IP Library Granted Patent US 8,006,453
Granted Patent B2
US 8,006,453 · App. 12/540,113 · Granted Aug 30, 2011

Hanging display system

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Patent No.
US 8,006,453
App. No.
12/540,113
Granted
Aug 30, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hanging display system is provided comprising an electrified grid system adapted for operative communication with display animation modules.

Claims (24)

1. A hanging display system, comprising:

a grid system suspended above a floor and below a drop down ceiling wherein said grid system is connected to the drop ceiling with a plurality of grid mounts;

a display module operatively securable to said grid system;

a sign proximate to said module; and

wherein the grid system is electrified and provides power to said display.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the grid system is comprised of interconnected perpendicularly aligned members.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the members are I-shaped in cross-section.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the members comprise an inner chamber having electrical supply distributed through said inner chamber.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein said electrical supply is provided by copper strips secured within said inner chamber.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein said members are electrically insulated.

7. The system of claim 2 wherein the members have periodically spaced holes to allow said modules to be in operative communication with structures above said grid.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said grid system is structurally suspended from a ceiling.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein said ceiling is a drop down ceiling.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein said grid system is structurally suspended to walls.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein said display module is suspended from structural roof members.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein said module is a hanger box.

13. The system of claim 1 wherein said module is a spot light.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein said module is a spinning motor.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein said module is a drop down power connector.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein said module is a crank motor.

17. The system of claim 1 wherein said module is a sound module.

18. The system of claim 3 wherein said module has a channel shaped to engage with said I-shaped cross-section of at least one of said members.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein said grid is an electrified grid.

20. The system of claim 19 wherein said engagement between said module and said member is an electrical engagement.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2020
From: STROMMEN HOLDINGS INC. AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO SJC DLF II P, LLC
To: PROCESS DISPLAYS LLC
Reel/Frame 052054/0876 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2016
From: PROCESS DISPLAYS LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 037400/0625 →
ENTITY CONVERSION Recorded Nov 19, 2015
From: PROCESS DISPLAYS CO.
To: PROCESS DISPLAYS LLC
Reel/Frame 037148/0132 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 1, 2015
From: PROCESS DISPLAYS LLC
To: SJC DLF II-P, LLC
Reel/Frame 036742/0501 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2013
From: ANDERSON, RICK
To: PROCESS DISPLAYS
Reel/Frame 031181/0296 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61188810 · Aug 13, 2008
Related Publication 20100037533A1 · Feb 18, 2010