Patents by Inventor Aaron C. Poot

Aaron C. Poot has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7082707
    Abstract: A support truss for a messaging sign comprising an elevated box truss which extends over a roadway and which has its opposite ends secured to upstanding supports. The box truss is comprised of a plurality of box truss sections secured to one another in an end-to-end relationship with at least one of the box truss sections adapted to have one or more messaging signs mounted therein. The messaging signs are horizontally slidably adjustably mounted on the box truss section so that the box truss section can accommodate signs having various thicknesses. The box truss in which the messaging sign is mounted is designed so that the face of the sign is unobstructed to permit motorists to readily observe the messages on the sign. A walkway is provided within the truss rearwardly of the messaging sign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Valmont Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron C. Poot
  • Patent number: 7069681
    Abstract: A sliding sign is movably mounted on an overhead truss which extends over a roadway. The sliding sign is mounted on rails connected to the top and bottom chords of the truss so that the sign may be moved from a position over the roadway to a position adjacent the shoulder of the roadway so that necessary maintenance may be performed on the sign without the need for lane closures of the roadway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Valmont Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Myron C. Noble, Aaron C. Poot, Theodore W. Redinger, Sr., John R. Erichsen