Self-returning horizontal sign system
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United States of America Patent
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Dec 7, 2010
Grant Date -
Sep 13, 2007
app pub date -
Jan 9, 2006
filing date -
Jan 9, 2006
priority date (Note) -
Expired
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Abstract
A self-returning horizontal sign system mounts to an associated structure. The system sign includes an upper rail having front and rear, parallel, spaced apart tracks and a lower rail having front and rear, parallel, spaced apart tracks. A pair of panels extend between and span the upper and lower rails. Each panel has a carrier assembly mounted to an upper region thereof for cooperation with a respective front or rear track of the upper rail. The carrier assemblies have at least two rollers that are carried in the upper rail. The panels each move between an open position and a closed position. A closure formed as a pull box is associated each panel and includes a spool having a cable wrapped around it. The spool is rotatable to retract and extract the cable from about the spool. The closure includes a tension bias element operably connected to the spool to bias the spool to retract the cable. The cable is operably connected to the panel such that moving the panel from the closed position to the open position extracts the cable. The closure includes a rotating dampening element operably connected to the spool to dampen rotation of the spool when retracting the cable as the panel moves from the open position to the closed position.
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