Patent ID: 6644606
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A mounting support bracket for an advertising windup reel, comprising:a base, said base having means for facilitating attachment to an exterior surface; a rigid hook assembly mounted on said base, said hook assembly adapted for engagement to a windup reel housing, said hook assembly comprising a pair of spaced apart hook members; a depending tab mounted on said base and extending transversely therefrom, said depending tab being mounted between said hook members, said depending tab having a free outer end which includes an engagement device adapted for engagement to the windup reel housing which results in clamping the windup reel housing between said engagement device and said hook assembly thereby fixing and supporting the windup reel housing on said depending tab; a handle attached to said free outer end, said handle facilitating manual movement of said depending tab in order to engage the windup reel housing with said depending tab; said depending tab being deflectable so as to be movable between an engaged position to a disengaged position, with said depending tab in said engaged position the windup reel housing is capable of being fixed and supported on said depending tab, with said depending tab in said disengaged position the windup reel housing being disengaged from said depending tab and also movable into engagement with said depending tab; and said engagement device comprises an elongated ridge and a groove for the windup reel housing to connect with said groove when in said engaged position.