JPH1039815A - Flag stopper of banner - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold a flag always in a spread state so that this flag can surely exhibit its functions by providing the upper part of a pole with an upper flag stopper which is mounted rotatably with the pole and vertically immovably and supports the upper side of the flag and a lower flag stopper which is mounted rotatably with the pole and vertically immovably at the intermediate part in the longitudinal direction of the pole and supports the lower side of the flag. SOLUTION: The upper flag stopper 3 and lower flag stopper 7 which support the upper and lower part of the flag and are made ratable and vertically immovable are disposed at the top end and the intermediate part in the longitudinal direction of the pole 1. At the time of assembling the flag, a ring body 10 and annular body 12 are assembled to the stopper body 8 of the lower flag stopper 7 and in this state, the stopper body 8 and the stopper body 9 are inserted into the pole 1 in place. The stopper body 9 is then inserted and screwed into the respective detaining pieces 82 of the stopper body 8. The ring body 5 is assembled to the insertion part 41 of a supporting body 4 disposed at the upper flag stopper 3 and this insertion part 41 is inserted in this state into the pole 1. The detaining parts 51 of the respective detaining pieces 52 are detained to the detaining holes 1a of the pole 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a flag for a banner used as a sign in a store, an event hall, an exhibition hall, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 5 (a), this type of banner has a cylindrical pole 1 and a flag 2 provided with characters and marks. Also, at the upper end of the pole 1,
A rod-shaped support A is inserted and attached, a horizontal rod B is inserted and supported on the support A, and a plurality of loop pieces 2a are sewn to the upper part and one side of the flag 2, respectively. By inserting the loop piece 2a into the pole 1 and the horizontal rod B, the flag 2 is supported by the pole 1 in a spread state.

[0003]

However, according to the above-mentioned climb, when a strong wind blows, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the flag 2 moves upwards of the pole 1 with the loop piece 2a. And the entire flag 2 becomes wrinkled, and cannot function as a sign. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 2C, the support A may be detached from the pole 1 or the horizontal rod B may come off from the support A.

[0004] The purpose of the present invention is, even if strong winds blow,
To provide a flag stop that can reliably function as a sign by keeping the flag in an extended state without removing various parts from the pole and without the flag wrapping around or blowing up the pole. It is in.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a flag for a climber according to claim 1 is provided on an upper portion of a pole, the upper portion of a flag being rotatable with respect to the pole but not vertically movable. An upper flag stopper for supporting the flag and a lower flag stopper for supporting a lower side of a flag attached to the pole so as to be rotatable but not vertically movable at a longitudinally intermediate portion thereof.

According to the above construction, the upper flag stopper and the lower flag stopper are respectively attached to the pole so as to be rotatable and unable to move up and down, and the upper and lower portions of the flag are supported via the respective flag stoppers. Therefore, even if a strong wind blows, the flag is rotated while fluttering in the wind direction by each flag stopper without being blown up and becoming wrinkled, and is always kept in an expanded state. Therefore, the function as a marker is reliably exhibited. Further, since each stopper is supported by the pole so as not to be able to move up and down, it is not detached by a strong wind or the like.

[0007] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the lower flag stopper comprises a cylindrical stopper body inserted into the pole and a cylindrical stopper body which is fastened therearound to fix the stopper body to the pole. A ring body is rotatably attached to the stopper body, and a stopper for locking the lower side of the flag is provided on the ring body. According to this configuration, when the flag is subjected to a strong wind, the ring body rotates around the stopper body via the flag, while the stopper body cannot move vertically on the pole via the stopper body. Since the flag is fixed, the lower flag stopper does not move freely with respect to the pole, and the flag is always kept in an extended state while fluttering by the wind. Also,
Insert the stopper main body at any position in the vertical direction of the pole and tighten the stopper around the main body to easily fix the lower flag stopper to the desired position on the pole according to the vertical length of the flag it can. Therefore, any flag of different length can be used.

