Apparatus for mounting of antennas on boats

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING ANTENNAS ON BOATS COMPRISING A CLAMPING MEMBER ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN ANTENNA ROD, A HOUSING, HAVING TWO PARALLEL SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED SIDE WALLS, MEANS SECURING SAID HOUSING TO THE BOAT, A PIVOT BOLT MOUNTED IN SAID EXTENDING ACROSS SAID HOUSING, A FIRST SHAFT ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN AND EXTENDING ACROSS SAID HOUSING AND SECURED TO SAID CLAMPING MEMBER FOR ROTATION WITH THE LATTER, AN ARM KEYED TO SAID FIRST SHAFT AND HAVING A CROSS-PIN SECURED TO THE FREE END OF SAID ARM, A FIRST END MEMBER PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID CROSS-PIN, SAID FIRST END MEMBER HAVING A FIRST CYLINDRICAL EXTENSION, A NUT HAVING INNER THREAD SECURED INSIDE SAID CYLINDRICAL EXTENSION AT THE FREE END OF THE LATTER, A SECOND SHAFT DISPOSED LONGITUDINALLY AND ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING, SAID SECOND SHAFT HAVING AT ONE OF ITS ENDS AN OUTER THREAD COMPLEMNTARY TO THE INNER THREAD OF SAID NUT AND ADJACENT ITS OTHER END A WORM, A REVERSIBLE ELECTRIC MOTOR SECURED TO SAID HOUSING AND HAVING A MOTOR SHAFT CARRYING A WORM GEAR MESHING WITH SAID WORM, A GEAR BOX RECEIVING SAID WORM GEAR AND SAID WORM AND HAVING A SECOND CYLINDRICAL EXTENSION TELESCOPING WITH SAID FIRST CYLINDRICAL EXTENSION, A SECOND END MEMBER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BOLT AND SECURED TO SAID GEAR BOX, AND SWTICHING MEANS ADAPED TO BE MOUNTED ON THE DASHBOARD OF THE BOAT, IN ORDER TO LIFT AND TILT, RESPECTIVELY, THE ANTENNA ROD BY MEANS OF SAID REVERSIBLE MOTOR.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING ANTENNAS ON BOATS COMPRISING A CLAMPING MEMBER ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN ANTENNA ROD, A HOUSING, HAVING TWO PARALLEL SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED SIDE WALLS, MEANS SECURING SAID HOUSING TO THE BOAT, A PIVOT BOLT MOUNTED IN SAID EXTENDING ACROSS SAID HOUSING, A FIRST SHAFT ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN AND EXTENDING ACROSS SAID HOUSING AND SECURED TO SAID CLAMPING MEMBER FOR ROTATION WITH THE LATTER, AN ARM KEYED TO SAID FIRST SHAFT AND HAVING A CROSS-PIN SECURED TO THE FREE END OF SAID ARM, A FIRST END MEMBER PIVOTALLY SECURED TO SAID CROSS-PIN, SAID FIRST END MEMBER HAVING A FIRST CYLINDRICAL EXTENSION, A NUT HAVING INNER THREAD SECURED INSIDE SAID CYLINDRICAL EXTENSION AT THE FREE END OF THE LATTER, A SECOND SHAFT DISPOSED LONGITUDINALLY AND ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING, SAID SECOND SHAFT HAVING AT ONE OF ITS ENDS AN OUTER THREAD COMPLEMNTARY TO THE INNER THREAD OF SAID NUT AND ADJACENT ITS OTHER END A WORM, A REVERSIBLE ELECTRIC MOTOR SECURED TO SAID HOUSING AND HAVING A MOTOR SHAFT CARRYING A WORM GEAR MESHING WITH SAID WORM, A GEAR BOX RECEIVING SAID WORM GEAR AND SAID WORM AND HAVING A SECOND CYLINDRICAL EXTENSION TELESCOPING WITH SAID FIRST CYLINDRICAL EXTENSION, A SECOND END MEMBER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BOLT AND SECURED TO SAID GEAR BOX, AND SWTICHING MEANS ADAPED TO BE MOUNTED ON THE DASHBOARD OF THE BOAT, IN ORDER TO LIFT AND TILT, RESPECTIVELY, THE ANTENNA ROD BY MEANS OF SAID REVERSIBLE MOTOR.