Banner support

A banner support assembly adapted to be mounted on a supporting member for purposes of engaging and holding taut an elongated banner having sleeve-like openings in the opposite longitudinal ends thereof, said banner support assembly comprising:

• first and second housing members each having an elongated body with an elongated T-shape channel opening outwardly of said body along a front face and at at least one end thereof, said T-shaped channel having an abutment means at the other end of said channel, said first and second housing members being adapted to be mounted a prescribed distance apart on said supporting member and with each longitudinal axis of each T-shaped channel being axially aligned and with said openings in said at least one end facing in the same direction, each of said T-shaped channels being defined by straight inwardly facing walls which are each oriented parallel to said longitudinal axis;
• first and second holder members each having a generally T-shaped cross section conformed to said cross sectional shape of said T-shaped channels and being adapted to be received in a respective one of said T-shaped channels through said openings in said at least one end thereof, each of said holder members having at least first and second ends with a selected one thereof adapted to rest against a respective one of said abutment members, said T-shaped cross section of said holder members being defined by outwardly facing surfaces extending parallel to said straight inwardly facing walls of said T-shaped channels;
• an elongated, elastically flexible wand fixedly secured to each holder member and having a longitudinal axis thereof oriented to extend at an angle to said longitudinal axis of said T-shaped channel when one of said first and second ends of said holder member abuts said abutment member, each of said wands extending away from a part of a respective one of said T-shaped holder members that extends through said opening in said front face of said housing member, said longitudinal axis of each wand being oriented on a respective holder member to lie within a common plane with each other, said first holder member being received in a T-shaped channel in said first housing member with said first end thereof abutted against an abutment member in said first housing member, said second holder member being received in a T-shaped channel in said second housing member with at least one of said first and second ends thereof abutted against an abutment member in said second housing member, said wands each being adapted to be received into a selected one of the two sleeve-like openings in said banner, the length of said banner being generally equal to a spacing between said wands whereat said wands are joined to said holder members when said holder members both abut said abutment members.