Patent ID: 6976662

Claim:
A ceiling grid banner hanger comprising: an elongated support body having a top side, an opposed bottom side and a longitudinal axis; a first stem extending away from said top side; a first flange supported in a cantilevered manner from the first stem; a second stem extending away from said top side; a second flange supported in a cantilevered manner from the second stem, wherein said first stem is located on a first side of said longitudinal axis and said second stem is located on a second side of said longitudinal axis; a first protrusion depending from said first flange and extending toward said top side; a second protrusion depending from said second flange and extending toward said top side, wherein said first and second flange have a length defined by a maximum distance between two side edges of said first and second flange respectively and wherein said first and second protrusions each extend along all of said length of their respective flange to releasably engage an associated ceiling grid surface to resist disengagement of said elongated support body from the associated ceiling grid; a first object support flange extending away from said bottom side; and, a second object support flange extending downwardly away from said bottom side, said first and second object support flanges lying substantially in a single object support plane.