Patent Application
20230377492
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The disclosure relates to flag raising devices and more particularly pertains to a new flag raising device for raising a flag up a pole using a line that can be conveniently decoupled from the pole.
The prior art relates to flag raising devices using pulleys fixed relative to a flagpole. The prior art does not relate to a flag raising device using a pulley that is removably couplable to the flagpole, which is a convenient means of modifying a flagpole that requires the line carrying the flag to be tied to the flag pole after the flag is moved to a desired position.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a top pulley rotatably coupled to a pole proximate a top end of the pole. A line is positioned to define a loop, the line frictionally engaging the top pulley and a bottom pulley and is movable about the loop. A pair of clips is coupled to the line and is positioned to be configured to be couplable to a flag. A hook is coupled to the pole proximate a bottom end of the pole and extends laterally from the pole and downward. An attachment member is coupled to the bottom pulley and positionable adjacent a saddle surface of the hook such that the line undergoes a tension force. The attachment member is also secured to the saddle surface by the tension force. The pair of clips is coupled to the line and is positioned to be configured to raise and lower the flag to a flying position and a servicing position respectively when the line moves about the loop.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A hook 36 is coupled to the pole 14 proximate a bottom end 18 of the pole 14 and is positioned to be configured to be reachable by a user standing on a mounting surface 44 adjacent to the bottom end 18 of the pole 14. The hook 36 extends 28 laterally from the pole 14 and downward. An attachment member 38 is coupled to the bottom pulley 42 and is positionable adjacent a saddle surface 40 of the hook 36. The line 20 is secured to the saddle surface 40 by a tension force undergone by the line 20 when the attachment member 38 is positioned adjacent to the saddle surface 40.
When the attachment member 38 is positioned adjacent the saddle surface 40, the bottom pulley 42 has a rotational axis oriented horizontally. The line 20 also has an inner portion 46 and an outer portion 48 when the attachment member 38 is positioned adjacent the saddle surface 40, wherein the inner portion 46 is closer to the pole 14 than the outer portion 48 and both the inner portion 46 and the outer portion 48 are substantially vertical. The pair of clips 32 are coupled to the outer portion 48 of the line 20 such that the pair of clips 32 is positioned to be configured to raise and lower the flag 34 to a flying position 50 and a servicing position 52 respectively when the line 20 moves about the loop 22.
In use, the attachment member 38 is positioned adjacent the saddle surface 40 of the hook 36 such that the line 20 is secured to the hook 36 by a tension force. The attachment member 38 can be conveniently removed from this position for repositioning of the line 20 or to easily access and service the line 20, the bottom pulley 42 or the attachment member 38.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
