Billboard manufacture and support assembly

Abstract

A portable display manufacture (15) for viewing a display (19) positioned on its leaf (18) between a support panel (20) and a transparent panel (17) and which is mountable upon a vehicle's sidewall (46) or its rearwall or tailgate (111). Hinges (27) provide for open and closed modes of manufacture (15). Suction cup members (44, 45) and telescopic arms (50) with their strap assemblies (83) connect manufacture (15) to sidewall (46) and rack bar members (84, 85), respectively, on the roof (86) of vehicle (16). Strap assemblies (83) are rotatable so that they can be connected to either a rack bar member (84) or rack bar member (85). Foldable braces (63) lock in extended position for arms (50) and strap assemblies (83) to operate and fold to provide a collapsed mode for manufacture (15). Another embodiment (110) is mountable to tailgate (111) of a vehicle (112), having flexible bands (118) including a closure member (127) connected to the rearwall of its support panel (114) and loopable over the top of tailgate (111) and by which closure member (127) locks to a lock (130) on the inside panel (124) of tailgate (111). Brackets (98) mount to the top boundary of support panel (20) for use as a foundation for a lighting of display (19). A further embodiment (146) is mountable to a vehicle's rear trunk lid (150) by means of hook members (160) at the end of adjustable strap assemblies (162) gripping the top edge (161) of lid (150) while flexible bands (118) loop over the lid's bottom edge (148) to connect to elements (127, 128, 129). Another manufacture (186) displays a wind-deflecting panel (174) swingably mounted to support panel (175) along its top edge (176) and which abuts lid (150) while deflecting direction of wind forces as the latter strike between an installed support panel (175) and the top (151) of truck lid (150). The FIGS. 23, 24 embodiment illustrate hooking members (1160) working with hooking members (160) to mount a support panel (1175) to either a tailgate (1151) or trunk lid (1123). FIGS. 25, 26, 27 illustrate pivotal mounts (200) for arms (50) and their tandem elements for fastening to rack bars (84, 85), with a cap (212) for closure upon a display leaf (18) introduced into the embodiment's cavity (210). FIG. 28 illustrates slots (232), adjustable strap assemblies (229), and hooks (226) connected to a manufacture's back panel (236) available for application to a vehicle's wheel well (220).

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