Flag and banner hanging apparatus and install method

An apparatus for removing a banner hung on an upright structure, comprising:

• a base configured for attachment to the upright structure;
• a mounting bracket engaging the base and supporting the banner, the mounting bracket including a retainer-biasing spring and a spring-biased retainer movable supported on the mounting bracket and configured to releasably interlockingly secure the mounting bracket to the base;
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• a removal adapter including a retainer-engaging member constructed to engage the retainer on the mounting bracket to release the mounting bracket from the base;
• the base and the removal adapter each being constructed to engage and disengage the mounting bracket without using separate loose fasteners.

An apparatus for hanging a banner on an upright structure, comprising:

• a base having first flanges to receive a band retainer for attaching the base to the upright structure and having second flanges defining a bracket-holding cavity;
• a mounting bracket having a mating portion shaped to wedgingly fit into the bracket-holding cavity and having a friction-generating retainer for holding the mounting bracket to the base, the retainer having a shaft slidably supported on the mounting bracket and an enlarged head on the shaft, and the mounting bracket also having a rod-supporting structure for supporting a banner-carrying rod;
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• an install adapter constructed to hold the mounting bracket during installation into the bracket-holding cavity, and constructed to then release the mounting bracket once the retainer frictionally engages the base.

A method for hanging a banner on an upright structure, comprising:

• providing a base configured for attachment to the upright structure;
• providing a mounting bracket with a retainer supported on the mounting bracket for movement between bracket-locked position and a bracket-released position, and a retainer-biasing spring constructed to cause the retainer to securely but releasably engage the base while the mounting bracket is supporting the banner on the base;
• providing an install adapter constructed to releasably hold the mounting bracket and then release when the mounting bracket is secured to the base;
• attaching the mounting bracket to the install adapter and then using the install adapter to install the mounting bracket to the base with the retainer securely interlockingly engaging the base without using separate fasteners;
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• disengaging the install adapter from the mounting bracket.

An apparatus for hanging a banner on an upright structure, comprising:

• top and bottom bases each configured for attachment to the upright structure in a vertically spaced relationship;
• top and bottom mounting brackets each constructed to releasably engage an associated one of the bases while supporting the banner in a vertical installed position where the banner defines a vertical dimension;
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• an installation tool including first and second install adapters carried at a spaced dimension different than the vertical dimension, each of the first and second install adapters being constructed to releasably and simultaneously carry the banner along with the top and bottom mounting brackets, respectively, but constructed to individually release as the mounting brackets are sequentially secured to the associated top and bottom bases at a spacing equal to the vertical dimension.

An apparatus for hanging a banner on an upright structure, comprising:

• a base configured for attachment to the upright structure and having vertically-oriented bracket-supporting flanges;
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• a mounting bracket having banner-supporting structure and including base-engaging mating flanges constructed to releasably engage the bracket-supporting flanges of the base in a vertical direction while supporting the banner;
• one of the base and the mounting bracket including a retainer supported for movement in a non-vertical direction and configured to interlockingly engage the other of the base and mounting bracket to releasably retain them together.