Locating and identifying device

A locating and identifying device comprising:

• a pole, the pole being circularly shaped when viewed longitudinally, the pole comprising fiberglass such that the pole is resiliently bendable;
• a panel coupled to and extending from the pole proximate to a first end of the pole, the panel being substantially triangularly shaped, the panel being flexible such that the panel is configured for flapping in a breeze, the panel comprising at least one of an aliphatic polyamide and a semi-aromatic polyamide such that the panel is flexible;
• and
• a coupling means coupled to a second end of the pole wherein the coupling means is configured for coupling the pole to a vehicle such that the pole extends upwardly from the vehicle positioning the panel such that the panel is viewable to a user for locating and identifying the vehicle, the coupling means being at least one of hingedly coupled and pivotally coupled to the pole, the coupling means comprising at least one of a magnetic coupler and a clamping coupler, the magnetic coupler comprising
• a plate, the plate being disc shaped,
• a magnet coupled to a first face of the plate wherein the magnet is configured for removably coupling the plate to a paramagnetic element of the vehicle, the magnet being inset into the first face of the plate,
• a tube coupled to and extending from a second face of the plate,
• a cutout positioned in the tube distal from the plate,
• a ball rotationally coupled to and positioned in the tube such that the ball is rotatable relative to the tube, the pole being coupled to and extending from the ball such that the pole is selectively positionable in a deployed configuration, wherein the pole extends substantially perpendicularly from the vehicle and the panel is configured for viewing by the user for locating and identifying the vehicle, and a stowed configuration wherein the pole is substantially parallel to a top of the vehicle,
• a hole positioned in the tube, the hole being threaded,
• a thumbscrew complementary to the hole and threadedly inserted into the hole wherein the thumbscrew is positioned for selectively tightening for frictionally coupling to the ball for fixedly positioning the pole relative to the top of the vehicle,
• a rod coupled to and extending from the ball, the rod being threaded,
• a recess extending into the pole from the second end of the pole, the recess being internally threaded such that the recess is positioned for threadedly inserting the rod for removably coupling the pole to the magnetic coupler, and
• a disk coupled to and extending radially from the rod proximate to the ball such that the disk is positioned for grasping in a hand of the user for motivating the pole between the deployed configuration and the stowed configuration.