Combination flagstaff holder and ball hitch
OwnerLarry Wilsoninventor
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Abstract
A flagstaff holder is provided for removable attachment to a vehicle through use of a standard trailer hitch coupling. The flagstaff holder is mounted at the distal end of an adjustable length vertical support which may be raised to provide flag visibility or lowered to a storage position. Illumination means for the flag or banner is provided. A hitch ball may also be provided so that the standard trailer hitch coupling can be used without removal of the flag or flagstaff holder.
Claims6
A combination of a removably attachable and vertically extendable flagstaff holder and a ball hitch assembly connected to a standard removable horizontal trailer hitch means which can be removably inserted into a vehicle mounted receiver of the type commonly used on automobiles, sport utility vehicles and light trucks comprising:
- a flagstaff holder assembly attached to said removable trailer hitch means at a distance from the end of said hitch that is inserted into said vehicle mounted receiver;
- an extendable flagstaff holder assembly having a vertically extending fixed lower hollow post attached to said removable hitch wherein said fixed vertically extending hollow post contains a slidingly moveable upper post which fits into the fixed hollow lower post wherein said upper post and said lower post of said flagstaff holder assembly are telescopically movable relative to each other to vary the vertical height of said flagstaff holder assembly;
- a slidingly adjustable vertical tube 11, which is removably attached by insertion of a bolt or a pin means wherein said upper post and said lower post of said flagstaff holder assembly contain holes spaced such that one or more of said holes may be aligned whereby insertion of a bolt or pin means in the aligned hole created by the juxtaposition of the holes thereby creating a stable two piece flagstaff holder assembly of variable height wherein a pin or bolt means is inserted in an appropriate hole in said upper post to prevent vertical downward movement;
- a reusable compression fitting means is contained on the juncture of said upper post and said lower post;
- a reusable compression fitting means is contained on the juncture of said upper post and the inserted flag post to stabilize said flag post;
- a spot light having two or more lights is removably attached to said lower post wherein said spot light attachment point includes a hinge means whereby said spotlight can be rotated in the vertical plane;
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- a trailer hitch ball located between said fixed post and the distal end of said hitch means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.