Device for Holding an Advertising Sign

Abstract

A device for holding an advertising sign, said device including one or more of the following: a first supporting means; and a second supporting means, the second supporting means extending diagonally from the operatively upper end of the first supporting means to a ground level, in use, wherein an operatively upper end of the first supporting means and an operatively upper end of the second supporting means define an opening, said opening operable to receive an advertising sign therein.

Claims

1. A device for holding an advertising sign, said device comprising: a first supporting means; and a second supporting means, the second supporting means extending diagonally from the operatively upper end of the first supporting means to a ground level, in use, wherein an operatively upper end of the first supporting means and an operatively upper end of the second supporting means define an opening, said opening operable to receive an advertising sign therein.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a third supporting means, said third supporting means being operable to extend from an operatively lower end of the first supporting means along the ground level.

3. A device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the device further comprises a fourth supporting means, said fourth supporting means being operable to extend from an operatively lower end of the second supporting means along the ground level.

4. A device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the device further comprises a fifth supporting means, said fifth supporting means being operable on any edge of the device to provide a supporting means for moment forces on the device and to add as a safety handling feature by reducing sharp edges.

5. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said device is provided in the form of a single, elongate sheet deformed around multiple axes.

6. A device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the said device is provided in the example form of a single, elongate sheet deformed along its longitudinal axis to be sufficiently stable in its transverse and lateral axes to hold an advertising sign, in use.

7. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device includes one or more flanges, projecting from one or more sides of the device, operable to receive an advertising sign therein, in use.

8. A device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the one or more flanges project from the first supporting means, in use.

9. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device is operable to be stacked, one on top the other.

10. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said device is operable to enable display of an advertising sign positioned in landscape or portrait mode with best viewing ratios for example 1.33 (length to height ratio) that would include dimensions guided by regulatory bodies governing signage.

11. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device is operable to enable display of a larger advertising sign and supporting the weight of the larger advertising sign by inserting one vertical edge of the advertising sign in a one device and the other vertical edge of the advertising sign into another device thus connecting the advertising sign with two devices.

12. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said device is manufactured from a highly dense (gram per cubic metre) and/or durable and/or cost-effective material.

13. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said device is operable to increase a surface area of the advertisement sign which is visible to a third party and reduce the volume of the device in so far as the device does not extend across the length of the sign board.

14. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein all supporting means are operable to increase stability in the context of wind resistance of the device and its associated advertising sign board.

15. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said device defines one or more holes, said holes being operable on the advert holder or the advertising sign board to allow for wind flow through the advertising sign to reduce its wind resistance.

16. A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the device surface area of the third and fourth supporting means may differ to balance the moment forces of high wind speeds.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0040] These and other features of this invention will become apparent from the following description of one example described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

[0041] FIG. 1 shows a posterior diagrammatic view of a device for holding an advertising sign, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

[0042] FIG. 2 shows an anterior diagrammatic view of a device for holding an advertising sign, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

[0043] FIG. 3 shows a posterior diagrammatic view of a device for holding an advertising sign, in use in accordance with an embodiment of the invention; and

[0044] FIG. 4 shows a diagrammatic cross-section of a device for holding an advertising sign, in use in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0045] The following description of the invention is provided as an enabling teaching of the invention. Those skilled in the relevant art will recognize that many changes can be made to the embodiment described, while still attaining the beneficial results of the present invention. It will also be apparent that some of the desired benefits of the present invention can be attained by selecting some of the features of the present invention without utilizing other features. Accordingly, those skilled in the art will recognize that modifications and adaptions to the present invention are possible and can even be desirable in certain circumstances and are a part of the present invention. Thus, the following description is provided as illustrative of the principles of the present invention and limitation thereof.

[0046] In FIG. 1, a device being the advert holder that holds an advertising sign in place is generally described with reference to numeral 100.

