Flag and staff novelty item

Claim 1

A FLAG AND STAFF NOVELTY ITEM COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HOLLOW TRANSPARENT TUBULAR STAFF OF UNIFORM CROSSSECTION, SAID STAFF BEING COMPOSED OF A TRANSPARENT STURDY SYNTHETIC PLASTIC MATERIAL, CONTENTS COMPRISING A COLUMN OF SMALL MERCHANDISE ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE STAFF, A FLEXIBLE LIMP OPAQUE FLAG HAVING ITS FLY OF SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER DIMENSION THAN ITS HOIST, MEANS ATTACHING A MARGINAL PROXIMAL END SECTION OF SAID FLAG TO SAID STAFF, SAID ATTACHING MEANS COMPRISING A ONE-PIECE FLEXIBLE HARNESS HAVING A MIDDLE SECTION ENCIRCLING AND FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING A PORTION OF THE STAFF AND HAVING FLAT END SECTIONS OVERLAPPING AND SECURED TO THE FACE OF THE FLAG, SAID MIDDLE SECTION HAVING PLURAL SPACED SLOTS CLOSED BY THE END SECTIONS, EACH SLOT HAVING A DIMENSION BETWEEN THE END SECTIONS AND TRANSVERSE TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE STAFF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME AS THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE STAFF, SAID SLOTS THEREBY EXPOSING A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF SAID STAFF PORTION AND ITS CONTENTS TO VIEW, AND CLOSURE MEANS FOR CLOSING THE ENDS OF THE STAFF, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CLOSURE MEANS BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO ALLOW SELECTIVE READY ACCESS TO SAID CONTENTS.