Three dimensional billboard display using foam inserts and flexible cover

A three-dimensional billboard display system comprising:

• a flexible sheet of banner material having displayed advertisement, promotional or informational content on a display side of said flexible sheet;
• a two-dimensional footprint area on the display side of said flexible sheet that is discretely identifiable from the displayed content;
• a flexible cover fastened, or selectively fastenable, to the flexible sheet in a position overlying the two-dimensional footprint area on the display side of said flexible sheet to enclose a three-dimensional space between said cover and said flexible sheet;
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• one or more inserts forming, or positionable with one another to form, a three-dimensional body of predetermined shape that resides, or is placeable at, the display side of the flexible sheet in an installed position overlying the two-dimensional footprint area to accept taut placement of the flexible cover over the three-dimensional body to impart the three-dimensional predetermined shape to said three-dimensional space and thereby provide the flexible cover with a three-dimensional form bulging outwardly from the display side of the flexible sheet to create a three-dimensional embellishment on said flexible sheet of banner material;
• wherein the flexible sheet and the flexible cover comprise mating zipper teeth co-operating, or co-operable, with one another to achieve zippered fastening of the flexible cover to the flexible sheet along a perimeter of the two-dimensional footprint area.

A three-dimensional billboard display system comprising:

• a flexible sheet of banner material having displayed advertisement, promotional or informational content on a display side of said flexible sheet;
• a two-dimensional footprint area on the display side of said flexible sheet that is discretely identifiable from the displayed content;
• a flexible cover fastened, or selectively fastenable, to the flexible sheet in a position overlying the two-dimensional footprint area on the display side of said flexible sheet to enclose a three-dimensional space between said cover and said flexible sheet;
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• one or more inserts forming, or positionable with one another to form, a three-dimensional body of predetermined shape that resides, or is placeable at, the display side of the flexible sheet in an installed position overlying the two-dimensional footprint area to accept taut placement of the flexible cover over the three-dimensional body to impart the three-dimensional predetermined shape to said three-dimensional space and thereby provide the flexible cover with a three-dimensional form bulging outwardly from the display side of the flexible sheet to create a three-dimensional embellishment on said flexible sheet of banner material;
• wherein the one or more inserts comprise a plurality of inserts connected, or selectively connectable, to one another to form the three-dimensional body, and separable to one another for transport and storage.

A method of creating a three-dimensional billboard display, the method comprising placing one or more inserts over a two-dimensional footprint area at a display side of a flexible banner such that the one or more inserts project forwardly from the display side of the banner with a predetermined three-dimensional shape, and securing a flexible cover to the flexible banner along a perimeter of the two-dimensional footprint area thereof in a position spanning over the one or inserts in a taut condition imparting said three-dimensional shape to said flexible cover, wherein the method is further characterized by inclusion of one or more of the following steps:

• (a) prior to securing the flexible cover to the flexible banner, assembling a plurality of said inserts to one another to form the predetermined three-dimensional shape;
• (b) prior to securing the flexible cover to the flexible banner, fastening the one or more inserts to the banner independently of the flexible cover;
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• (c) when securing the flexible cover to the flexible banner, securing the flexible cover to the flexible banner by zippered connection thereto.