# US 5,701,840 A · Pivotally mounted banner harness

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- Number: US 5,701,840 A
- Document ID: US5701840A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/675,852
- Filed: 1996-07-03
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1996-07-03
- Inventors: Richard D. Cross
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5701840A

## CPC

- G09F 17/00: Flags; Banners; Mountings therefor
- G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS

## Abstract

A harness assembly that mounts a banner or flag on a pole in a manner that allows alignment with the wind while promoting a dancing or waving action, includes a triangular plate pivoted to the pole and tied by a pair of flexible cords to a transverse rod at the inner end of the banner.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An assembly including a harness and a vertically oriented pole, said harness for securing the inner end of a banner or flag to said pole and comprising: plate means having a first hole by which said plate means is pivotally mounted around said pole, rod means adapted to be secured to said inner end of said banner or flag; and flexible cords attaching the end portions of said rod means to laterally spaced points on said plate means with said points being equidistant from said hole and on a line that is substantially parallel to said rod means.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The assembly of claim 1 where the centers of said hole and said laterally space points define the corners of an equilateral triangle, and wherein said flexible cords have substantially the same length.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The assembly of claim 2 wherein said plate means has at least one additional mounting hole of a different diameter from said first hole to accommodate swivel mounting of said plate means on at least one different size pole, there being an additional set of attachment points on said plate means for said cords when said additional mounting hole is mounted on said different size pole.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The assembly of claim 2 where said first hole is centered on a line that extends from a corner of said plate means adjacent thereto to the midpoint of the side of said triangle that is opposite said first hole.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The assembly of claim 1 further including upper and lower stop means for maintaining said plate means at a selected vertical location of said pole.