Patent ID: 7748340

Claim:
An officiating flag apparatus, comprising, in combination: a cylindrical air pump having a pump first end and a pump second end; an air fitting selectively disposed within the pump first end; a cylindrical chamber within the pump; an air pressure gauge affixed exteriorly to the pump, the gauge in communication with the chamber; a sealed shaft slideably disposed within a chamber orifice of the chamber, the shaft having a shaft first end and a shaft second end, the shaft first end disposed within the chamber; a plunger disposed on the shaft first end; a seal slideably sealing the plunger within the chamber; a cylindrical handle having a handle first end and a handle second end, the handle first end affixed to the shaft second end; a stop disposed on the handle first end, the stop movably abutting the pump second end; a threaded cap selectively fitted to the handle second end; a lidded compartment disposed within the pump handle; a flag fitted exteriorly to the pump, the flag having a banner connected to a wrap, the wrap at least partially encircling the pump, the wrap having a cutout, the cutout providing visual and physical access to the air pressure gauge.