Wet floor caution sign

摘要

An improved wet floor caution sign where the two panels of the sign are attached along a pair of adjacent sidewalls rather than at the top of the panels where conventional wet floor sign panels are attached. As a result, the two panels are ninety (90) degrees to each other and are therefore much more stabile. In addition, the ninety (90) degrees panel configuration facilitates having four panels on which advertisements can be placed as opposed to only two panels as in conventional signs.

主权项

1. A wet floor caution sign placed on a floor, comprising:
a. a first panel which has a pair of feet adjacent a lower end, the first panel having two panel faces on opposite sides of the first panel onto which warning information and advertising is placed, a second panel which is taller than first panel and which has a pair of feet adjacent a lower end, the second panel having a hand grip opening by which the sign is be grasped by a hand and carried from one location to another; the second panel having two panel faces on opposite sides of the second panel; onto which warning information and advertising is placed thereby providing four panel faces onto which warning information and advertising is placed; b. the first panel has a distal side edge and a proximal side edge, the second panel has a distal side edge and a proximal side edge, the proximal side edges of the first and second panels are adjacent to each other, the proximal side edge of one panel containing a post adjacent its lower end and the proximal side edge of the other panel containing a collar which rotatably fits over the post, the combination post and collar providing a rotatable opening and closing means adjacent the bottom for the sign; c. a spring actuated locking means located adjacent a top end of the proximal side edges of the first and second panels, the spring actuated locking means causing the two panels to be positioned at ninety degrees to each other when the sign is in the opened condition so that four panel faces are visible when the sign is placed of a floor, the spring actuated locking mechanism enabling the two panels to rest adjacent one another when the sign is in the closed condition; d. a locking mechanism that controls the positions of the first and second panels relative to each other, the locking mechanism having a cylindrical housing, at a top end of the cylindrical housing is located a button, and at an opposite end of the cylindrical housing is a bottom collar, the bottom collar containing a first notch and a second notch; and e. an engagement bar comprised of a single rod having four sections which are generally right angle sections such that there are two sections of the rod are horizontally aligned and two sections of the rod that are vertically aligned, a first vertical section resides within the cylindrical housing and engages the button by a spring mechanism of the spring activated locking means, the spring mechanism being attached to an underside of the button on one end and to the first vertical section of the engagement bar at its other end, the first vertical section is followed by a first horizontal section of the engagement bar, the first horizontal section of the engagement bar exits the cylindrical housing at the bottom collar and engages with the two notches in the bottom collar, one notch at a time, the first notch is positioned such that when the first horizontal portion of the engagement bar is retained in the first notch, the two panels of the sign are in a closed position, the second notch is positioned approximately 90-degrees clockwise from the first notch, so that when the first horizontal section of the engagement bar is retained in the second notch, the two panels of the sign are in the open position.