Systems and methods of positioning a flag on a flagpole
OwnerWilliam R. Wightinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods of positioning a flag on a flagpole, including a movement mechanism attached to the flagpole, a power source configured to provide power to the movement mechanism, a halyard mechanism coupled to the flag and the movement mechanism to move the flag along the flagpole, and a control unit configured to selectively actuate the movement mechanism to position the flag at a predetermined location of the flagpole according to instructions communicated to the control unit from a centralized controller.
Claims17
A system of positioning a flag on a flagpole, comprising:
- a movement mechanism attached to the flagpole;
- a power source configured to provide power to the movement mechanism;
- a halyard mechanism coupled to the flag and the movement mechanism to move the flag along the flagpole;
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- a control unit configured to selectively actuate the movement mechanism to drive the halyard mechanism to position the flag at a predetermined location of the flagpole according to instructions communicated to the control unit from a centralized controller.
A method of positioning a flag on a flagpole, comprising:
- providing a movement mechanism attached to a base of a flagpole;
- providing power to the movement mechanism;
- providing a cord-like member attached to the movement mechanism and the flag;
- collecting notifications of a flag honors event;
- formatting the notifications into computer-readable instruction codes;
- communicating the instruction codes to the movement mechanism so as to actuate the movement mechanism to selectively move the flag relative to the flagpole according to details of the flag honors event.
A system of positioning a mourning ribbon on a flagpole, comprising:
- a movement mechanism attached to the flagpole, the movement mechanism being configured to reciprocally wind and un-wind the mourning ribbon relative to the flagpole;
- a power source configured to provide power to the movement mechanism;
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- a control unit configured to selectively actuate the movement mechanism to drive the movement mechanism to wind or un-wind the mourning ribbon according to instructions communicated to the control unit from a centralized controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.