US1121510A

US1121510A - Flagstaff.

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Publication number: US1121510A
Application number: US82735414A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank H Kinney
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-03-26
Filing date: 1914-03-26
Publication date: 1914-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 1931-12-15

Description

F. H. KINNEY.

FLAGSTAFF.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.26, 1914.

I 1,121,510. Patented Dec. 15,1914.

WITNESSES I/VJ/E/VTOR 1 7-0276 will? 1/ By W I ATTORNEYS 'HE NORRIS PETERS CO, PHOTU-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D. c

' 'FRANK H. mmy, or HEMLOCK, NEW YORK.

FLAGSTAFF.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FRANK H. KINN Y, a citizen of the United-States, andaresident of Hemlock, in the county of Livingston and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Flagstaff, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion.

My invention relates to a novel flagstafl' constructed of telescoping sections to be distensible, or to be collapsed into small compass, the tubular base member constituting a container for the other collapsed sections.

The uppermost section of the staff carries a member which constitutes in the collapsed condition of the stafl', a cap for the base section or container, and said member and the base section have co-acting means for receiving a fastening billet.

The invention has special reference to" a flagstaff adapted for use on railroads, and

I provision is made on the base section, and

in connection with the top member of the h cap section, for tying theupper and lower ends of a plurality of signal flags, as for instance, red, yellow and green flags. Between the top and bottom tying-means for the flags, sliding rings are provided for connection with the respective flags.

The invention will bemore particularly explained in the specific description following.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. 1

Figure 1 is a side elevation with parts in 2 section, representing the stafl in the distended position and indicating a portion of a flag thereon; Fig. 2 is a top plan view on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken adjacent to the lower end of the base section; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the staff in collapsed and fastened form.

In constructing a flagstafl' a practical embodiment of my invention is illustrated. A tubular base section 10 is provided, closed at its lower end by a base 11 in the form of a disk which extends "laterally, presenting an annular projecting flange. The section 10 is slightly tapered, as are also a plurality of tubular sections 12, which are of gradually reducedsizefrom the top to the bottom of the staff. The several sec- Specification of Lett ersllateut.

atented Dec. 15, 1914.

' Application filed March 26, 1914. "sen-aim. $27,354.

tions telescope one within another. The

upper section 12 has a disk 13 thereon, WlllCl'l'lS adapted to constitute a cap for the base section 10, as shoWn in Fig. 4:, when the stafi' is collapsed and the sections 12 brought within the said base section.

A plurality of loops 14, preferably three in number, are formed on thebase section 10 near the bottom. The said loops are integral with each other, being formed on a ring 15 within the said base section, the material of the ring being extended through the side of the base section at, different points, to form said loops, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The loops provide for receiving a tie string 17 for the lower end of a flag 16, there being in practice, provision made for three flags. An upper tie string 17 secures the upper end of each 'flag to, the disk .13, which latter is formed with threeslots 18 therein for the purpose. Between the upper and lower ends of the flag, the latter is equipped with spaced rings 19 which may slide on the stall.

It will be noted that the disk 13 is below the upper end of the top section 12 of the staff, and the extreme upper end of said top section terminates in a button 20, leaving a short shank portion 21 between the disk and the said button. The button 20 with its shank 21 is adapted to be engaged by the upper end of a fastening billet 22, and a coacting button 23 is formed or secured on the exterior of the base section 10, for securing the lower end of the billet 22 when the staff is collapsed and the disk 13 is 'in position as a closure for the top of the base section, as shown in Fig. 4.

It will be seen that the'construction provides for the ready securing of three flags, either one ofwhich may be displayed, the other two being gathered in the hand of the user, or, as will be obvious, only one flag may be secured to one staff, and three geparate staffs employed for the separate ags.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim asnew, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent:

1. A flagstafi' comprising telescoping sections, the base section forming a container 'for the other sections, and the top section having a member forming a cap for. the base section, and means for securing the cap in place, said means consisting of a button on the top section above the cap member, a

button on the base, and a billet to engage lcops constituting means to secure a plural- 10 said buttons. 7 Y 4 ity of flags at the top and bottom thereof; 2. A flagstafi' comprising telescoping sec- In testimony whereof I have signed my tions, the top section having a disk to cenneine to this specification in the presence of v stitute aclosnre of the base section, the disk tw'c subscribing Witnesses.

having a plurality of slots in angular r'ec FRANK H. K IN NEY. lation; andf ai ing'in the base section'fcrnied Witnesses: with a plurality of integml. hope at the I lmmr meme ontside of the base section, the slots and JOHN HOYKE'NDALL.

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