Patent ID: 7823527

Claim:
A telescopic flag pole assembly comprising: a bottom segment, at least one intermediate segment, and a top segment, each of the segments comprising an elongate substantially cylindrical tube of a size to fit telescopically within the next adjacent lower tube; a sleeve assembly to facilitate telescopic movement of adjacent tubes with respect to each other, the sleeve assembly being positioned between an associated pairing of a relatively lower segment and a relatively higher segment; and wherein the sleeve assembly comprises: an upper sleeve member positioned adjacent to a top edge of the relatively lower one of the segments, the upper sleeve member including a perimeter wall; and a lower sleeve member positioned adjacent to a lower edge of the relatively higher one of the segments, the lower sleeve member including a perimeter wall; wherein the upper sleeve member and the lower sleeve member are configured to selectively engage each other such that the lower sleeve member is capable of being maintained in a static position relative to the upper sleeve member, a locking slot being defined on the upper sleeve member at position in a lower portion of the perimeter wall of the upper sleeve member, a locking tab being defined on the lower sleeve member and extending from an upper portion of the perimeter wall of the lower sleeve member, the lower sleeve member having a central longitudinal axis, a reference plane extending perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis; wherein the locking slot is defined by a slot edge of the perimeter wall of the upper sleeve member, the slot edge being inclined with respect to the reference plane, and wherein the locking tab is defined by a tab edge of the perimeter wall, the tab edge being inclined with respect to the reference plane such that rotating the upper sleeve member with respect to the lower sleeve member in a first direction engages the locking tab into the locking slot and rotating the upper sleeve member with respect to the lower sleeve member in a second direction disengages the locking tab from the locking slot.