Spoke mountable display device

Claim 1

A display device for mounting over spokes of a spoked vehicle wheel comprising a bracket assembly and a display panel, A. said bracket assembly comprising 1. a pin means having a longitudinally slotted shank of generally uniform cross-sectional configuration, said shank having at least one circumferentially extending radially outwardly projecting ridge means integral therewith, said pin means being formed of rigid but deformable material, 2. a cap-like means having a sleeve portion and a head portion extending generally across one end of said sleeve portion and integral therewith, the inside wall of said sleeve portion having dimensions generally suited to slidably engage circumferentially said shank, said inside wall having at least one circumferentially extending, radially inwardly protruding raised portion integral therewith, said cap-like means being formed of rigid but deformable material, 3. the interrelationship between said pin means and said caplike means being such that, when said respective means are fully interengaged slidably, in an assembled configuration, the forward end of said shank is in adjacent but spaced relationship to the inside wall of said head portion, said ridge means is matingly received in locking engagement adjacent said raised portions, and said pin means and said cap-like means are restrained from disengagement, said shank being radially inwardly compressed as said ridge means thereof is slidably moved over said raised portions of said cap-like means during such slidable engagement, B. said display panel having 1. a portion which is adapted for display, and 2. a flattened body portion generally integral with said display portion, said body portion having an aperture transversely defined therein whose size permits said slotted shank to extend therethrough and further permits the head of said pin means to abut against aperture adjacent regions of said flattened body portion when in assembled configuration, C. the interrelationship between the length of said shank, the longitudinal width of said sleeve portion, and the thickness of said adjacent regions of said flattened body member being such that, when said bracket assembly and said display panel are in assembled configuration with a support member therebetween, the length of said shank between said head of said pin means and the open end of said sleeve portion when said cap-like means and said pin means are so fully slidably engaged is about equal to the thickness of said support member and the thickness of said adjacent regions of said flattened body member.