Patent ID: 6976447

Claim:
In a moving vehicle, the improvement comprising a flag holder, comprising: a) an upper fitting and a lower fitting, each including coupling means for coupling to a separate attachment location on a leading edge of a flag, banner or pennant, said leading edge having a length; b) a flagpole mounted on said vehicle and having an axis of elongation; c) said upper fitting mounted on said flagpole with an upper mounting, said upper mounting precluding said upper fitting from moving along said axis of elongation of said flagpole; d) said lower fitting being mounted on said flagpole with a lower mounting permitting movement of said lower fitting along said flagpole toward said upper fitting, said lower mounting constraining said lower fitting to move solely linearly parallel to said axis of elongation while precluding said lower fitting from rotating about said axis of elongation; e) whereby, when said upper and lower fittings are coupled to separate attachment locations on said flag, banner or pennant, and said vehicle is moving, relative wind speed above a desired threshold with respect to said flagpole causes said lower fitting to move up said flagpole toward said upper fitting, thereby causing said flag, banner or pennant to adopt a non-planar elongated U-shaped configuration reducing snapping of a trailing edge thereof remote from said flagpole.