Patent · US Expired

Installation tool for hanging signs

US5938255A · kind A · utility

23Cited by
12References
7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 16, 1997
Grant dateAug 17, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 16, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F2007/186
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention discloses a tool to permit the support and lifting of a planar sign member to a ceiling so as to attach that sign to a ceiling support rail. The tool comprises an elongated pole having a first or lower end and a second or upper end and a frame assembly attached to the upper end of the pole. A pair of spaced apart yokes are mounted on the top side of the frame assembly. Each yoke is arranged to directionally align and hold a ceiling anchor thereon, from which anchor, sign support hooks hang, to permit a sign to be hung from the anchor upon the anchors being secured to a ceiling rail by the tool extending thereagainst.

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