Adjustable base to hold flag banners

• US 5,588,630 A
• Filed: 01/19/1995
• Issued: 12/31/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Huang Chen-Chao
• Original Assignee: Huang Chen-Chao
• Inventors: Chen-Chao, Huang
• Primary Examiner(s): Braun, Leslie A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BERRY JR, WILLIE WENDELL
• Application Number:
  US08/374,826
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: 248/514, 248/515, 248/516, 248/520
• US Class Current: 248/514
• CPC Class Codes: F16C 11/10 Arrangements for locking
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 17/00 Flags; Banners; Mountings therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2017/0066 Stands for flags

Abstract

An adjustable base to hold flag banner poles includes a base and a cylinder which can be adjusted to a certain angular degree. At the base of the cylinder a connecting table is provided for engagement with a base table with a meshing means to couple together the cylinder and the base. On the outside of the cylinder two small round loops are formed to receive and secure another small flag banner pole therein.

Claims

1. An adjustable base for holding a pair of flag banner poles, comprising:

a base including (1) a ground plate having a plurality of mounting holes formed therethrough for securement to a base surface, and (2) a base table extending orthogonally from a central portion of said ground plate, said base table having a centrally disposed first screw hole formed therethrough and a plurality of radially disposed first cogwheel teeth formed on one side thereof;

a pole cylinder adjustably coupled to said base, said pole cylinder including (1) a longitudinally extended tubular cylinder having an open upper end for receiving a first of the pair of flag banner poles therein, said tubular cylinder having a threaded opening formed through a side wall thereof adjacent said open end, (2) a first bolt threadedly engaged with said threaded opening for securing the first of the pair of flag banner poles within said tubular cylinder, (3) a connecting table extending from a lower end of said tubular cylinder, said connecting table having a centrally disposed second screw hole formed therethrough and a plurality of radially disposed second cogwheel teeth formed on one side thereof, and (4) a pair of longitudinally spaced loops formed on an external surface of said tubular cylinder for receiving a second of the pair of flag banner poles therein; and

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means for releasably coupling said connection table to said base table, said releasable coupling means including a second bolt extending through said first and second screw holes with said first cogwheel teeth facing said second cogwheel teeth and a nut threadedly engaged on said second bolt, wherein said tubular cylinder is angularly adjusted by rotation of said connection table relative to said base table and fixed thereat by tightening said nut on said second bolt.

2. The adjustable base as recited in claim 1 where said tubular cylinder includes a protrusion formed on an internal surface thereof adjacent said lower end for contacting the first of the pair of flag banner poles within said tubular cylinder and aiding in its securement therein.