Flagpole assembly

A flagpole assembly for mounting to a sppport, comprising:

• a hollow pole, including a base end, a tip and an exit opening at the tip, mounted to the support;
• an anchor at a chosen position along the pole;
• a winch;
• halyard having first and second ends, the first end connected to the winch, the halyard extending from the winch along the interior of the pole and through the exit opening;
• a flag having an inner edge, the inner edge having an upper end and a lower end;
• a flag support assembly including an elongate separator member and first and second guides coupled to the separator member at spaced apart positions, the inner edge of the flag secured to the flag support assembly to maintain the inner edge extended, the guides movably engaged with the halyard so the flag support assembly movably mounts the flag to the halyard to allow the flag to move freely along the halyard;
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• the halyard extending from the exit opening, past the first guide, past the second guide and to the anchor, so that winding and paying out the halyard onto and from the winch raises add lowers the flag.

A flagpole assembly comprising

• a hollow pole including a base end, a tip and an exit opening at the tip;
• a tip guide mounted to the tip of the pole;
• a winch mounted at the base end of the pole;
• a halyard having a first end, connected to the winch, and a second end, the halyard extending from the winch, along the interior of the pole, past the tip guide and through the exit opening;
• an anchor mounted to the pole at a chosen position;
• a flag having an inner edge;
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• a flag support assembly, to which the flag is removably secured at the inner edge of the flag to maintain the inner edge extended, for freely movably mounting the flag to the halyard, the flag support assembly including an elongate frame and first and second guide rollers mounted to the elongate frame at spaced apart positions, the halyard extending from the exit opening, around the first guide roller, along the elongate frame, past the second guide roller and to the anchor, the second end of the halyard being connected to the anchor;
• whereby winding and unwinding the halyard onto and off of the winch decreases and increases the length of the halyard extending from the exit opening so the flag is raised and lowered.