Patent ID: 7805870
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
1. A securing system for use in a system for displaying a banner on a vehicle, the securing system comprising: elongate mounting means for attaching to the vehicle, said mounting means in a form of an elongate strip having at least two longitudinal substantially parallel spaced apart channels therein; locking means; and retaining means for retaining a banner, said retaining means being associated with said locking means, said locking means providing for engagement with said at least two spaced apart channels, said locking means comprising first and second locking members, said first locking member of said locking means having a first protruding strut locatable in a first channel of said at least two spaced apart channels, said first locking member of said locking means having a further protruding strut spaced apart from said first protruding strut and locatable within a second channel of said at least two spaced apart channels, said second locking member of said locking means having a second protruding strut locatable in said first channel of said at least two spaced apart channels, wherein said first locking member of said locking means is movable relative to said second locking member of said locking means such that, when said first and second locking members are aligned, said first protruding strut of said first locking member and said second protruding strut of said second locking member are adjacent each other, adjacent sides of said first and second protruding struts being parallel, whereby, when said first protruding strut of said first locking member, said further protruding strut of said first locking member, and said second protruding strut of said second locking member are located in said first and second of said at least two spaced apart channels, said locking means is securely fastened to said elongate mounting means.