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Application filed June 11,1889. Serial No. 313,930. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:.

Be it known that I, Florance J. D. Chappell, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have 5 invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flag-Staff Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates -to a holder for flagstaffs, and is designed for supporting flags to from the windows and balconies of houses and other like places.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which—

Figure 1 is a side view of one form of the 15 holder and a flag-staff. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the device on the line 2 2. Fig. 3 is a side Anew of another form of the holder, showing substantially the features seen in Fig. 1 and an additional feature. Fig. 4 is a front 20 elevation of the base of the holder shown in Fig. 3.

The letter A designates the shank of a flagstaff clamp, having a pivot-hole for a pivotbolt b. It is also provided with a segment25 shaped rack c, which is concentric with the pivot-hole. The clamp by which the flagstaff is gripped is attached to this shank A. A standard comprises two uprights d, having a pivot-bolt b, and secured to a base-plate f. 30 The said clamp-shank A has position between the two standard uprights d, and the bolt b passes through the pivot-hole in the shank, so that the latter and the flag may be tilted in a vertical plane. Each upright d has a 35 hole g, and a lock-pin g' passes through the two holes and engages with one of the notches of the segment-shaped rack c. It will be seen the clamp-shank A may be tilted on the pivot-bolt b in order to give the flag-staff the 40 desired position, and then by inserting the lock-pin g’ the said position will be maintained. The shank A, as already stated, has a clamp to grip the flag-staff h. The shank A has two concave or notched seats i, which 45 serve as one jaw of the clamp, and a hooky serves as the other jaw of the clamp and is attached to a screw-threaded bolt k, which passes freely through a portion of the shank A. A thumb-nut I on the said bolt serves to draw the two parts ij of the clamp together. 50

Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, illustrate that the clamp may be pivoted to tilt in a vertical · plane or may be fixed rigidly to the base, as in Fig. 1.

The base-plate f has a loose ring r or other 55 suitable devices for attaching cords or other fastenings of decorations, such as banners, shields, or evergreens, used on holiday occasions.