Edge retaining graphic support arrangement
View Patent ↗A supportive edge retaining graphic display arrangement for supportively holding a display banner in a readily exchangeable manner. The arrangement comprises an elongated, generally “U”-shaped, extruded first or inner housing having an upper elongated flange, and an arrangement of opposed, spaced apart, aligned display panel engaging ribs on side walls thereof extending oppositely from a flange supporting bridge member, an outer elongated extruded outer housing having an inner channel for sliding receipt of the elongated flange of the inner housing, and a display panel having an elongated fastener member attached to an upper end thereof, wherein the elongated fastener member has a plurality of aligned engagable elements extending outwardly therefrom, the aligned engagable elements being in spaced alignment with the ribs on the inner housing for sliding longitudinal engagement therewith.
1. A method for supporting a display panel from an upper housing comprising:
forming an array of longitudinally aligned ribs within a pair of parallel opposed walls of an elongated extruded first or inner housing;
attaching an elongated fastener element onto an upper edge of the display panel;
sliding the upper edge of the display panel with the elongated fastener element thereon into the inner housing between the opposed walls having longitudinally aligned ribs therewithin, wherein the ribs and the elongated fastener each have at least one side with a corresponding engagement configuration thereon; and
sliding the elongated inner housing longitudinally within an elongated channel in an outer housing, and wherein the attaching of the elongated fastener element to the edge of the display panel occurs during a printing operation upon that display panel.
2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the elongated fastener element has a set of longitudinally aligned wedge shaped members arranged thereon.
3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the display panel has a lower edge with an elongated fastener element applied thereon.