Patent ID: 9664221
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: F16B,G09F,Y10T

Claim:
1. An advertising assembly movable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, the advertising assembly including: a first substantially planar end member; a second substantially planar end member; at least one display panel attached to and extending between an outer periphery of the first end member and an outer periphery of the second end member; and a spacer positionable such that at least part thereof extends between opposing sides of the first and second end members to maintain the assembly in the expanded configuration, the end members configured to receive or engage the spacer centrally, the spacer including a first rod and a second rod joined together so as to move axially relative to one another to adjust a length of the spacer, wherein the first rod and the second rod have complementary screw threads adapted to expand the length of the spacer against tension of the at least one display panel and to retain the spacer in the expanded length against the tension of the at least one display panel, wherein, in the expanded configuration, the spacer engages the first and second end members and holds the first and second end members spaced apart such that the at least one display panel is held drum-tight taut between the first and second end members, and, at least part of the spacer is located within an enclosure at least partly defined by the first end member, the second end member and the at least one taut display panel.