Parking meter advertising device

An advertising box which is attached to an elongated, vertical post, said advertising box comprising:

• a pair of similarly-shaped, flexible flat panels, each panel including a four-sided center section hingedly connected along a top edge to an upper member, along a bottom edge to a lower member and along each side edge to a side member, with said upper lower and side members folded inwardly about said center section until adjacent edges contact to form an open-sided, halfbox assembly;
• means for fastening together said upper members, said lower members and opposite side members of two half-box assemblies to form a unitary structure about said post;
• means on said upper and lower members for accommodating the shape of said post therebetween;
• and
• means for securing said unitary structure to said post.

An advertising box which is attached to an elongated, vertical post, said advertising box comprising:

• a pair of similarly-shaped, flexible flat panels, each panel including a four-sided center section hingedly connected along a top edge to an upper member, along a bottom edge to a lower member and along each side edge to a side member, with said upper, lower and side members folded inwardly about said center section until adjacent edges contact to form an open-sided, half-box assembly;
• means for fastening together said upper members, said lower members and opposite side members of two half-box assemblies to form a unitary structure about said post;
• means on said upper and lower members for accommodating the shape of said post therebetween;
• and
• means for securing said unitary structure to said post, said securing means including a banding clamp surrounding and attached to said cylindrical post, a pair of mounting brackets positioned about 180.degree. apart on said banding clamp, each mounting bracket having at least one threaded aperture extended therethrough, and a plurality of bolts, each bolt having a security head and sized to fit within said threaded apertures in said mounting brackets, with each side member having at least one aperture through which said bolts of said securing means extend.