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US 2002/0170217 A1Published application
Banner holder
OwnerNed H. Nelsoninventor
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Abstract
An improved banner holder and method for exchangeable signs, flags, and other banners with extreme structural simplicity and a minimum moving parts. The banner holder comprises a support, at least one mounting members, an interchangeable brace to hold the banner, and an apparatus to automatically reduce wind loads on the banner. The banner is mounted on a brace. The brace engages one or more unique mounting members in such fashion as to make the brace, and the banner mounted on it, easily mountable, removable, and replaceable. The invention further provides an apparatus to protect the banner and banner holder from wind damage by automatically reducing the effective area of a banner in response to wind loading.
Claims19
A banner support assembly for holding a banner taut, said banner support assembly comprising:
- a. first and second frame members which hold the banner along opposite sides;
- b. a brace for attaching the frame members, said brace comprising:
- i. a first portion to which the first frame member is attached;
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- ii. a second portion adapted to slidably engage a moveable mount;
- c. said moveable mount, to which the second frame member is attached;
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- d. a means for tensioning the banner by increasing the distance between the first frame member and the moveable mount with the second frame member attached until the desired tension of the banner is achieved,
- whereby, the banner is held taut in the banner support assembly and is able to move and spill wind to limit damage to the banner.
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A banner support assembly for holding a banner taut, said banner support assembly comprising:
- a. first and second frame members which hold the banner along opposite sides;
- b. a brace for attaching the frame members, said brace comprising:
- i. a first portion to which the first frame member is attached;
- and
- ii. a second portion with a channel that slidably engages a moveable mount;
- c. said moveable mount, to which the second frame member is attached;
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- d. an elastic member, attached at its first end to the moveable mount and at its second end to a fixed point, to tension the banner by increasing the distance between the first frame member and the moveable mount with the second frame member attached,
- whereby, the banner is held taut in the banner support assembly, and the second frame member is able to move and spill wind to limit damage to the banner.
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A banner support assembly for holding a banner taut, said banner support assembly comprising:
- a. first and second frame members which hold the banner along opposite sides;
- b. a brace for attaching the frame members, said brace comprising:
- i. a first portion having an aperture to which the first frame member is inserted;
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- ii. a second portion comprising at least one pair of opposed slots and a channel that slidably engages a moveable mount;
- c. said moveable mount, having an aperture orientated to align with said pair of opposed slots, into which the second frame member is inserted, such that when the moveable mount is slidably engaged in the channel and the second frame member is inserted through the pair of slots and the aperture, the moveable mount is retained in the channel and the distance the moveable mount can slide is limited by the length of the slots;
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- d. an elastic member, attached at its first end to the moveable mount and at its second end to a fixed point, to tension the banner by increasing the distance between the first frame member and the moveable mount with the second frame member attached,
- whereby, the banner is held taut in the banner support assembly, and the second brace is able to move and spill wind to limit damage to the banner.
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A method for supporting and holding a banner taut comprising:
- a. holding the banner along opposite sides by first and second frame members;
- b. providing a brace for attaching the frame members, said brace comprising:
- i. a first portion to which the first frame member is attached by insertion into an aperture;
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- ii. a second portion comprising at least one pair of opposed slots and a channel that slidably engages a moveable mount;
- c. providing said moveable mount having an aperture orientated to align with said pair of opposed slots, into which the second frame member is inserted, such that when the moveable mount is inserted in the channel and the second frame member is inserted through the slots and the aperture, the moveable mount is retained in the channel and the distance the moveable mount can slide is limited by the length of the slots;
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- d. attaching an elastic member at its first end to the moveable mount and at its second end to a fixed point in such a manner as to tension the banner by increasing the distance between the first frame member and the moveable mount to which the second frame member is attached until the desired tension of the banner is achieved,
- whereby, the banner is held taut in the banner support assembly and the second brace is able to move and spill wind such that damage to the banner is limited.
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A banner holder for holding a banner in a display position, the holder comprising:
- a banner support assembly for holding a banner taut, said banner support assembly comprising:
- a. first and second frame members which hold the banner along opposite sides;
- b. a brace for attaching the frame members, said brace comprising:
- i. a first portion to which the first frame member is attached;
- and
- ii. a second portion which slidably engages a moveable mount;
- c. said moveable mount, to which the second frame member is attached;
- and
- d. a means for tensioning the banner by increasing the distance between the first frame member and the moveable mount with the second frame member attached until the desired tension of the banner is achieved,
- a support member with at least one mounting member attached;
- said brace, a portion thereof adapted to engage said mounting member and having a brace mounting pin;
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- said mounting member having a brace receiver adapted to accept said brace and having at least one structure formed to draw said brace mounting pin toward said support member as the brace is placed into said brace receiver,
- whereby, when said brace is placed into said receiver in the mounting member to an extent sufficient for said brace mounting pin to draw the brace against said support member, the brace is thereby secured and retained to the support member, and whereby, the banner is held taut in the banner support assembly and the second brace is able to move and spill wind such that damage to the banner is limited.
