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An improved warning sign and sign stand assembly is disclosed and includes apparatus for attaching and retaining the sign to a stand member of the assembly. The various embodiments of the assembly also include various mechanisms for permitting the sign panel to pivot or swing under side-directed loa

An improved warning sign and sign stand assembly is disclosed and includes apparatus for attaching and retaining the sign to a stand member of the assembly. The various embodiments of the assembly also include various mechanisms for permitting the sign panel to pivot or swing under side-directed loads in order to allow a resilient portion of the stand base to deflect generally along a predetermined plane, thereby substantially preventing the sign and stand assembly from tipping over. The various embodiments are applicable in sign and sign stand assemblies equipped with provisions for selectively collapsing the entire assemblies into compact and conveniently stored configurations, as well as being applicable in assemblies not so equipped.

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A sign and sign stand assembly comprising: a base for supporting said assembly, a generally longitudinally-extending stand member, connecting means for connecting said stand member to said base, a sign-supporting member, attaching means for attaching said sign-supporting member to said stand member,

A sign and sign stand assembly comprising: a base for supporting said assembly, a generally longitudinally-extending stand member, connecting means for connecting said stand member to said base, a sign-supporting member, attaching means for attaching said sign-supporting member to said stand member, resilient biasing means for normally biasing said stand member into a generally upright position, said resilient biasing means being resiliently yieldable to allow said stand member to deflect in a generally downward direction in response to first predetermined forces exerted on said assembly, a substantial portion of said sign-supporting member being free of said stand member and substantially unsupported thereby in order to allow said sign and at least said substantially unsupported portion of said sign-supporting member to pivotally swing relative to the axis of said stand member in response to second predetermined forces exerted on said assembly in a direction generally transverse to said first predetermined forces.