[0008] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the upper flag stopper comprises a support member comprising an insertion portion inserted into the upper end portion of the pole and a main body portion located on the upper side of the pole at the time of insertion. A horizontal rod supporting the upper side of the flag is attached to the main body, a ring body having an engagement piece is rotatably attached to the insertion portion, and the engagement piece is locked in a locking hole provided in the pole. By doing so, the upper flag stopper is supported on the pole so that it can rotate but cannot move up and down. According to this configuration, when the flag receives a strong wind, the horizontal rod supporting the upper side of the flag receives a rotational force in the wind direction, and accordingly the entire support rotates with respect to the ring body, On the other hand, since the ring body is fixed to the pole via the engagement piece, the flag is always kept in an expanded state without the upper flag stopper being detached from the pole. In addition, the upper flag stopper can be easily attached to the pole by inserting the insertion part of the support inward from the top of the pole and locking the engaging piece provided on the ring body to the locking hole of the pole. it can. Therefore, the ease of attachment of the lower flag stopper to the pole is improved, and the usability is improved.

Further, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention,
A horizontal hole is provided in the main body of the support, a horizontal rod having a plurality of recesses formed therein is freely inserted through the horizontal hole, and a lid member is screwed into the main body. A protruding piece that locks to the projection is provided. According to this configuration, since the projecting piece of the lid member is locked in the recess of the horizontal rod, even if a strong force such as a strong wind is applied to the flag, the horizontal rod does not come out of the main body, and the horizontal rod is It is securely supported on the support, that is, on the pole side. In addition, the projecting length of the horizontal rod from the pole is secured by screwing the lid member and inserting and removing the horizontal rod into and out of the horizontal hole, and locking the protrusion of the lid member to an arbitrary recess provided in the horizontal rod. Because the height can be adjusted, any flag of different width can be used.

[0010]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention; As shown in FIG. 1, a pole 1 and a flag 2 having a plurality of loop pieces 2a sewn on an upper portion and one side portion are provided. The difference between the present invention and the conventional one is that an upper flag stopper 3 that supports the upper and lower portions of the flag 2 but cannot move up and down is provided at the upper end portion and the middle portion in the longitudinal direction of the pole 1. And the lower flag stopper 7 are provided. These stoppers 3, 7 are mainly formed of synthetic resin.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the upper flag stopper 3 has a support 4 for inserting and supporting a horizontal rod 20 for supporting the upper side of the flag 2. The support 4 is smaller than the inner diameter of the pole 1 and is inserted into the upper end of the pole 1. The support 4 is larger than the inner diameter of the pole 1 and is positioned at the upper end of the pole 1 when the insert 41 is inserted. And a cylindrical main body 42.

A C-shaped ring member 5 having a split groove 50 is rotatably attached to the insertion portion 41, and locking portions 51 are provided at a plurality of outer peripheral portions of the ring member 5 at the tip. An elastic engagement piece 52 is integrally formed. Meanwhile, Paul 1
Are provided with a plurality of locking holes 1a corresponding to the respective engagement pieces 52. Then, the insertion portion 41 is inserted into the pole 1, and the locking portion 51 of each engaging piece 52 is elastically locked in each locking hole 1 a of the pole 1. The upper end is rotatable but not vertically movable. In the embodiment shown in each of the drawings, a step 41 a larger than the diameter of the ring body 5 is integrally formed at the lower end of the insertion portion 41, and this step 41 is formed.
The ring body 5 is prevented from being pulled out by the main body part 42a.
Further, the step portion 41a is provided with a tapered surface 41b having a smaller diameter on the lower side and a larger diameter on the upper side. If you do this,
When the ring body 5 is attached to the insertion portion 41, the ring body 5 can be easily inserted between the step portion 41a and the main body portion 42 by pushing the ring body 5 from below under the tapered surface 41b.

