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A flagpole assembly includes a hollow pole and a winch at the base of the pole. A halyard is connected to the winch, extends through the hollow pole and out an exit opening at its tip. The inner edge of the flag is removably mounted to fixed positions along an elongate flag trolley to keep the inner

A flagpole assembly includes a hollow pole and a winch at the base of the pole. A halyard is connected to the winch, extends through the hollow pole and out an exit opening at its tip. The inner edge of the flag is removably mounted to fixed positions along an elongate flag trolley to keep the inner flag edge extended. The flag trolley includes an elongate U-shaped channel to which two pulleys are mounted. The halyard passes from the exit opening, around one pulley, between the legs of the channel and around the other pulley. The outer end of the halyard is fastened to a shock absorbing anchor mounted along the hollow pole. Winding and unwinding the halyard onto and from the winch causes the flag to raise and lower as the length of the halyard between the exit opening and the anchor increases and decreases. The weight of the flag trolley, with or without the flag, is sufficient to pull the halyard from the pole when the winch is unwinding the halyard. The halyard is substantially enclosed except when the flag is being raised and lowered.

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A flagpole assembly for mounting to a support comprising a hollow pole, including a base end, a tip and an exit opening at the tip, mounted to the support; an anchor at a chosen position along the pole; a winch; a halyard having first and second ends, the first end connected to the winch, the halyar

A flagpole assembly for mounting to a support comprising a hollow pole, including a base end, a tip and an exit opening at the tip, mounted to the support; an anchor at a chosen position along the pole; a winch; a halyard having first and second ends, the first end connected to the winch, the halyard extending from the winch along the interior of the pole and through the exit opening: a flag having an inner edge; first and second guides secured to the flag along the inner edge for movably mounting the flag to the halyard to allow the flag to move freely along the halyard; means for substantially fully extending the inner edge of the flag at least when the inner edge is adjacent the pole; and the halyard extending from the exit opening, past the first guide, past the second guide and to the anchor, so that winding and paying out the halyard onto and from the winch raises and lowers the flag.