Patent ID: 7013823

Claim:
A warning flag system for boating, wherein a rope pylon is rigidly affixed to a boat and adapted for securing a tow rope thereto, comprising: a support plate mounted to the rope pylon; a base plate affixed to the support plate including a horizontal portion and a vertical portion, wherein the vertical portion includes an arcuate opening; a lever plate pivotally connected at a proximate end thereof to the vertical portion of the base plate and having a first rope holder near the pivotal connection, a second rope holder away from the pivotal connection, and a lever arm portion located between the first and second rope holders and adapted to travel in the arcuate opening of the base plate, and wherein a warning flag is attached to the lever plate and extends from a distal end thereof; and a biasing mechanism urging the lever plate toward an upright position; wherein a tow rope is threaded through the first and second rope holders, and wherein tension on the tow rope causes the lever plate to rotate about the pivot point against the urging of the biasing mechanism with the lever arm traveling downward in the arcuate portion, and wherein the release of tension on the tow rope causes the biasing mechanism to urge the lever plate toward an upright position with the lever arm portion traveling upward in the arcuate portion.