US 12,451,033 B2
Adaptive billboard frame mount system
Robert Lee Franklin, Snellville, GA (US); Jonathon Christopher Adams, Hoschton, GA (US); and Brian David Jeffries, Duluth, GA (US)
Assigned to Formetco, LLC, Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by Formetco, LLC, Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/431,337.
Application 18/431,337 is a continuation of application No. 17/872,654, filed on Jul. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,900,833.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/225,770, filed on Jul. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0177636 A1, May 30, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G09F 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 15/0012 (2013.01) [G09F 15/0037 (2013.01)] 38 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adaptive billboard frame mount system for mounting to a plurality of fixedly positioned pre-existing poles, comprising:
a frame assembly comprising an upper strut and an opposed and parallel lower strut, wherein respective ends of the upper and lower struts are connected to respective opposed and parallel side struts to form a frame that positioned in a display plane that is positioned at a desired angle relative to vertical;
a plurality of mount assemblies, wherein the plurality of mount assemblies comprises a plurality of upper mount assemblies and a plurality of lower mount assemblies that are configured to be mounted to selected poles of the plurality of fixedly positioned pre-existing poles; wherein each mount assembly comprises:
a pole mount configured to be fixedly mounted to an exterior surface of a fixedly positioned pre-existing pole, comprising:
a base member defining a mounting aperture configured for receipt of a mounting bolt;
a first side member and an opposed second side member, wherein the first and second side members are positioned in a plane that is transverse to the base member, each side member having an upper portion extending outwardly away from an upper surface of the base member and a lower portion extending outwardly away from a lower surface of the base member, wherein the upper portion of each first and second side members defines a channel opening, wherein the channel opening in each first and second side members are positioned in opposition;
a channel member configured for receipt there through the respective channel openings of the respective first and second side members, wherein the respective channel openings of the respective first and second side members are dimensionally greater than the cross-sectional dimensions of the received channel member; and
an extension member.