Patent ID: 7610704
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
1. A ring banner tension fabric display structure adapted to be hung from an attachment point above the structure, comprising: an upper circular support tube positioned horizontally, said upper circular support tube comprising a plurality of arcuate segments coupled together; a lower circular support tube positioned horizontally below said upper support tube, said lower circular support tube comprising a plurality of arcuate segments coupled together; a plurality of generally vertical structural members connected between said upper and lower circular support tubes for maintaining said upper and lower circular support tubes in a fixed, parallel relationship; a flexible segmented drive shaft supported for rotation within said upper circular support tube; a drive motor coupled to said drive shaft for imparting rotational motion to said drive shaft; a fabric membrane attached along an outer periphery of said upper and lower circular support tubes to form a cylindrical membrane banner, said fabric membrane banner having a plurality of spaced apart openings therein; a plurality of attraction elements, each positioned in a selected one of said openings in said fabric membrane, each of said attraction elements being suspended for rotation from said upper circular support tube; and means coupled to said drive shaft and to each one of said plurality of attraction elements for rotationally driving each of said attraction elements.