Vehicle flag system
AssigneeAuto Flag Inc.
InventorAbraham Lalo
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Abstract
A vehicle flag system includes a flag, a flag mast and a window mount. The flag mast includes a base configured to be lockingly received in a socket formed in the window mount. The mast base is formed with an axial tenon which mates with a mortise formed in the socket. A pair of spring legs project from the base parallel to the tenon and each is received within a channel formed in the socket. The spring legs include enlarged latches at their ends and the spring legs are compressed toward to the tenon when the tenon is inserted into the mortise. When the tenon seats fully in the mortise, the latches register with cut out portions of the socket wall and spring outwardly. To release the base from the socket, the latches are manually compressed toward the tenon.
Claims15
A vehicle flag system for displaying a flag from a motor vehicle, the system comprising a flag, a flag mast and a mount, the flag being secured to the flag mast adjacent an upper end thereof, the mount including socket means for receiving the mast and means for attachment to a motor vehicle, the socket means being fixed to the mount, the means for attachment including means for fixing the mount to at least a portion of the motor vehicle, the socket means including a cavity, the cavity having a noncircular transverse cross section, the mast being configured at its lower end with a mating noncircular cross section, the mast cross section being dimensioned at its lower end to be received within the cavity, the lower end of the mast being snugly received in the cavity when the flag is displayed, whereby the mast is rotationally fixed with respect to the socket and torsional forces exerted on the mast are restrained.
A vehicle flag system for displaying a flag from a motor vehicle, the system comprising a flag, a flag mast and a mount, the flag being secured to the flag mast adjacent one end thereof, the flag mast including a base adjacent the other end thereof, the mount including means for receiving the base and means for attachment to a motor vehicle, the means for receiving the base including a socket, the base including latch means for releasably locking the base in the socket, the latch means including a projection, the socket including means for receiving the projection when the base is received in the socket, whereby engagement between the projection and the means for receiving the projection precludes disengagement of the flag mast from the mount without releasing the latch means.
A vehicle flag system for displaying a flag from a motor vehicle, the system comprising a flag, a flag mast and a mount, the flag being secured to the flag mast adjacent one end of the mast, the flag mast including a base adjacent the other end thereof, the mount including means for engaging the base and means for attachment to a motor vehicle, the means for engaging the base including a socket, the socket including a cavity, the cavity being dimensioned to accommodate the base, the socket further including a channel, the base including a leg dimensioned to be received within the channel, the leg including laterally projecting latch means for releasably locking the base to the socket when the base is seated in the cavity, the channel including means for releasably receiving the latch means when the base is seated in the cavity, the engagement between the latch means and the means for receiving the latch means serving to prevent disengagement between the base and the socket when the base is seated in the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.