Display panel tensioner and assemblies thereof

Details Display panel tensioner and assemblies thereof Display panel tensioner and assemblies thereof

2006-02-14

2011-10-11

Mansen, Michael R (Department: 3654)

Card, picture, or sign exhibiting

Signs

Stretched or tensioned

C474S130000, C474S110000, C248S560000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08033041

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to a display panel tensioner whereby a flexible display panel, generally of the type carrying advertising or promotional material, may be supported under tension to thereby provide a smooth and neat appearance that enhances the aesthetics of the display panel. The tensioner comprising a body having attachment formations whereby it may be secured to a support structure, a track formed in the body and receiving an elongate tensioning member that is longitudinally movable along the track between terminal positions with the tensioning member being movable in a plane generally parallel to a plane in which a display panel is to be supported thereby, resilient biasing means urging the tensioning member towards one terminal position thereof relative to the track, and attachment means for releasably attaching a display panel assembly to the tensioning member.

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