Tube-like advertising device that is fixed between two structural members and includes a clear outer member
AssigneePole Postitioning, LLC
InventorAaron Montell
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Abstract
An advertising device, where one exemplary use is as a “stripper pole” having associated ad material. The ad material can be placed inside a portion of the pole and be visible through a protective cover, and be dynamic. Additionally, the stripper pole may be in a variety of sizes and shapes and may include lighting, rotating mechanisms, engraving and suspended objects. The advertising device includes a connecting element that attaches to at least one end, and optionally between two ends, with a gap between an inner element and an outer element where advertising material can be placed in the gap.
Claims18
An advertising device comprising:
- a first end;
- a second end;
- and
- a connecting element, wherein:
- the first and second ends are secured to respective structural surfaces with one or more fasteners with the connecting element therebetween, the structural surfaces being a ceiling and a floor,
- the connecting element includes a first member and a second member, the first member having an outer diameter less than an inner diameter of the second member thereby creating a gap therebetween,
- the first member and the second member each having a height to width ratio of at least 48:1,
- the first member comprising a first threaded portion and a second threaded portion secured to the first end and the second end, respectively,
- the first member adapted to carry a majority of a load on the advertising device,
- the second member being compressed between the first end and the second end,
- the second member comprising polycarbonate,
- the gap between the outer diameter of the first member and the inner diameter of the second member houses one or more interchangeable ads, and
- the one or more interchangeable ads filling a majority of the gap such that the load is transferred from the second member to the first member via the one or more interchangeable ads.
An advertising system comprising:
- first and second ends respectively secured to a ceiling and a floor,
- a first tubular member and a second tubular member, secured at each end to respective first and second ends, which is at least one of transparent and semi-transparent, the first member having an outer diameter less than an inner diameter of the second member, wherein a volume is defined therebetween,
- the first tubular member comprising a first threaded portion and a second threaded portion secured to the first end and the second end, respectively,
- the second tubular member being compressed between the first end and the second end,
- wherein the volume receives one or more of an interchangeable and dynamic ad that is displaced between the first and second members, and
- wherein the one or more of the interchangeable ad and the dynamic ad fill a majority of the volume such that a load is transferred from the second tubular member to the first tubular member via the one or more of the interchangeable ad and the dynamic ad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.