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US3102353A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Banner mounting construction

Assignee: Massillon Cleveland Akron Sign Co
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Filing: 1961-05-02
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Granted: 1963-09-03
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Expires: 1981-05-02
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Elliott J Kies

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 15:14
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F17/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 246 words
A BANNER MOUNTING CONSTRUCTION FOR FASTENING ON A HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE INCLUDING AN ELONGATED BANNER COMPOSED OF FLEXIBLE SHEETLIKE MATERIAL AND HAVING VERTICAL HEM PORTIONS AT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, AN ELONGATED REINFORCING MEMBER IN AND COEXTENSIVE WITH EACH HEM PORTION AND HAVING A FLAT SURFACE, A PAIR OF BANNER MOUNTING BRACKETS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT THEIR UPPER ENDS ON A HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE AND DEPENDING THEREFROM, THE BRACKETS BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER BY A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF THE BANNER, EACH BRACKET BEING A V-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING DIVERGING LEG PORTIONS PROVIDING AN APEX AT THE LOWER END THEREOF, THE LEG PORTION OF ONE BRACKET NEARER THE OTHER BRACKET BEING INCLINED UPWARDLY, MEANS DETACHABLY MOUNTING EACH END PORTION OF THE BANNER ON ONE CORRESPONDING BRACKET AT ITS APEX AND HOLDING THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CORRESPONDING REINFORCING MEMBER AGAINST ONE LEG PORTION OF THE BRACKET TO PREVENT ROTATION OF SAID REINFORCING MEMBER ABOUT THE HORIZONTAL AXIS PASSING BETWEEN THE SPACED APICES OF THE BRACKETS, THE DETACHABLE MOUNTING MEANS ALSO HOLDING SAID FLAT PORTION AGAINST THE OTHER LEG PORTION TO PREVENT ROTATION OF SAID REINFORCING MEMBER ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS, WHEREBY THE FLEXIBLE SHEETLIKE BANNER IS HELD TAUTLY BETWEEN THE BRACKETS IN A WRINKLE-FREE MANNER BY THE UPWARDLY EXTENDING LEGS OF EACH BRACKET AND WHEREBY THE SNUG CONTACT BETWEEN THE OTHER LEG OF EACH BRACKET AND THE UPPER END PORTION OF THE REINFORCING MEMBER PREVENTS ROTATION OF THE BANNER ABOUT ITS HORIZONTAL AXIS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 246 words
A BANNER MOUNTING CONSTRUCTION FOR FASTENING ON A HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE INCLUDING AN ELONGATED BANNER COMPOSED OF FLEXIBLE SHEETLIKE MATERIAL AND HAVING VERTICAL HEM PORTIONS AT OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF, AN ELONGATED REINFORCING MEMBER IN AND COEXTENSIVE WITH EACH HEM PORTION AND HAVING A FLAT SURFACE, A PAIR OF BANNER MOUNTING BRACKETS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT THEIR UPPER ENDS ON A HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE AND DEPENDING THEREFROM, THE BRACKETS BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER BY A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF THE BANNER, EACH BRACKET BEING A V-SHAPED MEMBER HAVING DIVERGING LEG PORTIONS PROVIDING AN APEX AT THE LOWER END THEREOF, THE LEG PORTION OF ONE BRACKET NEARER THE OTHER BRACKET BEING INCLINED UPWARDLY, MEANS DETACHABLY MOUNTING EACH END PORTION OF THE BANNER ON ONE CORRESPONDING BRACKET AT ITS APEX AND HOLDING THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CORRESPONDING REINFORCING MEMBER AGAINST ONE LEG PORTION OF THE BRACKET TO PREVENT ROTATION OF SAID REINFORCING MEMBER ABOUT THE HORIZONTAL AXIS PASSING BETWEEN THE SPACED APICES OF THE BRACKETS, THE DETACHABLE MOUNTING MEANS ALSO HOLDING SAID FLAT PORTION AGAINST THE OTHER LEG PORTION TO PREVENT ROTATION OF SAID REINFORCING MEMBER ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS, WHEREBY THE FLEXIBLE SHEETLIKE BANNER IS HELD TAUTLY BETWEEN THE BRACKETS IN A WRINKLE-FREE MANNER BY THE UPWARDLY EXTENDING LEGS OF EACH BRACKET AND WHEREBY THE SNUG CONTACT BETWEEN THE OTHER LEG OF EACH BRACKET AND THE UPPER END PORTION OF THE REINFORCING MEMBER PREVENTS ROTATION OF THE BANNER ABOUT ITS HORIZONTAL AXIS.

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