[0047] The device 100 is provided in the example form of a single sheet of flat material, such as a steel material or the like with high density. The device 100 includes flat, horizontal portions 102 and 103, a vertical portion 104 and a diagonal portion 106. A hole is positioned in one or more horizontal portions 102 and 103 to allow the device to be versatile in use on the ground where a short peg can be hammered through the hole onto a soft surface to keep it in place. A centered subtracted cutout is positioned in the horizontal portion 102 or 103 to serve the purpose of easy, safe handling of the device or stacked devices.

[0048] The horizontal portions 102 and 103 are flat with the ground and provides support for the device. The vertical portion 104 extends perpendicularly upward from the horizontal portion 102. The diagonal portion 106 extends downward at an angle, from the vertical portion 104.

[0049] The juncture between the vertical portion 104 and the diagonal portion 106 defines a slot 110, along the width of the device. The slot 110 receives the advertisement sign, in use.

[0050] FIG. 2, device for displaying an advertising sign is generally described with reference to numeral 200.

[0051] Please note that with reference to FIG. 2, the same reference numerals (e.g., 102, 104 etc.) will be used to describe the same aspects as described with reference to FIG. 1.

[0052] The device 200 contains horizontal portions 102 and 103, which are flat with the ground and provides support for the device and to reduce its voluminous structure above the ground whilst also increasing stability of the structure above the ground. The horizontal portion 103 and vertical portion 104 specifically contain subtracted cut out areas that relate to the positioning of flanges 108 which are part of the same elongate material used for the device. The device further contains a vertical portion 104, which extends perpendicularly upward from the horizontal portion 103. The device further contains a diagonal portion 106 extends downward at an angle, from the vertical portion 104.

[0053] The device includes a support flange 108 which is formed from a laser cut and bent on the metal elongate and sits on the inside of the vertical portion 104 and which is operable to receive the advertisement sign, in use.

[0054] A slot 110, is defined along the width of the device. The slot 110 receives the advertisement sign, in use. The device is the major carrier of the inertial forces that are applied to the advertisement sign. The slot 110 is maximized to the center point of the advertisement sign center of gravity to minimize the inertial velocity difference between any 2-point forces applied on the advertising sign, thus reducing rotation of the device. A cutout 115 at the edge of the slot 100 provides an additional vertical edge support insert for the advertising sign.

[0055] The extrusion inserts 112, on the edges of the horizontal portions 102 and 103, are provided in the example form of a stabilizing material like rubber and support the reduction of rotation due to moment forces on the advertising sign 200 and the device, in order to make the device more versatile to be positioned on smooth or paved surfaces.

[0056] The vertical portions 102 and 103 may include openings, which allow wind to flow through the advertising sign to reduce its wind resistance.

[0057] FIG. 3, device for holding an advertising sign, in use, is generally described with reference to numeral 300 and shows how the advertising sign slides into the device.

[0058] FIG. 4, device for holding an advertising sign, in use, is generally described with reference to numeral 400.

[0059] The triangle apex height and area between vertical portion 104 and diagonal 106 is minimized to increase stackability and improve cost effectiveness.

[0060] A scientific calculation is performed to determine the weight and adjustment of weight to the sign holder. The weight of the sign holder is largely designed around its performance in outdoor windy situations. Weight of the sign holder needs to be minimized for various reasons, including transport, ease of being stackable and cost effectiveness.

[0061] Example of Advertising Board: [0062] size: 0.6 m (length), 0.450 m (width) [0063] Air Temperature—23 degrees Celsius

[0064] Scientific calculation of the advert holder for outdoor usage in windy conditions:

[00001]$\begin{array}{c}\mathrm{Wind}\mathrm{load}\mathrm{on}\mathrm{board}=0.5\rho v^{2}Ac\\ ={0.5}^{\star }{1.1928}^{\star }10^2^{\star }{\left({0.6}^{\star }0.45\right)}^{\star }1\\ =16.1N\end{array}$

[0065] An equivalent reactive weight of a minimum of 16.1/9.8=1.64 kg is required in wind conditions of 10 m/s wind velocity.