Display device for hanging banner
AssigneeIdeas By Design Ltd.
InventorMartin Ross Moulson Dibben
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Abstract
Banner support apparatus (25) comprising: a first part (40) for releasably retaining a banner (44), the first part having an elongate body with a groove (42) extending along its length, the groove being configured to receive and at least in part trap one end of a banner; a second part (30) for attachment to lifting apparatus, the second part having an elongate body, with the first and second parts having interfitting profiles (54, 56) for releasably coupling the first and second parts to each other; and a mechanism for resisting de-coupling of the first and second parts (40, 30) when the profiles (54, 56) are interfitted.
Claims18
Banner support apparatus comprising:
- a first part for releasably retaining a banner, the first part having an elongate body with a groove extending along its length, the groove being configured to receive and at least in part trap one end of a banner;
- a second part for attachment to lifting apparatus, the second part having an elongate body, with the first and second parts having interfitting profiles for releasably coupling the first and second parts to each other;
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- a mechanism for resisting de-coupling of the first and second parts when the profiles are interfitted.
Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein one part comprises a crook-like forma and the other part comprises an arcuate form which is a snug and sliding fit within the crook-like form to provide a hinge-like action when the two parts are coupled together.
Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the second part is attached to a lifting mechanism by at least one cable.
Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the mechanism for resisting de-coupling of the first and second parts comprises a locking mechanism.
Apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the groove comprises at least one flange extending from one side of the groove towards an opposing side thereof.
A banner for use with apparatus as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the end of the banner which is inserted into the first part is reinforced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.