Banner mounting apparatus

Claim 1

MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING DISPLAY BANNER MEANS HAVING UPPER AND LOWER EDGES ON A POLE AND THE LIKE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING BRACE MEANS TO BE CARREID ON SAID BANNER MEANS ADJACENT SAID EDGES, RESPECTIVELY, AND MEANS DETACHABLY ENGAGING EACH SAID BRACE MEANS INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS FOR DETACHABLY SECURING SAID BRACE MEANS, RESPECTIVELY, TO SAID POLE AND THE LIKE, SAID BRACE MEANS BEING RESILIENT HORIZONTALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY IN ALL DIRECTIONS RELATIVE TO SAID ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SECURING MEANS, SAID SECURING MEANS TENSIONING SAID BRACE MEANS LONGITUDIANLLY WHEN SAID BRACE MEANS ARE ENGAGED THEREBY AND SAID SECURING MEANS ARE SPACED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE APART, SAID BRACE MEANS COMPRISING A CENTRAL HANDLE PORTION AND TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING ARM PORTION, SAID HANDLE PORTION COMPRISING A HORIZONTAL BASE PORTION AND LEG PORTIONS EXTENDING ANGULARLY FROM BOTH ENDS OF SAID BASE PORTION, SAID ARM PORTIONS EXTENDING FROM THE RESPECTIVE LEG PORTIONS OF SAID HANDLE PORTION AND FORMING A GREATER ANGLE THEREWITH WHEN UNDER TENSIONS.