A-frame sign support
The present invention is directed to an improved A-frame support for displaying signs, together with a hinge for outwardly-pivoting the A-frame support and a device for bracing the A-frame support in outwardly-pivoted, open position.
1. An A-frame support for a sign or display, comprising
two separate panels couplable to one another,
each said panel having a curved surface arranged to face away from the other panels when said panels are coupled together,
means for securing a sign or display to each said curved surface of said panels, and
means for securing said panels in fixed position with respect to one another,
wherein the curved surface of each said panel comprises alternating ridges and grooves positioned to form a corrugated support for a sign or display positioned thereon,
with the ridges together defining a curved surface for receiving and supporting a sign or display, and
said grooves forming holes extending entirely through each said panel.
2. The A-frame support of claim 1 , comprising a series of nine said holes through each said panel,
a central oblong-shaped hole through each said panel,
two flared, triangularly-shaped holes above and below each said central hole and pointed towards said central hole,
four aileron-shaped holes, with two said aileron-shaped holes positioned on either side of a respective triangularly-shaped hole and pointed opposite to
the pointing direction of said adjacent triangularly-shaped hole, and
two narrow rectangularly-extending holes, each extending along all said holes at an outer edge thereof.
3. The A-frame support of claim 2 , wherein outer edges of each said panel on sides of said rectangularly-extending holes opposite said other holes define lips for capturing and securing a sign or display positioned upon said curved surface of each said panel.
4. The A-frame support of claim 2 , wherein laterally-extending indentations are provided at tops and bottoms of said two rectangularly-extending holes.
5. The A-frame support of claim 1 , wherein tops of said panels are each angled in a different direction from the rest of each said panel, such that said tops contact one another upon outward pivoting of said panels with respect to one another and prevent said panels from pivoting beyond a defined acute angle with respect to one another.
6. The A-frame support of claim 1 , additionally comprising receptacles at a bottom of each said panel for receiving and securing wheels.