Patent ID: 6453633
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: E04B

Abstract:
An overhead display panel installation in which a display panel of substantial lateral extent is positioned in spaced relation above the floor of an exhibition hall, or the like,said installation comprising a plurality of vertically disposed rods, supported from structural portions of said exhibition hall and depending therefrom, and means for attaching the display panel to the lower ends of said rods wherein the bulk of the display panel comprises a cellular core member, said attaching means being characterized by a plurality of attaching members respectively inserted into openings extending vertically through said display member and laterally spaced relative to each other and also spaced from the peripheral margin of said panel, said attaching members comprising a tubular body portion into which a lower end portion of a rod may extend, said tubular body portion having a height sufficient for the lower end portion of the rod received therein to equal several diameters of the rod thereby permitting a substantial vertical adjustment of the attaching means relative to the rod, a continuously threaded portion disposed at the upper end of the tubular body portion, and engaged with the rod extending therein at any point on the lower portion thereof which approximates the height of the tubular body portion, an ornamental flange extending laterally outwardly from said tubular body portion, underlying an adjacent lower surface of the panel and providing support therefor, and torquing surfaces engageable to rotate said attaching member and thereby provide a vertical adjustment for establishing a desired orientation of the display panel relative to the floor of the exhibition hall.