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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258241 | Method and apparatus for facilitating bar-code scanning of rack contents using rack column mounted display A display holder provides product information to loaders and pickers of products stored on industrial-sized pallet racks in warehouses. The display holder is disposed on a column in a substantially vertical orientation at a height above the floor of the warehouse th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7213356 | Banner display system A display system, including a banner made of a flexible, non-rigid sheet material, and including a plurality of elongate sleeves; a frame system to support the banner, the frame system including one or more quick-release receivers to facilitate removal of the frame ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7156353 | Product display device An apparatus and method for displaying dispenser containers at point of sale locations. The device includes a drip tray or base for holding the product container and a back member that extends upwardly from the base. An adjustable loop is then looped around the prod... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7100878 | Aisle way end extender bracket for use with a vertically extending merchandising support surface An aisle way end extender bracket for use with an upright merchandising display, the display including a lengthwise extending wall and terminating in a vertically extending end cap support. The bracket includes an elongate extending support arm having a first suppor... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6993875 | Building elements The invention concerns a building element[which is a stud (10) having a number of channels (12). Each channel can receive a cooperating means (14) which can be used to mount a panel or bracket on the stud. The invention also concerns a building ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6935059 | Crime scene fence post A crime scene fence post having a post base and an elongated post. The top end of the post has a lead-in notch, a slit, and a slot concatenated along the longitudinal axis of the post for easy installation and hold of a crime scene fence tape. The bottom end of the ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6898882 | Signboard device A signboard device exhibiting information regarding roads, buildings or street names is disclosed. The device includes a post having a plurality of fitting grooves at its outer surface; a base joined to a concrete foundation, the base having a post-seating stepped r... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6880277 | Plural-part evidence marker An evidence marker 10 includes at least two flat marker elements 20 bearing visual indicia thereon, and a substantially rigid leg unit 30 connecting and detachably securing the at least two flat marker elements at an angle (preferably 90°) with... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6612057 | Self centering display fixture A display fixture is provided for mounting to shelving in a retail store and presenting products or advertising so as to be more readily visible to the customer walking down the aisle. The display feature includes a mount, a coupler integrally provided wi... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6530338 | Flag set A flag set may comprise a pole (10) and a plurality of flag units (20a, 20b) that can be attached to the pole (10) at different angles with respect to the pole (10). A support arm (30) may hold the top edges of the plurality of flag units (20a, 20b). An a... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6233898 | Reflective warning and informational mounting member for traffic sign posts A reflective mounting member mountable to a traffic sign post to augment the warning capability of the sign post or to provide a text message, the sign post being defined by a rear wall, divergent side walls extending from said rear wall and terminating i... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6158379 | Reflective warning and informational member for traffic sign posts A supplemental reflective and informational member securable to a mounting member positionable within the C-shaped channel of existing traffic sign posts. The supplemental reflective and informational member can provide information of a safety, directiona... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6082036 | Decoy A decoy is described in which a base is formed as a silhouette of at least one animal. A preferred form includes an image of one animal visually identifiable on the base and part of at least a second animal on the same base, thereby creating a visual imag... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5083390 | Modular sign A modular sign consists of an H-shaped metal frame. The pointed legs can be driven into the earth by stepping on the cross rail. Plastic side tubes are slid over the upper arms of the H. The tubes have slots cut through the side partway down from the top;... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5035073 | Directory device and method of operation A secure directory device for displaying information on removable plates. The device includes a special key for removing and replacing plates, thereby precluding unauthorized tampering.... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5012603 | Sign systems A modular sign system is disclosed in which signs having various thicknesses can be adjustably mounted on a post. The system comprising a post which has a longitudinally extending slot into which a sign or a plurality of nesting components can be accommod... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4888894 | Stand for safety sign or the like A sign stand for supporting highway safety signs or the like. The stand includes a plurality of folding legs which support the stand on the ground. The legs support a socket having an open upper end to receive the mounting bracket formed at one corner of ... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4802296 | Architectural sign system An architectural sign system includes a pair of support columns fabricated as one-piece extrusions and defining an outer surface and an inner surface. An elongated channel opens through the inner surface of each column. The channel includes spaced, parall... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4790091 | Yard sign A portable yard sign has an upstanding rigid post with a longitudinal slot extending downwardly from its top edge, and a main sign panel having a foldable side edge corresponding to and insertable into the slot for securing the panel to the post. The post... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4742633 | Modular post-mounted sign apparatus An improved modular post-mounted sign apparatus for maintaining a sign in a substantially retained fashion while providing for the facilitated assembly, disassembly and storage of the sign apparatus. A sign panel is telescopically inserted through the ope... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4685233 | Portable yard sign A portable yard sign adapted for easy storage, transport and assembly, which is simple to install and remove from a soil bed, without special equipment, and which consists of a rigid upright post having a longitudinal slot extending downwardly from its to... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4641448 | Post cap apparatus A post sign having a message panel supported by one or more posts. Each post has an elongated channel connected to an outer side of the post by an elongated slot, and the message panel is mounted on the post or posts by an interconnecting support member w... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4583311 | Combined changeable sign assembly A pair of horizontally-spaced vertically upright facing channel members are fixably mounted to an underlying horizontal support. An elongated planar base member has longitudinally spaced holes receiving the vertically upright facing channel members and re... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4334374 | Means for attaching a panel to an upright Means for attaching a panel to an upright comprising a pair of uprights, multiple apertures formed in the uprights, a panel disposed between or on each of the uprights, bracket assemblies joined respectively to the side edges of the panel, the bracket ass... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4263738 | Sign assembly structure A simple lockup device for a sign having a square tubular extrusion for a post with grooved webs extending midway up the length of the interior of T-section sidewalls of the same, one sidewall web being slotted through its groove partially down from the t... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4241530 | Sign post A sign post comprising vertically and horizontally extending frame elements which are mutually connected in order to form one or more compartments for accommodating signboards, wherein each of the horizontal frame elements, at the ends thereof, is provide... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4209927 | Knockdown sign tubular interlocking device A knockdown sign lockup device having a tubular interlocking ring for inserting in the top of a tubular signpost and engaging a slot in the top of a wing off the signboard extending within the tubular post for lockup of the signboard with the signposts.... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4201975 | Display device A highly visible display device has a base, a staff supported by the base, and a battery-operated signal device located at the top of the staff. A plurality of support poles are interconnected to form the staff, thereby enabling the display device to be e... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4084338 | Vehicle-top sign display assembly A vehicle-top sign display assembly which is constructed to support a pair of signs in arched back-to-back relation. The assembly includes a pair of corner supports which accommodate opposite vertical edges of the signs in sandwich relation with a pair of... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4068398 | Knockdown sign assembly A knockdown advertising and display sign comprising a single setscrew for retaining a lockup cap which "buttons-up" the final assembly of the sign for simplifying set-ups and change of display panels and lowering manufacturing costs and for improving stab... | 01/17/1978 |
| 3978631 | Display units with socket-mounted standards Merchandising display units having a base with one or more pairs of closely spaced cross frame members with opposed, rectangular, vertical grooves in opposing faces thereof forming a vertical socket; a flanged standard-mounting unit fitted tightly over th... | 09/07/1976 |
| 3950873 | Support post for use with a plurality of traffic warning devices Hollow molded plastic support member for use in forming a variety of traffic warning devices has an inverted Y-shape which forms a pair of spaced angled legs and a vertical post portion. The post portion includes a pair of vertically elongated, spaced ape... | 04/20/1976 |
