Flag pole holder

Claim 1

A flagpole holder intended to be removably mounted to tree trunks, telephone poles, and the like, comprising: a rigid base plate comprising a flat plate formed of metal and having a top portion of a general rectangular configuration formed along one edge contiguous with a lower portion of a smaller sized generally rectangular configuration, the base plate having a flat front surface, a flat back surface, a top edge, a bottom edge, and opposed side edges, the base plate further comprising a pair of identical transversely spaced apart vertically extending openings disposed in the top portion adjacent the top edge and a pair of substantially identical transversely spaced apart vertically extending openings disposed in the bottom portion adjacent the bottom edge thereof; a pair of flexible strap retaining members operatively associated with the base plate and adapted to secure the base plate to a side of the supporting tree trunk, the straps being defined by a pair of separate identical flat rectangularly elongated flexible bands each having a buckle affixed to one end thereof and each provided with a plurality of latitudinally aligned spaced apart apertures in the opposite end thereof, each strap intended to be passed through a pair of associated openings in the base plate and to circle the supporting tree trunk with a selected one of the apertures brought into registration with the buckle to be secured thereby to removably retain the base plate mounted to the tree trunk with the back surface of the base plate in engagement with the tree trunk; and a sleeve forming socket member affixed to the base plate and projecting upwardly and outwardly therefrom and adapted to removably receive therein the terminal end of a flagpole or mast to removably support the same therein for display purposes, the sleeve forming socket member being defined by a hollow open-ended sleeve body member having side walls, a back portion, a bottom end and a top end, a slot extending completely through the side walls between the top and the bottom end thereof, the bottom end of the sleeve body member diametrically opposed from the slot being flattened to provide a mounting surface disposed in juxtaposition with the base plate front surface on the bottom portion thereof and being welded thereto such that the sleeve body member projects upwardly and outwardly from the base plate at an angle thereto such that the top end of the sleeve forming socket member overlies a top central portion of the top portion of the base plate, a pair of identical diametrically opposed rectangularly shaped openings disposed through each of the side walls intermediate the slot and the back portion of the sleeve body member and extending between the top and bottom ends of the sleeve body member, and a cylindrical shaped ring member disposed normal to the axis of the sleeve body member and extending from the back portion completely through the rectangularly shaped openings and across the slot to define a supporting bracket for removably engaging a portion of the flagpole mast inserted thereinto.