US 12,230,166 B2
Systems and methods of positioning a flag on a flagpole
William R. Wight, Kingsport, TN (US)
Filed by William R. Wight, Kingsport, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/907,871.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/864,712, filed on Jun. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0402431 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. G09F 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC G09F 17/00 (2013.01) [G09F 2017/0025 (2013.01); G09F 2017/005 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system of positioning a flag on a flagpole, comprising:
a movement mechanism attached to the flagpole;
a power source configured to provide power to the movement mechanism;
a halyard mechanism coupled to the flag and the movement mechanism to move the flag along the flagpole; and
a control unit configured to selectively actuate the movement mechanism to drive the halyard mechanism to position the flag at a predetermined location of the flagpole according to instructions communicated to the control unit from a centralized controller;
wherein the system further comprises a cover, a cleat mount, a chassis and a motor, the cover defining a slot extending along a longitudinal direction and passing through the perimeter of the cover; the slot configured to receive the cleat mount, and wherein the cleat mount is configured to be mounted on a flag pole; the motor mounted on a first surface of a chassis opposite a second surface of the chassis; the second surface facing the sprocket such that the motor and sprocket are axially aligned with respect to one another along a horizontal rotational axis of the motor and sprocket;
wherein the halyard mechanism includes a sprocket and a halyard, wherein said halyard includes a periodic textured pattern configured to reciprocally pass through the sprocket without slippage, and wherein the control unit is configured to track movement of the flag based on the periodic textured patter of the halyard.