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US 12,033,536 B1Granted
Tangle-free flag
OwnerStephen Moorinventor
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Abstract
A tangle free flag or banner that includes an anti-furling ballast system. The system is segmented and flexible, stitched into and sewn through the fly hem, featuring a compact design with ballast material packets of predetermined size and weight. Stitching and heat seals create a weighted-keel effect that balances expected flag-flying properties with anti-furling forces that prevent a flag from being tangled around a flagpole.
Claims23
A self-righting flag with an anti-furling ballast system, comprising:
- a ballast belt, where the ballast belt is comprised of ballast packets,
- where the ballast packets are filled with fine quartz sand,
- where the sand is packed within each packet,
- the ballast packets forming a segmented configuration in the ballast belt, where the segmentation forms hinges at predetermined locations along a fly hem,
- where the ballast belt is disposed inside the fly hem of a flag's field fabric to create a segmented configuration in the fly hem,
- where the ballast packets are sewn to be securely disposed at predetermined locations within the fly hem,
- the flag further comprising an outer envelope that surrounds the ballast packets, where the outer envelope is comprised of a fusible non-woven spunbond fabric.
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A self-righting flag, comprising:
- a flexible ballast system in a fly hem,
- where the system includes ballast packets containing ballast material,
- where the ballast material is compressed into ballast packets and not loosely arranged in a pocket or compartment, and where the ballast packets are co-joined together in a belt-like configuration,
- an outer envelope surrounding the ballast packets, where the envelope is comprised of a fusible, non-woven spunbond fabric,
- where the outer envelope is further comprised of heat-fused seams aligned with opposing ends of the ballast packets.
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A ballast system for a self-righting flag, comprising:
- an arrangement of hinges disposed within a ballasted fly hem, the hinges comprised of cojoined distal ends of a series of ballast packets,
- the ballast packets and hinges forming a ballast belt that has been securely disposed within the ballasted fly hem through stitching, and
- the hinges being formed by a series of heat-created seams.
A self-righting flag, comprising:
- a fly hem, the fly hem further comprised of a ballast belt,
- the ballast belt further comprised of an outer envelope,
- where the outer envelope is comprised of upper and lower surfaces,
- where the upper and lower surfaces are comprised of a tear resistant, non-woven spunbond fabric,
- where four rows of double lock stitching secure the upper and lower surfaces of the outer envelope within the fly hem's field fabric.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.