Abstract: The subject invention is an adapter aiding in the extension of long, traditionally extending pole members, such as flag poles or pipes similar such poles or pipes, with the subject device comprising a long accordingly extending device of generally cylindrically configuration, with one end thereof having a shape in the form of a truncated conical member, while the other end has a cylindrically shaped opening which extends inside the member and wherein the longitudinally central axis of such opening is generally concentric with the longitudinally central axis of the adapter.