Poster Hanger System

Abstract

The current invention discloses an easy to use poster hanger system. According to the invention a support rail is attached to the ceiling. A sign support element is attached to the support rail via sign support strings. By releasing sign support strings from string cassettes locating in the support rail, the sign support element can be pulled down for attachment of the upper end of a poster along its full length to the sign support element. The lower end of the poster is optionally attached along its full length to a bottom support element. The sign can be pushed up to a desired height by pushing the sign support element up while the sign support string is rolled back onto the string cassettes.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A poster hanging system, comprising:
 a support rail attached to a ceiling or a wall and having an elongated housing, said elongated housing comprising two side walls, one bottom wall and two distal ends, said bottom wall having two holes locating at outermost quadrants of the length of the housing;
 two string cassettes being attached to the bottom wall of the housing at a distance from the distal ends being a fourth or less of the length of the housing; 
 a rotating rod extending through the string cassettes and at least two friction springs; 
   a sign support element being substantially of same length as the support rail and being attached to the support rail with two sign support strings, said strings having a first end and a second end;
 the first ends being attached to the string cassettes and the second ends being attached to the sign support element at outermost quadrants of the length of the sign support element; 
 said support strings being released from the string cassettes through the holes on the bottom walls; 
 said sign support element being a hollow rod having a longitudinal slit, and a plastic strip being inserted into the slit leaving a tight channel to snugly receive a full length of an upper end of a poster or a sign; 
   said sign support element being capable of being pulled down while the sign support strings are released from the string cassettes through the holes and pushed up while the sign support strings roll back on the string cassettes, and said sign support element being capable of holding the sign or poster at any selected height while the frictions springs prevent the string cassettes to release further string or roll backward; and   optionally a bottom support element being a hollow rod having a longitudinal slit, a plastic strip being inserted into the slit leaving a tight channel to snugly receive a full length of a bottom end of a poster or a sign.   
     
     
         2 . The poster hanging system of  claim 1 , wherein the support rail has one or more metal bolts attached to the bottom wall and the sign support element has equaling number of magnets at corresponding locations, whereby the support element when pushed up to touch the support rail is secured with the magnets and metal bolts. 
     
     
         3 . The poster hanging system of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom support element is substantially of the same length as the support rail and the sign support element. 
     
     
         4 . The poster hanging system of  claim 1 , wherein the support rail is attached to the ceiling with two hanging wires at a distance from the distal ends being one fourth or less of the full length of the support rail. 
     
     
         5 . The poster hanging system of  claim 4 , wherein the hanging wires are attached to the ceiling with hooks. 
     
     
         6 . The poster hanging system of  claim 5 , wherein the hooks are S-hooks attached to ceiling railings. 
     
     
         7 . The poster hanging system of  claim 3 , wherein the hanging wires are attached to support rail via holes. 
     
     
         8 . The poster hanging system of  claim 1 , wherein the sign support element has a pull down/push up hook. 
     
     
         9 . The poster handing system of  claim 8 , wherein the hook is slideably attached to the support element. 
     
     
         10 . The poster hanging system of  claim 1 , wherein the support rail has three string cassettes and three friction springs. 
     
     
         11 . The poster hanging system of  claim 1 , wherein the support rail and the sign support element are made of aluminum. 
     
     
         12 . The poster hanging system of  claim 1 , wherein the support rail and the sign support element are made of plastic. 
     
     
         13 . The poster hanging system of  claim 1 , wherein the sign support strings are nylon. 
     
     
         14 . A poster hanging system, comprising:
 a support rail attached to a ceiling or a wall and having an elongated housing, said elongated housing comprising two side walls, one bottom wall and two distal ends, said bottom wall having two holes locating at outermost quadrants of the length of the housing and at least one metal bolt;
 two string cassettes being attached to the bottom wall of the housing at a distance from the distal ends being a fourth or less of the length of the housing; 
 a rotating rod extending through the string cassettes and at least two friction springs; 
   a sign support element being substantially of same length as the support rail and being attached to the support rail with two sign support strings, said strings having a first end and a second end;
 the first ends being attached to the string cassettes and the second ends being attached to the sign support element at outermost quadrants of the length of the sign support element; 
 said support strings being released from the string cassettes through the holes on the bottom walls; 
 said sign support element being a hollow rod having a longitudinal slit, and a plastic strip being inserted into the slit leaving a tight channel to snugly receive a full length of an upper end of a poster or a sign; 
 said sign support element further having at least one magnet, each magnet locating correspondingly with at least one metal bolt on the bottom wall of the support rail housing; 
   said sign support element being capable of being pulled down while the sign support strings are released from the string cassettes through the holes and pushed up while the sign support strings roll back on the string cassettes, and said sign support element being capable of holding the sign or poster at any selected height while the frictions springs prevent the string cassettes to release further string or roll backward; and   a bottom support element being a hollow rod having a longitudinal slit, a plastic strip being inserted into the slit leaving a tight channel to snugly receive a full length of a bottom end of a poster or a sign.