Patent ID: 7717055

Claim:
A flagpole assembly comprising: a generally-cylindrical, hollow flagpole body having a first end, a second end, a principal central axis, an inner surface, an outer surface, an aperture disposed in the side thereof, passing from the inner surface to the outer surface along a radial axis substantially orthogonal to the principal axis and plural internal fastener receiving passages passing from the inner surface to the outer surface; opposed internal fastening plates, disposed within the flagpole body, each having an inner surface, an outer surface, and threaded fastener receiving holes, each threaded fastener receiving hole being generally aligned to an internal fastener receiving passage in the flagpole body; an external fastening plate disposed outside of the flagpole body, having an inner surface, an outer surface, an aperture having a door disposed therein and external fastener receiving passages, each fastener receiving passage being generally aligned to a corresponding fastener receiving passage in the flagpole body; plural threaded fasteners, each disposed within an external fastener receiving passage, an internal fastener receiving passage and a threaded fastener receiving hole; and a substantially rectangular winch mount having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the principal central axis of said flagpole body, an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface having a profile conforming to the flagpole body, and the inner surface being substantially planar and opposite said outer surface, the winch mount having a winch secured thereto to the inner surface and fully contained within the flagpole body, wherein the aperture is positioned at one end of the diameter of the flagpole body that is collinear with the radial axis and the winch mount is positioned at the other end of the flagpole body diameter thus opposite the aperture.