Patent ID: 6749154
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: B64B,G09F

Abstract:
An aircraft advertising system for displaying indicia from an aircraft and exposing it to many viewers at a great range comprising, in combination:an aircraft having a cylindrical lighter-than-air top portion with a nose cone, a vertical stabilizer and rudder, and a tail cone; a rigid bottom portion with a plurality of wings with propulsion devices, and landing gear; a pair of sign support beams including a front support beam and a rear support beam each having a generally conical configuration having a tear drop cross section to reduce weight and drag, the support beams each having an upper coupling end and a lower free end, the coupling end having a pivot pin to allow the collapse of the beams such that the landing gear is able to clear the support beams when they are in their collapsed state, the sign support beams further having suitable mechanisms to rotate the sign support beams and to lock them in their extended and retracted positions; the sign support beams also having slender recesses along their full lengths; and a sign of a durable fabric material being adapted to display indicia and having a top edge, a bottom edge, a front edge, a rear edge and a pair of faces on opposite sides, the top edge being coupled to the rigid bottom portion of the aircraft, the front and the rear edge being coupled to their respective support beams in the slender recesses with enlargement to ensure secure slidable couplings there between.