An apparatus and related methods includes a base attached to an upright structure (such as a street light pole), a mounting bracket that releasably engages the base while supporting a hanging banner, and an install adapter that releasably holds the mounting bracket and banner until the mounting bracket attaches to the base. A removal adapter facilitates disengaging the mounting bracket and banner from the base. The mounting bracket and install adapter (and removal adapter) are attached to a pole and engage (and disengage) remotely and without using separate fasteners, thus allowing a worker to install (or remove) banners high on the upright structure while standing on the ground. The base and mounting bracket have tapered shapes that wedgingly engage, secured by a spring-biased friction retainer. The install adapter and removal adapter have structures that facilitate remote install and removal of the mounting bracket from the base.

An external capstan winch for a closed-loop halyard is provided. The external capstan winch enables the closed loop halyard whose ends are interconnected by a tension device facilitating positive raising and lowering of the an object attached to the halyard. The external capstan winch includes a drive/latching assembly for selectively raising and lowering the flag connected to the halyard without the need for weights. The external capstan winch provides a spool with peripheral cleats for grabbing the halyard as the capstan spool revolves relative to its winch, preventing the halyard from getting twisted and tangled, and as a corollary eliminating the need for a cleat halyard system.

A smart banner display includes a home base that includes a rotating scroll shaft that raises and lowers a planar member for display. The banner display further includes a controller that communicates with the scroll shaft for actuating the rotation. Various other features may be included to further enhance the smart banner display.

The Centrally Controlled and Scheduled Automatic Flagpole System offers a fully compliant raising and lowering of flags at dawn, dusk and inclement weather as well as automatically positioning flags at half and full mast as deemed by state, federal or territory laws or executive order. When flags are not able to be flown; the flag will store within the storage box. Those questioning why flag is or is not at half-mast will be informed by a beacon or email distribution list.

A device for illuminating a flag includes a truck that includes a bearing with an outer race portion. A lighting frame is affixed to the outer race portion so that it rotates with the outer race portion in a direction of the flag as it moves. The lighting frame includes a cylindrical portion terminating in a flat segment bottom portion and a planar surface intersects the cylindrical portion. A first pair of lighting elements is mounted on the planar surface of the lighting frame to cast a beam of light outwardly and downwardly to illuminate the flag when due to windy conditions. A second pair of lighting elements is mounted on the flat segment. Each of the second pair of lighting elements casts a beam of light that extends downwardly and parallel to the flagpole to illuminate the flag when the flag hangs downwardly due to non-windy conditions.

Systems and methods of positioning a flag on a flagpole, including a movement mechanism attached to the flagpole, a power source configured to provide power to the movement mechanism, a halyard mechanism coupled to the flag and the movement mechanism to move the flag along the flagpole, and a control unit configured to selectively actuate the movement mechanism to position the flag at a predetermined location of the flagpole according to instructions communicated to the control unit from a centralized controller.

The present disclosure relates to a ladder-mountable storage device for storing and retractably deploying a flag. The flag can be displayed on the end of a ladder to warn onlookers. If used on the end of a ladder extending from a vehicle, the flag warns drivers to keep a safe distance, for example. The ladder-mountable storage device can also be attached to the top of ladders placed alongside buildings and other structures.

Flag mount bracket system for improved installation of a flag into a bracket safely from ground level without the need for a ladder comprising a spring tension mount or ratchet mount and a specialized raising and lowering pole.

Flag mount bracket system for improved installation of a flag into a bracket safely from ground level without the need for a ladder comprising a spring tension mount or ratchet mount and a specialized raising and lowering pole.

The present invention relates to a fag hoisting pole with key characteristics in that a rainwater adhesion suppressing rod is installed at a top end of a flag hanging steel bar provided with an upper fixed structure P and a lower rotating structure Q to execute a rotation method, so as to inhibit a surface adhesion phenomenon of a large flag wet in the rain while minimizing an adhesion area thereof, and at the same time, an adhesion part becomes a starting point for inducing ventilation into the adhesion part, whereby a speed of unfolding the large flag from the surface adhesion part thereof to the original state can be maximized.