IP Library Granted Patent US 11,367,370
Granted Patent B2
US 11,367,370 · App. 17/152,941 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Billboard framework system for misaligned supports

Inventor: Isaac Charles Innis (Tiffin, OH)
Assignee: Formetco Incorporated
G09F15/0012G09F15/0037
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Patent No.
US 11,367,370
App. No.
17/152,941
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A billboard framework system may have a plurality of lateral adjusters adapted to be laterally adjustable on poles. The system may also have at least one frame support attached to some of the plurality of lateral adjusters where each of the frame supports may be co-planar with one another. The system may also have a generally rectangular-shaped frame structure connected to the frame supports where the frame structure is coplanar. The frame structure may have two side portions connecting an upper portion and a lower portion.

Claims (25)

1. A billboard framework system, comprising:

a plurality of lateral adjusters adapted to be laterally adjustable on poles, wherein the plurality of lateral adjusters comprise upper lateral adjusters, middle lateral adjusters and lower lateral adjusters, wherein the upper lateral adjusters are coplanar with one another, the middle lateral adjusters are coplanar with one another and the lower lateral adjusters are coplanar with one another, wherein the upper lateral adjusters, the middle lateral adjusters and the lower lateral adjusters are vertically offset from one another;

at least one frame support attached to some of the plurality of lateral adjusters wherein each of the frame supports are co-planar with one another;

a generally rectangular-shaped frame structure connected to the frame supports where the frame structure is coplanar, the frame structure comprising two side portions connecting an upper portion and a lower portion; and

at least one vertical support member, each vertical support member configured to connect between an upper and a lower lateral adjuster on the same pole, wherein the vertical support member is offset both to a side and a front of the pole while remaining parallel to the pole.

2. The billboard system of claim 1 , wherein at least some of the lateral adjusters have a C-shaped cross section from a central surface bounded by upper and lower surfaces, wherein the central surface has at least one aperture, the aperture adapted to receive a fastener therethrough to secure the central surface to the pole.

3. The billboard system of claim 2 , wherein the central surface has a plurality of axially aligned, equally spaced apertures along the length of the central surface.

4. The billboard system of claim 1 , wherein the upper and lower lateral adjusters are located on the poles so that front edge portions of upper and lower lateral adjusters are coplanar with one another.

5. The billboard system of claim 4 , wherein the frame supports are connected to said front edge portions, wherein the frame supports are angled above or below the front edge portions.

6. The billboard system of claim 5 , wherein at least some of the forward portions are coplanar with one another.

7. The billboard system of claim 1 , wherein a span is supported by one of the middle lateral adjusters, and at least one of the poles, the span extending transverse said middle lateral adjuster.

8. The billboard system of claim 7 , wherein a frame support extends at an angle from an end portion of said span.

9. The billboard system of claim 8 , wherein the frame supports are coplanar with one another.

10. The billboard system of claim 1 , wherein end portions of frame supports for middle lateral adjusters and forward portions of frame supports for upper and lower lateral adjusters are coplanar with one another.

11. The billboard system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of frame members, wherein respective frame members of the plurality of frame members are connected to portions of respective frame supports for the middle, upper and lower lateral adjusters.

12. The billboard system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one vertical support member is laterally offset from a primary axis of an adjacent pole.

13. A billboard framework system, comprising:

a plurality of lateral adjusters adapted to be laterally adjustable on poles, wherein the plurality of lateral adjusters comprise upper lateral adjusters, middle lateral adjusters and lower lateral adjusters, wherein the upper lateral adjusters are coplanar with one another, the middle lateral adjusters are coplanar with one another and the lower lateral adjusters are coplanar with one another, wherein the upper lateral adjusters, the middle lateral adjusters and the lower lateral adjusters are vertically offset from one another;

at least one frame support attached to some of the plurality of lateral adjusters wherein each of the frame supports are co-planar with one another; and

a generally rectangular-shaped frame structure connected to the frame supports where the frame structure is coplanar, the frame structure comprising two side portions connecting an upper portion and a lower portion;

wherein a span is supported by one of the middle lateral adjusters, and at least one of the poles, the span extending transverse said middle lateral adjuster, and wherein at least one frame support extends at an angle from an end portion of said span.

14. The billboard system of claim 13 , wherein at least some of the lateral adjusters have a C-shaped cross section from a central surface bounded by upper and lower surfaces, wherein the central surface has at least one aperture, the aperture adapted to receive a fastener therethrough to secure the central surface to the pole, and wherein the central surface has a plurality of axially aligned, equally spaced apertures along the length of the central surface.

15. The billboard system of claim 13 , wherein the upper and lower lateral adjusters are located on the poles so that front edge portions of upper and lower lateral adjusters are coplanar with one another, wherein the frame supports are connected to said front edge portions, and wherein the frame supports are angled above or below the front edge portions.

16. The billboard system of claim 13 , wherein the frame supports are coplanar with one another.

17. The billboard system of claim 13 , further comprising at least one vertical support member, each vertical support member configured to connect between an upper and a lower lateral adjuster on the same pole, wherein the vertical support member is offset both to a side and a front of the pole while remaining parallel to the pole.

Assignments (8)
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 28, 2025
From: FORMETCO, LLC
To: GIBRALTAR BUSINESS CAPITAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 070038/0887 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 12, 2024
From: FORMETCO, INCORPORATED
To: FORMETCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 067704/0115 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2024
From: GIBRALTAR BUSINESS CAPITAL, LLC
To: FORMETCO, LLC; AD-TECH IMPORTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 066618/0677 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2024
From: FORMETCO, LLC; AD-TECH IMPORTS, LLC
To: FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 066470/0494 →
CONVERSION Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: FORMETCO, INCORPORATED
To: FORMETCO, LLC
Reel/Frame 059369/0362 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: FORMETCO, INCORPORATED; FORMETCO FABRICATION, LLC
To: GIBRALTAR BUSINESS CAPITAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 059284/0625 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2021
From: TIFFIN METAL PRODUCTS CO.
To: FORMETCO, INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 055519/0413 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2021
From: INNIS, ISAAC CHARLES, MR.
To: TIFFIN METAL PRODUCTS CO.
Reel/Frame 054963/0440 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62979106 · Feb 20, 2020
Related Publication 20210264825A1 · Aug 26, 2021
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