US2188437A

US2188437A - Sign construction

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Publication number: US2188437A
Application number: US236630A
Authority: US
Inventors: Luke W Joyce
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1938-10-24
Filing date: 1938-10-24
Publication date: 1940-01-30
Anticipated expiration: 1957-01-30

Description

.lmmo 1940. L. w. JOYCE 2,188,437

SIGN CONSTRUCTION Filed Oct. 24, 1938 INVENTOR. Lu/ z W Java: Y

BY ATTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 30, 1940 UNITED srrss PTENT OFFECE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a sign construction adapted for use as a street indicating sign and the like.

It is an object of the present invention to pro- 5 vide a sign mountable on a standard and so constructed and arranged as to be durable, economical of manufacture, easily and quickly installed and highly efilcient in use.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a sign so arranged and constructed that the indicia bearing faces will be visible and free from any shielding effect of the other parts.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by a reference to the accompanying drawing which forms a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the invention with a part of the standard broken away.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the invention with a part broken away and a part shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 taken at right angles thereto.

Fig. 4 is an end elevational fragmentary View of a slightly modified form.

As shown in the drawing the sign is used with a standard or post 9 which is firmly mounted at the desired location. This post is indicated as tubular and provided on its upper endwith a threaded portion. Threaded on this threaded portion is a cap it secured in position by the set screw II. This cap It carries the sign boards and in the form shown I have indicated a pair of these boards extended at right angles to each other. The cap i is provided with a diametrically extending slot I2 in which the lower edge of the sign board i3 is positioned, this slot extending down the side walls of the cap [0 so that the inner edge of the sign board l3 will be positioned below the inner surface of the cap Hi. This plate i3 is then welded in position, the Weld Hi accumulating the opposite sides of the edge of the board l3 on the inner surface of the cap l0.

Welded on the upper edge of the sign board I3 is a rectangular plate IS, the board l3 extending diagonally thereof. Resting upon this securing plate I5is a sign board l 6 which is welded thereto and extends diagonally thereof so that the sign boards l3 and I6 extend substantially at right angles to each other. This, of course, is the desired mounting if the sign boards are used to indicate a pair of intersecting streets extending at right angles to each other. The angularity of these boards l3 and It may, of course, be changed to meet the conditions peculiar to the use to which the sign boards are to be a part.

Thus, the cap and the sign boards l3 and i6 and the securing board iii are bonded together 5 into a unitary Whole and after the post is mounted in position, this unitary structure may be easily and quickly mounted on top of the post and the screw ll driven home to prevent the structure from being unduly removed from the post.

In Fig. 4 I have shown the cap ii! provided with a threaded stud i'l projecting therefrom and threading into a socket i8 formed in the upper end of the post 9 so that, if desired, a solid post may be used and the invention embodied there- 15 with.

It is believed obvious that a compact, durable and economically manufactured structure is thus provided and that a well-appearing street sign is thus afforded.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction, I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details of structure shown, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as may come within the scope of the 25 appended claims.

What I claim as new is:

1. A sign construction of the class described, comprising: a supporting post having a threaded portion on its upper end; a cup-shaped cap 0 threadable on said upper end, said cap having 'a diametrically extending slot formed through its base and extending into its side Walls; a sign board positioned in said slot and projecting beyond the inner face of the base of said cup-shaped cap and welded thereto; a securing plate mounted on the upper edge of said sign board; and an additional sign board resting upon the upper face of said securing plate and secured thereto and extending angularly to said first-mentioned sign 40 board.

2. A sign construction of the class described comprising: a supporting post; a cup-shaped cap mounted on the open end of said post, said cap having a diametrically extending slot formed through its base and extending into its side walls;

a sign board positioned in said slot projecting beyond the inner face of the base of said cup-shaped cap and welded thereto, there being a weld on the inner face and the outer face of said base of said cap; a securing plate mounted on the upper edge of said sign board; and an additional sign board resting upon the upper face of said securing plate and secured thereto and extending angularly to said first-mentioned sign board.

LUKE W. JOYCE.