Automatic Flag Displayer
OwnerCourtney McCutcheninventor
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Abstract
The automatic flag displayer is a weather-proof device that can be mounted and used to display a flag during appropriate times, without needing someone to manually fetch the flag and roll or unroll it. Instead, the automatic flag displayer comes with a remote control with buttons to control the necessary actions of opening or closing the rubber-sealed shutter doors where the flag is stored when not flown, lowering or raising the flag, and rolling or unrolling the flag. When the rubber-sealed shutter doors open, the flag hinge and the associated flag hinged arm can be manipulated by said remote to angle the flag out of the box. The combination of the hinge and the hinged arm provide structural support to the flag and secure it against strong winds or other hazardous weather conditions.
Claims20
A flag display system comprising:
- a flag display device comprising a flagpole, a swivel pivot attached to an end of the flagpole, a stationary portion of the flagpole adjacent the swivel pivot end and a furling portion of the flagpole received into and extending beyond the stationary portion of the flagpole;
- a housing for the flag display device, the housing comprising a swing connection to the stationary portion of the flagpole configured to allow the flagpole to extend from the housing and a flag attached to the furling portion of the flagpole;
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- a twisting motor adjacent the swivel pivot and attached to an end of the furling portion of the flagpole and configured to furl the flag and to unfurl the flag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.