Patent ID: 8006420

Claim:
A retractable banner display system kit comprising: a pair of end caps each including a central support element having an inner aspect adapted to releasably engage to and disengage from, without requiring tools, a respective end of a retractable banner canister and a pair of legs extending from opposite sides of the central support element, whereby to selectively support different retractable banner canisters, the central support element having oppositely disposed first and second side edges outboard of the inner aspect and defining a plane therebetween adapted to extend generally transverse to said canister when engaged therewith, each of the pair of legs being foldably coupled to respective ones of the first and second side edges of the central support element and extending when unfolded generally in the plane, and extending when folded generally transverse to the plane and spaced apart whereby to extend generally astride respective opposite surfaces of said canister when the central support is engaged therewith, the end cap further comprising first and second axles coupling the first and second legs, respectively, to the central support element; and a pole support having gripping structure adapted to releasably engage to and disengage from a central aspect of a retractable banner canister whereby a pole mounted to the pole support can hold in an extended state a banner from a said retractable banner canister to which the pair of end caps is engaged.