Flag support with furl preventer

An adjustable furl-preventing banner support assembly, comprising:

• an elongate support member for alignment parallel to a base of a banner;
• a first coupling means at one end of said support member for engaging the base of a banner at a first location;
• a second coupling means at the opposite end of said support member for engaging the base of a banner at a second location spaced from said first location;
• said first and second coupling means being spaced apart on said elongate support member so as to maintain the base of a banner in substantially stretched out manner between said first and second locations when the base is engaged by said first and second coupling means;
• a deflector guide bracket for a deflector element, mounted on said support member between the ends thereof;
• said deflector guide bracket having an elongate channel therein characterized by a first channel end and a second channel end, for receiving an elongate deflector element in axially slidable relationship therewith;
• said channel in said deflector guide bracket having an angular bend between the said firs channel end and the said second channel end so that a portion of said channel at one channel end is positioned in non-parallel relationship with the portion of said channel at the other channel end;
• an elongate flexible deflector element of spring material slidably engaged in said channel;
• said deflector element having an overall axial length greater than the overall length of said channel between said first channel end and said second channel end, so that a first end of said deflector element may extend from one channel end of said channel and a second end of the deflector element may extend from the other channel end when said deflector element is slidably engaged in said channel;
• said deflector bracket being mounted to said support member with the portion of the channel at one channel end substantially parallel to said support member, so that as the first end of the deflector element is advanced axially into the deflector guide bracket, the second end of the deflector extends in non parallel relationship to the length of said support member, and the perpendicular distance from the axis of said support member to the said second end of said deflector increases correspondingly;
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• mounting means pivotably coupled to said support member at spaced apart locations proximate the opposite ends thereof, for attaching said support member to an elongate flag staff.