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The system includes a protective sleeve that is lowered over a flag under the weight of a carrier ring. An arrangement of cables and control means effects raising and lowering of the protective sleeve, and positions the lowered carrier in a tilted orientation to effectively close the lower end of th

The system includes a protective sleeve that is lowered over a flag under the weight of a carrier ring. An arrangement of cables and control means effects raising and lowering of the protective sleeve, and positions the lowered carrier in a tilted orientation to effectively close the lower end of the sleeve and thereby to afford enhanced protection for the contained flag.

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[ Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:] [1.] A system for alternatively displaying and protecting a flag, comprising:a substantially vertical staff having upper and lower ends, and a longitudinal axis;means for suspending a flag adjacent said upper end of said staff to hang along

[ Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:] [1.] A system for alternatively displaying and protecting a flag, comprising:a substantially vertical staff having upper and lower ends, and a longitudinal axis;means for suspending a flag adjacent said upper end of said staff to hang along an axial portion thereof;a protective sleeve unit mounted adjacent said upper end of said staff and comprising an elongate sleeve having a longitudinal axis disposed generally coaxially with said axis of said staff, and having a mouth lying generally on a plane at the lower end of said sleeve, said sleeve being fabricated from a protective material and being compressible and extensible along said longitudinal axis thereof, said sleeve unit further comprising carrier structure of substantially rigid form and relatively large mass circumscribing said mouth of said sleeve, said sleeve and said carrier structure being so constructed, mounted, and disposed as to enable movement of said carrier structure between an elevated position adjacent the upper end of said axial staff portion, in which elevated position said sleeve is compressed to effect display of a flag supported by said means for suspending, and a lowered position adjacent the lower end of said axial staff portion, in which lowered position said sleeve is extended to substantially surround said axial staff portion and protectively enclose a flag so supported, the mass of said carrier structure being such as to promote extension of said sleeve and movement of said carrier structure toward said lowered position thereof, and said carrier structure having an opening for free passage of said axial portion of said staff therethrough, with substantial clearance therebetween in said lowered position of said carrier structure;cable-operating means; anda plurality of cables having opposite ends, each of said cables being operatively attached adjacent one of said opposite ends to said cable-operating means and being operatively attached adjacent the other of said opposite ends to said sleeve unit, said cables being disposed to support said carrier structure and to effect elevation thereof from said lowered position to said elevated position by operation of said cable-operating means, said cables and said cable-operating means being constructed and arranged so that said plane on which said mouth of said sleeve lies is substantially horizontal in said elevated position of said carrier structure, and so that said plane on which said mouth lies is substantially titled from horizontal in said lowered position of said carrier structure, the resultant tilted orientation of said mouth causing said carrier structure to close substantially upon said staff and thereby to afford enhanced protection for a flag contained within said sleeve.