Claims
- 1. A sign assembly, which includes:
- (a) a sign comprising a sign blank with inner and outer surfaces, opposite side edges, opposites end edges, opposite halves and a medial fold line separating said halves;
- (b) a pair of adhesive side seams securing said sign halves together at said inner surface, each said side seam extending in generally parallel relation with respect to a respective side edge;
- (c) said sign forming a top edge along said medial fold line with said sign halves folded with respect to each other;
- (d) said sign forming a pocket between the inner surface of said sign halves, said pocket being bounded by said side seams and said top edge and between said end edges;
- (e) a bail including a pair of legs each having upper and lower ends and a generally straight crosspieces with opposite ends, said crosspiece opposite ends being attached to said leg upper ends, said leg upper ends and said crosspiece being received and frictionally retained in said sign pocket with said crosspiece thereof adjacent to said medial fold line within said pocket, said bail being formed from a continuous length of steel wire bent at substantially right angles to form the intersections of said leg upper ends and respective crosspiece opposite ends;
- (f) said sign halves being printed with reverse, mirror image subject matter on said sign outer surface;
- (g) said bail having a width less than a width of said pocket;
- (h) a score line extending between said side edges and located midway between said end edges of said sign blank along said medial fold line thereof, said score line being located at a top edge of said folded sign on the outer surface thereof;
- (i) a pair of compression spaces each positioned between a side seam and a respective bail leg, each compression space having a width in the range of two to ten times greater than the diameter of the respective bail leg, each said bail leg being supported entirely by its connected to said bail crosspiece and a respective compression space, said bail legs forming a continuous free space therebetween uninterrupted except for said crosspiece;
- (j) said side seams being spaced inwardly from said sign blank side edges;
- (k) said printed subject matter comprising a weather resistant coating material; and
- (l) said folded sign being retained on said bail entirely by means of said engagement of said bail legs within said compression spaces and by a frictional engagement of said crosspiece adjacent to said medial fold line.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of application for U.S. patent Ser. No. 08/268,844 for TWO-SIDED YARD SIGN AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, filed Jun. 30, 1994 now abandoned.
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