Patent ID: 7637046

Claim:
A flexible message panel system supported for display by a supporting rib, comprising: a flexible message panel; an end cap having rail members and defining a first passageway for receiving an end of the supporting rib; a flexible, resiliently extendable tether having a free end secured to the end cap and an opposed, second end secured to the flexible message panel; a hinge having first and second hinge parts joined end-to-end and each having an attachment for securement to the flexible message panel; the first and the second hinge parts having rail components that are engageable with the end cap rail members and that together form a substantially continuous rail path for confining the end cap to sliding movement along the rail path; and the end cap and the tether cooperating to define a first bridging position with the end cap bridging the first and the second hinge parts to prevent substantial hinged movement between the first and the second hinge parts and a second non-bridging position allowing substantial hinged movement between the first and the second hinge pans.