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A banner holder for holding a banner in a display position, the holder comprising:
- a banner support assembly for holding a banner taut, said banner support assembly comprising:
- a. first and second frame members which hold the banner along opposite sides;
- b. a brace for attaching the frame members, said brace comprising:
- i. a first portion to which the first frame member is attached;
- and
- ii. a second portion with a channel that slidably engages a moveable mount;
- c. said moveable mount, to which the second frame member is attached;
- and
- d. an elastic member, attached at its first end to the moveable mount and at its second end to a fixed point, to tension the banner by increasing the distance between the first frame member and the moveable mount with the second frame member attached,
- a support member, with a first mounting member and a second mounting member attached;
- a first mounting portion of the brace adapted to engage said first mounting member and having a first brace mounting pin;
- a second mounting portion of the brace adapted to engage said second mounting member;
- said first mounting member having at least one brace receiver adapted to accept said first mounting portion of the brace and having at least one structure formed to draw said first brace mounting pin toward said support member as the first mounting portion of the brace is engaged into said first mounting member brace receiver:
- said second mounting member having a second brace receiver formed to accept the second mounting portion of the brace and retain the brace in proximity to the support member;
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- said second mounting member being disposed upon the support member at a distance from the first mounting member sufficient to allow the second mounting portion of the brace to be placed in said second brace receiver in the second mounting member and inserted therein to an extent sufficient to allow the first mounting portion of the brace to be aligned with and placed in said first receiver in the first mounting member without disengaging said second mounting portion of the brace from said second mounting member,
- whereby, when said second mounting portion of the brace is placed into said receiver in the second mounting member and said first mounting portion of said brace is placed into said receiver in first mounting member to an extent sufficient for said brace mounting pin to draw the brace against said support structure, the brace is thereby secured and retained to the support member, and further whereby, the banner is held taut in the banner support assembly, and the second frame member is able to move and spill wind to limit damage to the banner.
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A banner holder for holding a banner in a display position, the holder comprising:
- a banner support assembly for holding a banner taut, said banner support assembly comprising:
- a. first and second frame members which hold the banner along opposite sides;
- b. a brace for attaching the frame members, said brace comprising:
- i. a first portion to which the first frame member is attached by insertion into an aperture;
- and
- ii. a second portion comprising at least one pair of opposed slots and a channel that slidably engages a moveable mount;
- c. said moveable mount having an aperture orientated to align with said pair of opposed slots, into which the second frame member is attached by insertion into said aperture, such that when the moveable mount is slidably engaged in the channel and the second frame member is inserted through the slots and the aperture, the moveable mount is retained in the channel and the distance the moveable mount can slide is limited by the length of the slots;
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- d. an elastic member attached at its first end to the moveable mount and at its second end to a fixed point in such a manner as to tension the banner by increasing the distance between the first frame member and the moveable mount to which the second frame member is attached until the desired tension of the banner is achieved;
- a support member, with a first mounting member and a second mounting member attached;
- a first mounting portion of the brace adapted to engage said first mounting member and having a first brace mounting pin;
- a second mounting portion of the brace adapted to engage said second mounting member and having a second brace mounting pin;
- said first mounting member having at least one brace receiver adapted to accept said first mounting portion of the brace and having at least one structure formed to draw said first brace mounting pin toward said support member as the first mounting portion of the brace is engaged into said first mounting member brace receiver;
- said second mounting member having at least one brace receiver adapted to accept said second mounting portion of the brace and having at least one structure formed to draw said second brace mounting pin toward said support member as the second mounting portion of the brace is engaged into said second mounting member brace receiver;
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- said second mounting member being disposed upon the support member at a distance from the first mounting member sufficient to allow the first and second mounting portions of the brace to be placed in their respective brace receivers in their respective mounting members, and inserted therein to an extent sufficient to allow the brace mounting pins to draw the brace against said mounting members and proximate to the support structure;
- whereby, the brace is thereby secured and retained to the support member, and the banner is held taut in the banner support assembly and the second brace is able to move and spill wind such that damage to the banner is limited.
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A method for holding a banner taut and in a display position, the method comprising:
- holding the banner along opposite sides by first and second frame members;
- a. providing a brace for attaching the frame members, said brace comprising:
- i. a first portion to which the first frame member is attached by insertion into an aperture;
- and
- ii. a second portion comprising at least one pair of opposed slots and a channel that slidably engages a moveable mount;
- b. providing said moveable mount having an aperture orientated to align with said pair of opposed slots, into which the second frame member is inserted, such that when the moveable mount is inserted in the channel and the second frame member is inserted through the slots and the aperture, the moveable mount is retained in the channel and the distance the moveable mount can slide is limited by the length of the slots;
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- c. attaching an elastic member at its first end to the moveable mount and at its second end to a fixed point in such a manner as to tension the banner by increasing the distance between the first frame member and the moveable mount to which the second frame member is attached until the desired tension of the banner is achieved;
- attaching first and second mounting members to a support member;
- providing a first mounting portion of the brace to engage said first mounting member, including a first brace mounting pin;
- providing a second mounting portion of the brace to engage said second mounting member, including a second brace mounting pin;
- providing said first mounting member with a brace receiver adapted to accept said first mounting portion of the brace and having at least one structure formed to draw said first brace mounting pin toward said support member as the first mounting portion of the brace is engaged into said first mounting member brace receiver;
- providing a second mounting member with a brace receiver adapted to accept said second mounting portion of the brace and having at least one structure formed to draw said second brace mounting pin toward said support member as the second mounting portion of the brace is engaged into said second mounting member brace receiver;
- disposing said second mounting member upon the support member at a distance from the first mounting member sufficient to allow the first and second mounting portions of the brace to be placed in their respective brace receivers in their respective mounting members;
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- inserting the brace into the mounting members to an extent sufficient to allow the brace mounting pins to draw the brace against said mounting members and proximate to the support structure;
- whereby, the brace is thereby secured and retained to the support member, the banner is held taut in the banner support assembly and the second brace is able to move and spill wind such that damage to the banner is limited.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.