Patent ID: 8858353
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: A63B,G09F

Abstract:
1. A stand for a golf flagpole, the golf flagpole having a shaft having two ends, a flag secured to one end of the shaft and an adapter secured to the other end of the shaft and adapted to be received in a cup on a golf putting green and support the golf flagpole in an upright position, said stand comprising: a collar having an aperture for receiving said shaft of the golf flagpole; said collar adapted to freely rotate on the shaft; a first leg having a first end pivotably coupled to said collar and a second end opposite said first end, said first leg extending downwardly and generally parallel to the shaft in a first position when the golf flagpole is in the upright position; a base secured to said second end of said first leg; and a spring-biased latch secured to said collar and coupled to said first end of said first leg, said spring-biased latch releasably retaining said first leg in said first position when the golf flagpole is in the upright position; whereas said first leg pivots from said first position when the golf flagpole is in the upright position to a second extended position when the golf flagpole is pulled from the cup in the putting green and the flag is tipped toward the putting green; whereas said collar rotates about said shaft so that said first leg extends toward the putting green; and whereas said first leg extends generally perpendicularly from the shaft and said base supports the golf flagpole in an inclined position on the putting green.