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A truck bed stake hole assembly comprising a shaft with a threaded end; a bottom plate shaped like a rectangle with a corner missing and with a threaded hole in which the threaded end is receivable; and a top plate with a downward extending post that aligns with the missing corner of the bottom plat

A truck bed stake hole assembly comprising a shaft with a threaded end; a bottom plate shaped like a rectangle with a corner missing and with a threaded hole in which the threaded end is receivable; and a top plate with a downward extending post that aligns with the missing corner of the bottom plate and with a hole slightly larger than the threaded end. To use, the shaft is placed through the hole in the top plate and threaded into the hole in the bottom plate; the bottom plate is inserted into a truck bed stake hole; the top plate rests atop the stake hole; and the bottom plate is rotated to wedge within the stake hole. To remove, the bottom plate is rotated counterclockwise until the post in the top plate acts as a stop and prevents rotation, and the assembly is then removed from the stake hole.

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What is claimed is: 1. A truck bed stake hole assembly for use in a truck bed stake hole having a length and a width, the truck bed stake hole assembly comprising: a shaft with a threaded end; a bottom plate with sides a, b, c, and d, where: sides a, b, c, and d generally comprise a rectangle with

What is claimed is: 1. A truck bed stake hole assembly for use in a truck bed stake hole having a length and a width, the truck bed stake hole assembly comprising: a shaft with a threaded end; a bottom plate with sides a, b, c, and d, where: sides a, b, c, and d generally comprise a rectangle with a corner missing, where sides a and c are generally parallel to each other and sides b and d are generally parallel to each other; side a is shorter than the length of said truck bed stake hole but longer than the width of said truck bed stake hole; side b is perpendicular to and adjacent to side a and is shorter than the width of said truck bed stake hole; side d is perpendicular to and adjacent to side a, is parallel to side b, and is shorter than side b; and side c is comprised of sections c1, c2, and c3, where: section c1 is perpendicular to and adjacent to side b, is parallel to side a, and is shorter than the length of side a; section c3 is perpendicular to and adjacent to side d, is parallel to side a, and is shorter than the length of side a; and section c2 is adjacent to sections c1 and c3 such that section c2 connects sections c1 and c3; a threaded hole in said bottom plate in which said threaded end of said shaft is threadably receivable; a top plate comprising: a top piece that is generally rectangular in shape, that has a length that is longer than the length of said truck bed stake hole, and that has a width that is wider than the width of said truck bed stake hole; and a post extending downward from said top piece; and a hole in said top plate that is slightly larger than said threaded end of said shaft; where said threaded end of said shaft extends through said hole in said top plate and through said threaded hole in said bottom plate such that: said top plate is located above said bottom plate when said shaft is oriented with said threaded end pointed downward; and said post in said top plate extends into a space defined on two sides by sections c2 and c3 of side c of said bottom plate when said top plate and said bottom plate are aligned such that the sides of said top plate that have said length that is longer than the length of said truck bed stake hole are parallel to side a and sections c1 and c3 of side c of said bottom plate, where said post is of sufficient length to act as a stop when said bottom plate is rotated relative to said top plate. 2. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 1 where the corners of said bottom plate are curved. 3. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 1 where the top plate further comprises a bottom piece that projects from the bottom of said top piece, that is generally rectangular in shape, that has sides roughly parallel to the sides of said top piece, and that has a length that is shorter than the length of said truck bed stake hole and a width that is narrower than the width of said truck bed stake hole such that said bottom piece is receivable in said truck bed stake hole, where said length is approximately equal to the length of side a of said bottom plate and said width is approximately equal to the length of side b of said bottom plate, and where said post is located in a corner of said bottom piece. 4. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 3 where the corners of said bottom piece of said top plate are curved. 5. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 3 where said post has a cross section comprised of sides p1, p2, p3, p4, and p5, where: side p1 is perpendicular to and adjacent to side p2; side p3 is perpendicular to and adjacent to side p2; side p5 is perpendicular to and adjacent to side p1; at least one of sides p3 and p5 is shorter than sides p1 and p2; and side p4 is adjacent to sides p3 and p5, where sides p1 and p2 are aligned with and located in said corner of said bottom piece of said top plate. 6. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 5, where sides p1 and p2 are of equal length and sides p3 and p5 are of equal length and are shorter than sides p1 and p2, such that sides p1, p2, p3, p4, and p5 form a square with one corner cut off. 7. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 3 where said bottom piece is laterally centered in said top plate. 8. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 1 where said threaded hole in said bottom plate is centered in said bottom plate. 9. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 1 where said hole in said top plate is centered in said top plate. 10. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 1 where said shaft further comprises a wide section located adjacent said threaded end such that said wide section has a diameter greater than the diameter of said hole in said top plate. 11. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 10 where said shaft further comprises a flagpole section adjacent to said wide section where said flagpole section is narrower than said wide section and a flag is receivable thereon. 12. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 11 further comprising a flag. 13. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 12 where said flag attaches to said flagpole section by flag connection means. 14. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 13 where said flag connection means comprises a side of said flag folded over and secured to said flag such that said side of said flag forms a sleeve into which said flagpole section is receivable. 15. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 13 where said flag connection means comprises a plurality of loops connected to said flag into which said flagpole section is receivable. 16. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 13 where said flagpole section terminates in a sphere. 17. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 16 where said sphere is removable from said flagpole section. 18. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 16 where said sphere prevents said flag connection means from disengaging from said flagpole section. 19. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 16 further comprising a snap ring, where: said flagpole section further comprises a narrow section adjacent to said sphere where said narrow section is narrower than said flagpole section; and said snap ring is shaped like a ring with a slightly larger diameter than that of said narrow section but smaller than that of said sphere and with a section of said ring missing such that said snap ring may be snapped onto said narrow section over said flag connection means to hold said flag in place on said flagpole and said sphere prevents said snap ring from sliding off said shaft. 20. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 13 where said flagpole section further comprises a plurality of flag grip barbs on said flagpole section. 21. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 20 where said each of said flag grip barbs is a pointed projection from said flagpole section. 22. The truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 20 where said flag grip barbs prevents said flag connection means from disengaging from said flagpole section. 23. A method of securing an item to a truck bed stake hole with the truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 1 comprising: inserting said threaded end of said shaft through said hole in said top plate, where said post in said top plate extends downward when said shaft is oriented with said threaded end pointed downward; threadably receiving said threaded end of said shaft through said threaded hole in said bottom plate; leaving a gap between said top plate and said bottom plate on said threaded end of said shaft; aligning said top plate and said bottom plate such that said post in said top plate extends into said space defined on two sides by sections c2 and c3 of side c of said bottom plate; inserting said assembly into said truck bed stake hole such that said bottom plate is located entirely below a lip of said truck bed stake hole and said top piece of said top plate is located on top of said truck bed stake hole; rotating said shaft clockwise such that said bottom plate rotates within said truck bed stake hole until said bottom plate becomes wedged within said truck bed stake hole and cannot be removed from said truck bed stake hole by lifting said shaft straight up without turning said shaft. 24. A method of removing an item secured to a truck bed stake hole with the truck bed stake hole assembly of claim 1 comprising: rotating said shaft counterclockwise such that said bottom plate rotates within said truck bed stake hole until said section c3 of said side c of said bottom plate comes into contact with said post in said top plate, said post prevents further rotation by said bottom plate; and lifting said shaft straight up until said assembly is clear of said truck bed stake hole.