Patent ID: 7707960

Claim:
A flag restraint device designed for use on an existing flag or banner system, said system having a staff, with a first and second end, mounted on a horizontal or elevated plane and a flag attached to said staff by attachment means of eyelets or a banner sleeve, said flag restraint device comprising; a milled wood hinge block having a front, a back, a top, a bottom, and two sides with said bottom having a groove milled horizontally between said front and said back, said hinge block further having a drilled hole centered one inch below the top and centered between the two sides, and further milling of said hinge block side to side through the center of said drilled hole wherein dividing said hinge block and forming a clamp, said clamp being a means to attach said device to the first or second end of said staff adjacent to the attachment means of said flag; an elongated rod having a first and second end with a hole drilled in the first and second ends as an attachment means, with the first end of said elongated rod attaching to the said hinge block in the center of said milled groove thereby forming a hinge point wherein the milled groove guides the elongated rod; and a standard spring clip is attached to the second end of said elongated rod and clipped to said flag in an area adjacent to the second end of said rod, wherein said flag restraint device permits said flag to fly freely from side to side to a limit determined by the relationship of said rod and the milled groove.