The main body 42 of the support 4 is formed with a rectangular lateral hole 43 extending in the radial direction. On the other hand, the horizontal rod 20 is formed in a rectangular rod shape that can be freely moved through the horizontal hole 43, and a plurality of recesses 21 are provided on the upper surface side of the horizontal rod 20. Further, a screw portion 42a is provided on the upper side of the main body portion 42, and a cap-shaped lid member 6 having an internal screw 6a that can be screwed to the screw portion 42a is formed. By screwing, the lid member 6 is attached to the main body 4.
Attach to 2. In the center of the upper wall of the lid member 6, the horizontal rod 2 is protruded downward from a through hole 42 b provided in the main body 42.
A protruding piece 61 to be engaged with the 0 recess 21 is protruded. In the embodiment of FIG. 3, a plurality of ridges 62 extending in the vertical direction are formed on the outer surface side of the lid member 6 to facilitate the screwing operation of the lid member 6.

The lower flag stopper 7 is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a cylindrical stopper main body 8 which is inserted into a longitudinally intermediate portion of the pole 1 and a stopper which is inserted and fitted into the pole 1. By fastening around the fixture body 8, the stopper body 8 is
And a cylindrical stopper 9 fixed to the main body.

More specifically, the stopper main body 8 is provided with a large-diameter flange portion 80 at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction, and a plurality of engagement members which are elastically deformable through a notch groove 81 extending vertically in the upper portion thereof. A notch 82 is formed, and a screw portion 83 is formed around the lower portion. In addition, an inner screw 91 that can be screwed into the screw portion 83 of the stopper body 8 is formed on the lower inner surface of the stopper 9.

In the embodiment shown in each of the drawings, the entirety of each locking piece 82 is formed so that the upper side has a smaller diameter, and the stopper 9
Is formed in a frusto-conical cylindrical shape that can be inserted into each locking piece 82. In this way, the stopper body 8 and the stopper 9 are inserted into the pole 1 and the stopper 9 is attached to the stopper body 8.
When the inner screw 91 is screwed into the screw portion 83 by being inserted into each of the locking pieces 82, the upper side of each of the locking pieces 82 is elastically deformed radially inward, and these locking pieces 82 are Therefore, the lower flag stopper 7 can be strongly fixed to the pole 1. In the embodiment of FIG.
A plurality of ridges 92 extending in the vertical direction are formed on the outer surface side of the stop member 9 to facilitate the screwing operation of the stopper 9.

A cylindrical portion 84 provided below the flange portion 80 of the stopper body 8 has a C-shaped groove formed with a split groove 10a.
A rotatable ring body 10 is rotatably mounted on the outer periphery of the ring body 10 and a loop piece 2 located at the bottom of the flag 2
A stop 11 made of a clip for locking a is provided. Further, in the embodiment of each figure, the annular body 12 is screwed to the lower end side of the cylindrical portion 84, and the annular body 12 and the flange portion 80 prevent the ring body 10 from being pulled out of the cylindrical portion 84. .

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. When assembling the banner, the ring body 10 and the annular body 12 are attached to the stopper body 8 of the lower flag stopper 7, and the stopper body 8 and the stopper 9 are poled in accordance with the vertical length of the flag 2. 1, the stopper 9 is inserted and screwed into each locking piece 82 of the stopper body 8 at an arbitrary position in the vertical direction. Then, each locking piece 82 is elastically deformed radially inward,
The lower flag stopper 7 is attached to the pole 1 in a vertically immovable manner with the locking pieces 82 biting into the outer surface of the pole 1 so that the ring body 10 is rotatable.

