Display hanger and method of installation therefor
AssigneeThe Stroh Brewery Company
InventorRalph J. Jaroche
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Abstract
There is disclosed herein a display hanger particularly adapted for use in suspending signs or other displays from various types of ceiling. The hanger comprises a spade member adapted to be secured to a suitable location to the ceiling and a removable pin member from which the display may be suspended. In one embodiment the spade includes a threaded projection adapted to be threaded into a portion of the ceiling. In other embodiments, the spade may be secured to a plate having an adhesive coating provided thereon or alternatively the spade may be secured to a clip for attachment to support members of suspended ceilings. An installation tool and method of installation is also disclosed herein.
Claims8
A display hanger assembly comprising:
- a hanger member having an opening therein;
- attachment means secured to said hanger member and adapted to enable said hanger member to be secured to a portion of a building structure;
- a removable pin member receivable within said opening and having a shank portion and opposite enlarged diameter end portions, said removable pin member supportingly engaging portions of said hanger member so as to enable a display to be suspended from said pin member.
A system for suspending a display from a portion of a building structure comprising:
- a hanger member having an opening extending therethrough and a slot extending between a lower edge thereof and said opening and stop means provided along lateral edges of said hanger member;
- attachment means secured to an upper edge of said hanger member, said attachment means being operative to enable said hanger member to be secured to a portion of a building structure;
- an installation tool having an elongated handle portion and a hollow end portion having a cross sectional shape substantially the same as said hanger member whereby said hanger member may be received within said end portion with said stop means engaging sidewalls of said end portion whereby said installation is operative to secure said attachment means to said portion of a building from floor level of said building;
- a removable pin member receivable within said opening, said removable pin member being operative to enable a display to be suspended from said hanger member,
- said installation tool further having a slot provided therein, said pin member being receivable within said slot whereby said pin member may be assembled to said hanger member from said floor level subsequent to securing said attachment means to said portion of said building.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.