Parking meter advertising device
First Claim
1. An advertising box adapted to be attached to a post, said advertising box comprising:
- a pair of similarly-shaped, flexible flat panels, each panel including a four-sided center section hingedly connected along a top edge to an upper member, along a bottom edge to a lower member and along each side edge to a side member, wherein said upper, lower and side members are foldable inwardly about said center section and contact along adjacent edges to form an open-sided, half-box assembly;
means for fastening together said upper members, said lower members and opposite side members of two half-box assemblies to form a unitary structure about said post; and
means on said upper and lower members for accommodating the shape of said post therebetween.
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Abstract
An advertising box which can be attached to a post, such as a parking meter support post, comprises a pair of similarly-shaped, flexible flat panels, each panel including a four-sided center section hingedly connected along respective edges to an upper, lower and pair of side members that fold inwardly about the center section and contact along adjacent edges to form an open-sided, half-box assembly. The upper members, lower members and opposite side members of two-half box assemblies are fastened together with rust-resistant rivets to form a unitary structure about the post. The upper and lower members each include a U-shaped notch formed of a pair of spaced sides and a semicylindrical basin for accomodating a cylindrical post therebetween. The unitary structure is secured to the post with a banding clamp; two mounting brackets positioned about 180° apart on the clamp; and a pair of bolts having security heads and sized to fit within threaded apertures in the mounting brackets.
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20 Claims
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1. An advertising box adapted to be attached to a post, said advertising box comprising:
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a pair of similarly-shaped, flexible flat panels, each panel including a four-sided center section hingedly connected along a top edge to an upper member, along a bottom edge to a lower member and along each side edge to a side member, wherein said upper, lower and side members are foldable inwardly about said center section and contact along adjacent edges to form an open-sided, half-box assembly; means for fastening together said upper members, said lower members and opposite side members of two half-box assemblies to form a unitary structure about said post; and means on said upper and lower members for accommodating the shape of said post therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18)
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10. An advertising box which is attached to an elongated, vertical post, said advertising box comprising:
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a pair of similarly-shaped, flexible flat panels, each panel including a four-sided center section hingedly connected along a top edge to an upper member, along a bottom edge to a lower member and along each side edge to a side member, with said upper lower and side members folded inwardly about said center section until adjacent edges contact to form an open-sided, halfbox assembly; means for fastening together said upper members, said lower members and opposite side members of two half-box assemblies to form a unitary structure about said post; means on said upper and lower members for accommodating the shape of said post therebetween; and means for securing said unitary structure to said post. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19)
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20. An advertising box which is attached to an elongated, vertical post, said advertising box comprising:
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a pair of similarly-shaped, flexible flat panels, each panel including a four-sided center section hingedly connected along a top edge to an upper member, along a bottom edge to a lower member and along each side edge to a side member, with said upper, lower and side members folded inwardly about said center section until adjacent edges contact to form an open-sided, half-box assembly; means for fastening together said upper members, said lower members and opposite side members of two half-box assemblies to form a unitary structure about said post; means on said upper and lower members for accommodating the shape of said post therebetween; and means for securing said unitary structure to said post, said securing means including a banding clamp surrounding and attached to said cylindrical post, a pair of mounting brackets positioned about 180°
apart on said banding clamp, each mounting bracket having at least one threaded aperture extended therethrough, and a plurality of bolts, each bolt having a security head and sized to fit within said threaded apertures in said mounting brackets, with each side member having at least one aperture through which said bolts of said securing means extend.
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