to a post smaller than that 45 are opposed to the channels 18 extending along shown in Fig. 6 by using thicker shims.

Referring to the drawing, my device comprises a top element I and a bottom element 2 which, as illustrated, are triangular in shape. The top element I is formed of three identical sub-ele- 50 ments 3 and the bottom element is also formed of three identical sub-elements 4. Each of these sub-elements is generally triangular in shape and be®aUke^xcep^tSit'the^sfib-eleme^ts forming 55 to prevent the removal of the signs except by the extending along the edges of the top element the outer edges of the bottom element, and sides 19, which are plates adapted to receive signs, may be slid into the slots from one end thereof. These plates form the sides, and the elements 3 and 4 form the top and bottom, respectively, of a triangular prism which, at this stage, is completely enclosed and substantially weather-proof except at the vertical edges thereof.

In order completely to enclose the prism and

2,620,762 use of a special tool, a nut 20 is welded to a filler piece 21, best shown in Figs. 5 and 7, which, in turn, is welded at the corner· 14 of each of the sub-elements. Embracing the adjacent edges of the sides, at and extending along the vertical 6 edges of the holding device, are corner posts or framing elements 22 which are secured in place by means of Allen cap screws 23 cooperating with the nuts 20.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I io have provided a sign holding device which may be readily attached to a parking meter post without removing the meter and which when so attached will be fully enclosed.

The opposed flanges of the top and bottom ele- 15 ments which extend along the outer edges thereof form top and bottom framing elements for the signs 19 while the corner posts 22 form side framing elements for the signs.

While I have illustrated and described my sign 20 holding device as being in the form of a triangular prism, which is its preferred form,, it obviously may be made in the form of other polygonal prisms.