Installation tool for hanging signs
OwnerSidney Rose, Alan L. Stenfors +1inventors
InventorsSidney Rose, Alan L. Stenfors, Michael S. Hoffman
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a tool to permit the support and lifting of a planar sign member to a ceiling so as to attach that sign to a ceiling support rail. The tool comprises an elongated pole having a first or lower end and a second or upper end and a frame assembly attached to the upper end of the pole. A pair of spaced apart yokes are mounted on the top side of the frame assembly. Each yoke is arranged to directionally align and hold a ceiling anchor thereon, from which anchor, sign support hooks hang, to permit a sign to be hung from the anchor upon the anchors being secured to a ceiling rail by the tool extending thereagainst.
Claims7
A tool to permit the support and lifting of a planar sign member to a ceiling so as to attach that sign to a ceiling support rail, said tool comprising:
- an elongated pole having a first or lower end and a second or upper end;
- a frame assembly attached to said upper end of said pole;
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- a pair of spaced apart yokes mounted on said frame assembly on said upper end of said pole, each yoke being arranged to hold a ceiling anchor thereon, to permit each said ceiling anchor to be aligned against and attached to a ceiling rail on a ceiling, from which anchors a sign may be hung;
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- wherein said frame assembly is comprised of a pair of generally rectangularly shaped half-frame members, each of said half-frame members having a first channel disposed across one side thereof, to define an opening for receipt of said upper end of said elongated pole when said half-frame members are secured together.
A method of attaching a sign to a ceiling support rail in a ceiling, comprising the steps of:
- attaching a pair of yokes to a frame assembly, which yokes each directionally align and carry an anchor for attachment to a ceiling support rail;
- attaching said frame assembly to an elongated pole to permit said yokes and anchors to be lifted upwardly towards a ceiling;
- attaching a hook arrangement to said anchors and to a sign to be lifted towards a ceiling;
- lifting said pole tilted, so as to bring a first of said anchors in a first yoke towards a ceiling rail;
- arranging said first anchor in parallel alignment with and attaching said first anchor to a ceiling rail;
- moving said frame assembly to a further ceiling rail location;
- lifting said pole tilted, so as to bring a second of said anchors in a second yoke towards a ceiling rail;
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- arranging said second anchor in parallel alignment with and attaching said second anchor to said further ceiling rail location and hence attaching a sign to a ceiling rail assembly in a ceiling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.