Patent ID: 7185861

Claim:
A readily assembled and disassembled knock-down, self-supporting display unit that extends and retracts to accommodate and display a variety of display devices including banners in a variety of sizes comprising: (a) a pair of adjustable telescoping mounting members comprising upper and lower mounting members for carrying opposite ends of the display device, each of said mounting members further comprising at least two relatively movable telescoping members; (b) elongate flexible telescoping brace members, each of said brace members further comprising at least two relatively movable telescoping members for connecting to and spacing said pair of mounting members and thereby maintaining a banner carried therebetween in tension, said brace members being designed to form an X pattern; (c) a releasable locking device associated with the telescoping members of each said mounting members and said brace members to lock the respective member at a desired length; and (d) a central member adapted to retain said telescoping brace members which form therewith an X-brace system.