Flexible base assembly

Claim 1

AN ANTENNA MOUNT FOR SUBMARINES COMPRISING: A GUIDE BAR HAVING A BALL MEMBER ON EACH END THEREOF AND AN ABUTMENT MOUNTED THEREBETWEEN; EACH OF SAID BALL MEMBERS SECURED IN A SOCKET MEMBER COMPRISING A FIRST CAP MEMBER PROVIDED WITH A SOCKET PORTION FOR RECEIVING SADI BALL MEMBER AND A SECONND CAP MEMBER FOR RETAINING SAID BALL MEMBER IN SAID FIRST CAP MEMBER; FIRST AND SECOND SLIDING SLEEVE MEANS SLIDABLY SURROUNDING SAID GUIDE BAR, EACH OF SAID SLIDING SLEEVE MEANS BEING MOUNTED ON EITHER SIDE OF SAID ABUTMENT, EACH OF SAID SLEEVES HAVING A SHOULDER FORMING AN ABUTMENT AT ONE OF ITS ENDS; A SPRING MEMBER CONCENTRICALLY MOUNTED AROUND SAID FIRST AND SECOND SLEEVE MEMBERS BETWEEN SAID SHOULDERS ON SAID SLEEVES FOR BIASING SAID SLEEVES AGAINST SAID SECOND CAP MEMBERS; SAID SECOND CAP MEMBERS AND SAID SHOULDERS HAVING MATING CURVED SURFACES IN ENGAGEMENNT WITH EACH OTHER SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR TILTING MOVEMENT OF SAID SOCKET MEMBERS WITH RESPECT TO SAID GUIDE BAR; AND SAID ABUTMENT ON SAID GUIDE BAR HAVING A RADIAL EXTENT WHICH EXCEEDS THE INNER DIAMETER OF THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID SLIDING SLEEVE MEMBERS THEREBY RESTRAINING THE DEGREE OF TILT OF THE SOCKET MEMBERS RELATIVE TO THE GUIDE BAR.