Patent ID: 7293523
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for supporting flags at an erected position, said apparatus comprising: a housing having a plurality of monolithically connected planar walls defining an enclosed cavity therebetween, a top one of said walls having a plurality of annular holes formed therein and equidistantly spaced apart along a linear path, said housing including an anchor plate nested within the cavity and provided with a plurality of annular apertures situated subjacent the holes respectively, said anchor plate having planar top and bottom surfaces and being registered parallel to said top wall and a bottom wall of said housing, each of the apertures having a diameter equal to a diameter of the holes wherein one of the apertures is vertically and axially situated below an associated one of the holes, other ones of the apertures being inwardly offset from associated ones of the holes; a plurality of flag assemblies selectively positioned through the holes and apertures respectively such that a lower portion of said flag assemblies maintain a fixed spatial relationship after being inserted through said anchor plate, said flag assemblies being removably engageable directly with said housing, said bottom wall being provided with a plurality of apertures for directing undesirable fluids and debris out from the cavity; means for illuminating at least one said flag assemblies during operating conditions, wherein said illuminating means comprises: a switch and a fuse box electrically mated to an existing power supply source of the recreational vehicle; a light-emitting source directly mounted to a front one of said walls wherein said light-emitting source confronts a front face of at least one said flag assemblies, said light-emitting source emitting a light beam upwardly along one said shafts of said flag assemblies; and means for mounting said housing onto the recreational vehicle such that said housing confronts and abuts a rear portion of the recreational vehicle, said mounting means being removably attached directly to said housing.