Abstract: A three-sided channel coupler for connecting the upper and lower portions of a U-shaped sign post, the coupler comprising two U-shaped elements, an outer three-sided, U-shaped element and an inner, three-sided U-shaped element, the three sides of each element comprising a transverse face and two lateral legs, the inner element being smaller than the outer element, a plurality of cross-braces attached to the two lateral legs of each element to hold the two elements together and a plurality of vertical ribs on the inner surface of the outer element and on the outer surface of the inner element.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 28, 2011
Date of Patent:
March 11, 2014
Assignee:
Maxwell Alarm Screen Mfg., Inc.
Inventors:
Michael Kagen, Randy Fox, Ted Fisher, John Wright, Ben Shelswell
Abstract: A three-sided channel coupler for connecting the upper and lower portions of a U-shaped sign post, the coupler comprising two U-shaped elements, an outer three-sided, U-shaped element and an inner, three-sided U-shaped element, the three sides of each element comprising a transverse face and two lateral legs, the inner element being smaller than the outer element, a plurality of cross-braces attached to the two lateral legs of each element to hold the two elements together and a plurality of vertical ribs on the inner surface of the outer element and on the outer surface of the inner element.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 28, 2011
Publication date:
August 2, 2012
Applicant:
Maxwell Alarm Screen Mfg., Inc.
Inventors:
Michael Kagen, Randy Fox, Ted Fisher, John Wright, Ben Shelswell