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An apparatus and related methods includes a base attached to an upright structure (such as a street light pole), a mounting bracket that releasably engages the base while supporting a hanging banner, and an install adapter that releasably holds the mounting bracket and banner until the mounting brac

An apparatus and related methods includes a base attached to an upright structure (such as a street light pole), a mounting bracket that releasably engages the base while supporting a hanging banner, and an install adapter that releasably holds the mounting bracket and banner until the mounting bracket attaches to the base. A removal adapter facilitates disengaging the mounting bracket and banner from the base. The mounting bracket and install adapter (and removal adapter) are attached to a pole and engage (and disengage) remotely and without using separate fasteners, thus allowing a worker to install (or remove) banners high on the upright structure while standing on the ground. The base and mounting bracket have tapered shapes that wedgingly engage, secured by a spring-biased friction retainer. The install adapter and removal adapter have structures that facilitate remote install and removal of the mounting bracket from the base.

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1. An apparatus for hanging a banner on an upright structure, comprising: a base configured for attachment to the upright structure;a mounting bracket with vertically-oriented opposing edge flanges constructed to vertically releasably engage the base while supporting the banner; andan installation t

1. An apparatus for hanging a banner on an upright structure, comprising: a base configured for attachment to the upright structure;a mounting bracket with vertically-oriented opposing edge flanges constructed to vertically releasably engage the base while supporting the banner; andan installation tool including an install adapter with edge-flange-engaging sections constructed to interlockingly vertically engage and releasably carry the mounting bracket but release when the mounting bracket is secured to the base. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the edge flanges and edge-flange-engaging sections of the base and the mounting bracket form mating connectors constructed to engage and later disengage without using separate loose fasteners. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the install adapter includes carrying structure for engaging and holding the mounting bracket during an install, but configured to release the mounting bracket after the install. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, including a pole tool, the install adapter being mounted on an end of the pole tool. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, including a removal adapter also mounted to the end of the pole tool. 6. An apparatus for removing a banner hung on an upright structure, comprising: a base configured for attachment to the upright structure;a mounting bracket engaging the base and supporting the banner, the mounting bracket including a retainer-biasing spring and a spring-biased retainer movable supported on the mounting bracket and configured to releasably interlockingly secure the mounting bracket to the base; anda removal adapter including a retainer-engaging member constructed to engage the retainer on the mounting bracket to release the mounting bracket from the base; the base and the removal adapter each being constructed to engage and disengage the mounting bracket without using separate loose fasteners. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the installation tool includes a pole supporting the install adapter. 8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the pole is telescopingly extendable, and the at least one install adapter is mounted on an end of the pole opposite a handle of the pole. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mounting bracket includes a retainer engaging the base to positively retain the mounting bracket to the base in an installed position. 10. An apparatus for hanging a banner on an upright structure, comprising: a base having first flanges to receive a band retainer for attaching the base to the upright structure and having second flanges defining a bracket-holding cavity;a mounting bracket having a mating portion shaped to wedgingly fit into the bracket-holding cavity and having a friction-generating retainer for holding the mounting bracket to the base, the retainer having a shaft slidably supported on the mounting bracket and an enlarged head on the shaft, and the mounting bracket also having a rod-supporting structure for supporting a banner-carrying rod; andan install adapter constructed to hold the mounting bracket during installation into the bracket-holding cavity, and constructed to then release the mounting bracket once the retainer frictionally engages the base. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the friction-generating retainer includes a spring-biased locking member, and including a removal tool with a finger constructed to engage the locking member to release the mounting bracket from the base. 12. A method for hanging a banner on an upright structure, comprising: providing a base configured for attachment to the upright structure;providing a mounting bracket with a retainer supported on the mounting bracket for movement between bracket-locked position and a bracket-released position, and a retainer-biasing spring constructed to cause the retainer to securely but releasably engage the base while the mounting bracket is supporting the banner on the base;providing an install adapter constructed to releasably hold the mounting bracket and then release when the mounting bracket is secured to the base;attaching the mounting bracket to the install adapter and then using the install adapter to install the mounting bracket to the base with the retainer securely interlockingly engaging the base without using separate fasteners; anddisengaging the install adapter from the mounting bracket. 13. A method for installing a banner hung on an upright structure, comprising: providing a base with vertically-oriented opposing flanges, and a banner-carrying mounting bracket with mating flanges adapted to engage the opposing flanges of the base; andusing a pole-mounted install adapter to engage and carry the mounting bracket, then cause the mating flanges of the mounting bracket to vertically interlockingly engage the opposing flanges of the base without using separate loose fasteners, with the install adapter releasing the mounting bracket after the mounting bracket is attached to the base. 14. A method for removing a banner hung on an upright structure, comprising: providing a base and a banner-carrying mounting bracket attached to the base, the mounting bracket including a retainer and a biasing spring that biases the retainer from a release position toward a bracket-interlocked position; andusing a pole-mounted removal adapter to engage and move the retainer to the release position to release the mounting bracket and then to remove the mounting bracket from the base. 15. An apparatus for hanging a banner on an upright structure, comprising: top and bottom bases each configured for attachment to the upright structure in a vertically spaced relationship;top and bottom mounting brackets each constructed to releasably engage an associated one of the bases while supporting the banner in a vertical installed position where the banner defines a vertical dimension; andan installation tool including first and second install adapters carried at a spaced dimension different than the vertical dimension, each of the first and second install adapters being constructed to releasably and simultaneously carry the banner along with the top and bottom mounting brackets, respectively, but constructed to individually release as the mounting brackets are sequentially secured to the associated top and bottom bases at a spacing equal to the vertical dimension. 16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the top and bottom bases and the top and bottom mounting brackets include vertically-oriented mating flanges. 17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the mating flanges define a dovetail-shaped connection. 18. An apparatus for hanging a banner on an upright structure, comprising: a base configured for attachment to the upright structure and having vertically-oriented bracket-supporting flanges; anda mounting bracket having banner-supporting structure and including base-engaging mating flanges constructed to releasably engage the bracket-supporting flanges of the base in a vertical direction while supporting the banner;one of the base and the mounting bracket including a retainer supported for movement in a non-vertical direction and configured to interlockingly engage the other of the base and mounting bracket to releasably retain them together. 19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the retainer includes a slidably-supported shaft and an enlarged head on one end of the shaft to facilitate operating the retainer. 20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the retainer includes a locking tip, and wherein the other of the base and the mounting bracket includes a plurality of interlock features selectively engageable by the tip, with each of the plurality of interlock features defining a different adjusted position of the mounting bracket on the base, whereby the mounting bracket can be adjustably secured in any of the different adjusted positions on the base. 21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein interlock features define different vertically-aligned holes on the base.