Sign Mounting Bracket With Adjustable Openings For Height
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing sign mounting systems, such as H-frames, often position signs at a low height, limiting visibility and being inflexible due to their small metal rod construction, making it difficult to increase height for better visibility.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a bracket with a tubular base and support member installed on a vertical stanchion, allowing a sign frame to be mounted at a height above the stanchion, with adjustable openings to accommodate different sign sizes, enabling secure and adjustable sign positioning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If H-frames are used to mount signs, then signs can be positioned quickly and easily, but the signs are positioned at a relatively low height which limits visibility
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate components: a bracket assembly that attaches to the stanchion and a sign frame that attaches to the bracket. This segmentation allows the sign frame to be positioned at a higher elevation on the bracket while maintaining easy installation through simple attachment mechanisms, resolving the contradiction between ease of installation and achievable height.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket serves as an intermediary component between the stanchion and the sign frame. It provides a mounting interface that enables the sign frame to be positioned at a higher elevation than would be possible directly attaching to the stanchion, thus improving visibility while maintaining ease of installation through the bracket's designed attachment features.
2Adaptability or versatility
If H-frames are constructed of small metal rods with bendability, then the frames can be flexible and easy to install, but increasing the height of the frames sufficiently to position signs at certain heights is not feasible
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the flexible, easy-to-install bracket component (made of flexible metal rods) from the sign frame component. The bracket can be flexibly installed on various stanchions, while the sign frame can be positioned at higher elevations on the bracket, achieving both flexibility and sufficient height through component separation.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket extends vertically along the stanchion, utilizing the vertical dimension to provide height adjustment capability. By positioning the sign frame on the bracket at a higher vertical level, the system achieves sufficient sign height while the bracket's flexible rod construction maintains adaptability and ease of installation.
3Device complexity
If the bracket support member has fixed openings, then the bracket can be simple in structure, but it cannot accommodate sign frames of different sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket support member incorporates adjustable openings that can be repositioned along the bracket member. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the same simple bracket structure to accommodate sign frames of different sizes by moving the openings to appropriate positions, maintaining structural simplicity while achieving versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket support member is designed with multiple discrete openings that can be independently positioned or adjusted. This segmentation of the opening positions allows for flexibility in accommodating different sign frame sizes while keeping the overall bracket structure simple and easy to manufacture.
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AI summary
A system for mounting a sign on a stanchion and a method of using the system for mounting signs are provided. The system includes a bracket that can be mounted onto the upper end of the stanchion and a sign frame that can be mounted onto the bracket. The sign frame supports the sign in an upright position. The bracket has a base with an open lower end that can be lowered down onto the upper end of the stanchion to mount the bracket. The bracket has a support member attached to the base for mounting the sign frame onto the bracket. The support member has a pair of opposing openings that extend through the support member. The sign frame has a pair of frame mounting rods that can be inserted downward through the openings to mount the sign frame onto the bracket.