# US 2018/0025678 A1 · Display device and connector for a display device

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 2018/0025678 A1
- Document ID: US20180025678A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/551,746
- Filed: 2016-02-18
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2015-02-18
- Assignees: Portable Branding (Pty) Ltd.
- Applicants: Portable Branding (Pty) Ltd.
- Inventors: William Peter Cilliers
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025678A1

## CPC

- G09F 15/0018: {panel clamping or fastening means}
- G09F 7/18: Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure
- G09F 15/0062: {collapsible}
- G09F 17/00: Flags; Banners; Mountings therefor
- G09F 23/00: Advertising on or in specific articles, e.g. ashtrays, letter-boxes (on or in vehicles G09F21/00)
- G09F 7/22: for rotatably or swingably mounting, e.g. for boards adapted to be rotated by the wind
- G09F 2007/1804: {for fastening to a post}
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS

## Abstract

This invention relates to a display device (1) and to a connector (10) for the display device (1) and more particularly, but not exclusively to a three-dimensional display device (1) and a connector (10) therefore. A display device (1) includes an anchor means (12) and a display means (2), the anchor means (12) being connected to the display means (2) with a resiliently deformable connector (10).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display device comprising an anchor means and a display means, the anchor means being connected to the display means with a resiliently deformable connector.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A display device as claimed in claim 1 in which the resiliently deformable connector includes a resiliently deformable rubber body.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A display device as claimed in claim 2 in which the rubber body has a reduced size mid-section.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2, 3)

A display device as claimed in any one of claim 2 or 3 in which the rubber body is round in cross-section and has thicker or larger diameter opposite outer sections on opposite sides of its smaller diameter mid-section.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2, 3)

A display device as claimed in anyone of claim 2 or 3 in which the rubber body is cylindrical having at least one annular rebate along the length thereof.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A display device as claimed in claim 1 in which the resiliently deformable connector includes a spring element.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

A display device as claimed in claim 6 in which the spring element consists of spring steel or of a number of springs.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

A display device as claimed in claim 7 in which the spring steel or spring or springs is in the form of a coil spring.

### Claim 9

A display device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims in which the display means is a collapsible display means.

### Claim 10

A display device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims in which the display means includes a collapsible support structure for supporting a banner material.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

A display device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8 in which the display means includes a permanent support frame to support a flexible banner material.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

A display device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8 in which the display means is a rigid display means with or without a support structure.

### Claim 13

A display device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims in which the anchor means anchors the display device to a substrate or support.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

A display device as claimed in claim 13 in which the anchor means is a spike for use to anchor the display device in the ground.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)

A display device as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 13 in which the anchor means is any one or more of the group consisting of a body of concrete, a body of rubber, an umbrella base, a water filled bag, a sand filled bag or container.

### Claim 16

A connector for a display device comprising attachment means for attachment thereto an anchor means and a display means.