Patent ID: 6748683
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A boat antenna flag system for rotatably coupling a flag to an antenna of a boat comprising, in combination:a boat antenna having a frustroconical shape including a lower base end and an upper free end; a flag of a rectilinear configuration having a free end and a fixed end, the fixed end having a plurality of vertically spaced apertures with grommets for reinforcement purposes; a pair of bushings each with an end ring and a fixed internal diameter and external diameter; an elastic o-ring having an internal diameter less than that of the boat antenna; a one piece coupling device including a cylinder, a flange integrally extruded with the cylinder, a top end and a bottom end, the flange having a plurality of vertically spaced apertures with grommets for reinforcement purposes, the spaced apertures and grommets of the flange spaced such that corresponding grommets of the flange and the flag can be couple with attachment means, a first bushing being coupled to the boat antenna with the ring end of the bushing facing the base of the antenna and being fixed in place by the diameter of the bushing, whereby the coupling device and flag, when in combination, are positioned over the antenna and then come to rest on the first bushing, the second bushing being then threaded with the ring end facing up and secured in place by the O-ring.