ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,965, issued on June 17, was assigned to Colonial Specialty Co. Inc. (Sandy, Utah).
"Cross street banner suspension system" was invented by Paul Swenson (Sandy, Utah), Jeff Wixom (Sandy, Utah) and Bob Chavez (Sandy, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A banner support system comprising a first support pole supporting a winch, a first support line coupler, a second support line coupler, a first aperture, a first access port, and a second access port. A second support pole comprises a third anchor point, a fourth anchor point, a second aperture, and a third access port. The upper support line is coupled to the first support line coupler...