Motive sign apparatus
View Patent ↗A motive sign apparatus for broadcasting a sign up and down and back and forth to gain attention. The motive sign apparatus includes a mobile cart having a housing with side walls; an actuator assembly disposed inside the housing and including an actuator; and a sign support assembly in communication with the actuator.
1. A sign motive apparatus comprising:
a mobile cart having a housing with side walls and movable upon a ground;
an actuator assembly disposed inside the housing and including an actuator; and
a sign support assembly in communication with the actuator, wherein the sign support assembly includes a shaft in communication with the actuator and extending upwardly and outwardly from the housing, wherein the actuator when activated moves the shaft relative to the housing, wherein the sign support assembly further includes mounting brackets opposedly attached inside the housing to the side walls, and also includes an elongate support member adjustably mounted to the mounting brackets and traversing inside the housing.
2. The sign motive apparatus as described in claim 1 , wherein each of the mounting brackets includes a base with mounts spaced apart and extending outwardly from and perpendicular to the base, wherein the elongate support member has ends which are adjustably supported upon and engagable with one or more of the mounts of each of the mounting brackets.
3. The sign motive apparatus as described in claim 1 , wherein the elongate support member is vertically adjustable inside the housing.
4. The sign motive apparatus as described in claim 1 , wherein the sign support assembly also includes a bracket member mounted to the elongate support member for guiding the shaft.
5. The sign motive apparatus as described in claim 4 , wherein the bracket member includes an anchor portion and first and second arm portions extending from the anchor portion, wherein the first and second arm portions are spaced apart and parallel to each other with the shaft movably disposed between the first and second arm portions.
6. The sign motive apparatus as described in claim 5 , wherein the sign support assembly further includes an axle movably mounted to the first and second arm portions and also includes a biased first guide member rotatably mounted to the axle and movably disposed between the first and second arm portions and rollably engagable upon the shaft.
7. The sign motive apparatus as described in claim 6 , wherein the sign support assembly also includes a second guide member rotatably mounted to the elongate support member and rollably engagable upon the shaft, wherein the elongate support shaft is movably disposed between and engagable with the first and second guide members, wherein the first and second guide members are wheels.
8. The sign motive apparatus as described in claim 6 , wherein the sign support assembly further includes biased members each coupled to the anchor portion and disposed adjacent to a respective one of the first and second arm portions and coupled to the axle.
9. The sign motive apparatus as described in claim 8 , wherein each of the biased members includes a spring support member and a spring disposed upon the spring support member.
10. The sign motive apparatus as described in claim 9 , wherein the spring support member of each of the biased members includes a grommet and a linkage portion extending outwardly from the grommet, wherein the grommet is coupled to the axle and the linkage portion is fastened to the anchor portion.
11. The sign motive apparatus as described in claim 6 , wherein the first and second arm portions each has a longitudinal-extending slot disposed therethrough, wherein the axle has ends which are movably disposed in the longitudinal-extending slots.
12. The sign motive apparatus as described in claim 11 , wherein the first guide member moves relative to the first and second arm portions and is always biasedly and rollably engaged upon the shaft upon actuation of the shaft.
13. The sign motive apparatus as described in claim 5 , wherein each of the first and second arm portions has a distal end, wherein the elongate support member is disposed through the first and second arm portions near the distal ends thereof.