In a state where the ring 5 is attached to the insertion portion 41 of the support 4 provided on the upper flag stopper 3, the insertion portion 41 is inserted inside the upper end of the pole 1 so that the ring 5
The engaging portion 51 of each engaging piece 52 provided in the above is engaged with the engaging hole 1a of the pole 1. Then, the ring body 5, that is, the pole 1
The upper flag stopper 3 is attached to the pole 1 immovably up and down with the whole support 4 rotatable with respect to the side.
Further, the horizontal rod 20 is inserted into the horizontal hole 43 of the main body 42 exposed at the upper end of the pole 1 while adjusting the width of the flag 2 so that the horizontal rod 20 can be moved in and out. The cover member 6 is screwed, and the protrusion 61 is locked in the recess 21 of the horizontal rod 20.

After assembling the flag stoppers 3 and 7 to the pole 1 as described above, the loop piece 2a sewn to the upper part and one side of the flag 2 is inserted into the pole 1 and the horizontal rod 20. Fit. At this time, the loop piece 2 a located at the lowermost part of the flag 2 is locked to the stopper 11 of the lower flag stopper 7.

In this manner, when the flag 2 receives a strong wind, the support 4 of the upper flag stopper 3 is inserted into the insertion portion 41 of the flag 2 with the horizontal rod 20 through the flag 2. The fitted ring body 5 rotates with respect to the pole 1 side, while the ring body 10 of the lower flag stopper 7 rotates with respect to the stopper body 8, that is, the pole 1 side. At this time, since the flag stoppers 3 and 7 are respectively mounted on the pole 1 so as not to be able to move up and down, the flag 2 is not blown up by a strong wind and wrinkled. It rotates while fluttering and is always kept in an expanded state.
Further, since the flag stoppers 3 and 7 are mounted on the pole 1 so as not to move up and down, they are not removed by strong wind or the like. Further, since the projection 61 of the lid member 6 is locked in the recess 21 of the horizontal rod 20, the horizontal rod 20 is not detached.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, even if a strong wind blows, the flag can be maintained in a state where the flag is always widened without various components being detached from the pole. Functions can be reliably demonstrated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an entire climber provided with a flag stopper according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the essential part with a part cut away.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of an upper flag stopper.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a lower flag stopper.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a conventional banner.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pole, 1a ... Locking hole, 2 ... Flag, 20 ... Horizontal rod, 21
... recess, 3 ... upper flag stopper, 4 ... support body, 41 ... insertion part, 42 ... body part, 43 ... side hole, 5 ... ring body, 52 ...
Engaging piece, 6 ... lid member, 61: projecting piece, 7: lower flag stopper,
8: Stopper body, 9: Stopper, 10: Ring, 11 ...
Clasp.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A flag catcher having a pole and a flag, comprising an upper flag catcher provided on an upper portion of the pole, the upper flag catcher supporting an upper side of a flag which is rotatable with respect to the pole but cannot be moved up and down. A flag catcher having a lower flag stopper for supporting a lower portion of a flag, which is attached to a middle portion in a longitudinal direction of the pole and is rotatable with respect to the pole but not vertically movable. 2. The lower flag stopper has a cylindrical stopper main body inserted into the pole, and a cylindrical stopper body tightened around the main body to fix the stopper main body to the pole. 2. The flag catcher according to claim 1, wherein the ring member is rotatably mounted, and the ring member is provided with a stopper for locking a lower side of the flag. 3. An upper flag stopper includes a support body including an insertion portion inserted into an upper end of a pole and a main body portion located on an upper side of the pole at the time of the insertion. The upper flag stopper is attached by attaching a horizontal rod supporting the side, and rotatably attaching a ring body having an engaging piece to the insertion portion, and locking the engaging piece to a locking hole provided in the pole. The flag of claim 1, wherein the pole is supported on the pole so that it can rotate and cannot move up and down. 4. A horizontal hole is provided in the main body of the support, and a horizontal rod having a plurality of recesses formed therein is freely inserted through the horizontal hole, and a lid member is screwed into the main body. 4. A flag for a climber according to claim 3, wherein a protruding piece is provided so as to be engaged with a recess of the horizontal rod.