Patent ID: 6493973
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A banner holder for holding a banner in a display position, the holder comprisinga support member; a first mounting member; a second mounting member; and a brace adapted to retain a banner, said brace having first and second ends, each end adapted to engage one of said mounting members; said first and second mounting members disposed upon the support member at a distance from each other sufficient to allow said mounting members to be simultaneously engaged by said brace ends, such that said brace may be supported on said support member and thereby hold said banner in a display position; said mounting members each include at least one detent receiving aperture; said first and second brace ends comprise detents adapted to be received by said apertures, said brace further comprises a mounting stop, and said brace is longer than the distance between said detent receiving apertures; and said second mounting member is disposed upon the brace at a distance from the first mounting member sufficient to allow the first end of the brace to be placed in said detent receiving aperture in the first mounting member and inserted thereinto to an extent sufficient to allow the second end of the brace to be aligned with and placed in said detent receiving aperture in the second mounting member; said brace including at least one frame member adapted to engage an end of said banner and thereby to hold said banner in a substantially flat disposition on said brace; and whereby, when said second end of said brace is inserted into the detent receiving aperture in said second mounting member to an extent sufficient for said mounting stop to engage one of said mounting members, the first end of the brace is retained within said detent receiving aperture in said first mounting member.