Skystreamer

• US 6,289,839 B1
• Filed: 09/15/1999
• Issued: 09/18/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Isidore Flores
• Original Assignee: Isidore Flores
• Inventors: Flores, Isidore
• Primary Examiner(s): HIRSHFELD, ANDREW HOWARD
• Application Number:
  US09/396,591
• Time in Patent Office: 734 Days
• Field of Search: 116/173, 116/174, 116/28.R
• US Class Current: 116/173
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 17/00 Flags; Banners; Mountings therefor

Abstract

A flag and pole assembly in which the pole tapers from bottom to top and where the flag extends beyond the top of the pole, such that the flag and pole arch and easily move with little wind and which is visually attractive in conditions with no wind.

Claims

1. A pennant display, comprising:

a flexible elongate pole extending between a stationary base portion and an upper portion, said elongate pole able to bow in substantially any direction at said upper portion;

a pennant affixed to said elongate pole along the length of said elongate pole;

wherein the weight of said pennant causes said upper portion of said elongate pole to bend into an arch independent of any other influence when said pole is in a vertical orientation, and when in the presence of a light or moderate wind, said elongate pole bends and said pennant moves in multiple directions.

2. The display of claim 1, wherein the pennant extends beyond the upper portion of said pole.

3. The pennant display of claim 1;

wherein said pole comprises multiple pole sections connected by an elastic member to maintain said pole sections in the proper order of assembly.

4. The pennant display of claim 1, wherein said pennant extends beyond the end of said upper portion of said elongate pole.

5. The pennant display of claim 1, wherein said pennant is affixed to a substantial portion of said elongate pole.

6. The pennant display of claim 1, wherein said elongate pole is at least 20 feet long.

7. A pole and flag assembly comprising:

an elongate pole which is substantially rigid at its base and gradually tapers to a flexible portion at its tip;

a flag having a width and a length, the length being greater than the width, said flag further having a non-curvilinear leading edge along its length, said flag loosely affixed to said pole along said leading edge, with a portion of said flag extending beyond said tip of said pole;

wherein said pole is substantially straight when said flag is not affixed to said pole and, when said flag is affixed to said pole and said pole is in a vertical orientation, the upper portion of said pole bends into an arch solely due to the weight of said flag and independent of the shape of said flag, and the upper portion of said pole and said flag are free to bend in substantially all directions under the influence of the wind.

8. The assembly of claim 7, wherein the pole is made of multiple sections.

9. The assembly of claim 8, wherein said multiple sections increase in flexibility from said base to said tip.

10. The assembly of claim 8, further comprising an elastic cord disposed interior of said multiple sections to assist in assembling and securing said sections into said elongate pole.

11. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said flag is generally triangular and is provided with a sleeve along said leading edge for connection with the pole.

12. The assembly of claim 11, wherein said flag is in the shape of a right triangle.

13. The assembly of claim 11, wherein said sleeve extends along a substantial portion of said leading edge of said flag.

14. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said flag is provided with a sleeve along a substantial portion of its length for attaching said flag to said pole.

15. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said elongate pole is at least 20 feet long.

16. The assembly of claim 7, wherein said sleeve is affixed to a substantial portion of said elongate pole.