Television receiver cabinet with pivoted vertical monopole mounted thereon

Claim 1

IN A RECEIVER FOR TELEVISION SIGNALS WHICH ARE RADIATED AS HORIZONTALLY POLARIZED SIGNALS AND BECOME REPOLARIZED PRIOR TO RECEPTION, THE COMBINATION OF A STRUCTURE FOR SUPPORTING AND FOR ENCLOSING A TELEVISION RECEIVER CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY AND A SINGLE CONDUCTIVE ROD DEVICE COOPERATING WITH SAID STRUCTURE TO FORM A RECEIVER-MOUNTEDMONOPOLE ANTENNA WHICH IS MANUALLY ADJUSTABLE FOR OPTIMUM SIGNAL RECEPTION ON EACH TELEVISION CHANNEL WITH THE RECEIVER IN FIXED POSITION FOR VIEWING, SAID STRUCTURE INCLUDING EXTERIOR WALLS AND INCLUDING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PORTION AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY AS LARGE AS AN EXTERIOR WALL DIMENSION OF THE ENCLOSING STRUCTURE AND FORMING A REFERENCE GROUND FOR SAID TELEVISION RECEIVER, SAID ROD DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE TELESCOPING SECTIONS, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID ROD DEVICE UPON SAID STRUCTURE INCLUDING A SWIVEL DEVICE POSITIONED ADJACENT TO, AND SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE OF, SAID ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PORTION, SAID SWIVEL DEVICE SUPPORTING SAID ROD DEVICE SO THAT IT EXTENDS ABOVE SAID STRUCTURE AND SO THAT IT IS POSITIONED AT VARIOUS SELECTED