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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dale T Maza, Stephenson, VA (US);
Glen E Tomblin, Winchester, VA (US);
Harold Ruckman, Stephenson, VA (US);
Assignee:
Rubbermaid Commercial Products Inc., Winchester, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
40610 ; 116 / ; 16171 ;
Abstract
A self-standing floor sign comprising two panels (15 and 16) hinged together at their upper ends, one panel (16) having a tubular hinge portion (24) provided with a slot (27) (28), the other panel having a core (31) (32) rotatable in said hinge portion (24), said core having a laterally directed U-shaped notch (31') (32') adapted to allow said core to hook into and pass laterally through said slot (27) (28) into said hinge portion (24) by simultaneously rotating and pressing radially inward on said core (31) (32) to snap it past the upper edge of said slot (27) (28).