Removable telescopic antenna

Claim 1

A RADIO ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE HAVING AN APERTURED PLATE-LIKE HORIZONTAL SUPPORT FOR MOUNTING THE ASSEMBLY, COMPRISING A FIXTURE INCLUDING A HOUSING HAVING A CYLINDRICAL, HOLLOW BOTTOM PORTION AND A HEAD EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARD OF SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION AT THE UPPER END THEREOF, SAID HEAD HAVING AN ANNULAR SURFACE AT ITS UNDERSIDE EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARD OF SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION AND SURROUNDING THE SAME, A RECEPTACLE IN SAID HOUSING, SAID HEAD HAVING AN OPENING AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID RECEPTACLE TO RECEIVE A TUBULAR ANTENNA SECTION, AND A RESILIENT INSULATING JACKET SURROUNDING SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION OF THE HOUSING, SAID JACKET HAVING A FIRST ANNULAR FLANGE ABUTTING THE ANNULAR SURFACE AT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HEAD, A SECOND ANNULAR FLANGE SPACED AXIALLY FROM THE FIRST FLANGE BY A CYLINDRICAL NECK EQUAL IN AXIAL LENGTH TO THE THICKNESS OF SAID PLATE-LIKE SUPPORT, A CYLINDRICAL SECTION SURROUNDING A LOW PART OF THE CYLINDRICAL PORTION OFTHE HOUSING, AND A CONICAL SECTION CONNECTING THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID SECOND FLANGE WITH SAID CYLINDRICAL SECTION OF THE JACKET TO DEFINE A SPRINGY SUPPORT FOR THE FIXTURE AND TO FACILITATE MOUNTING OF THE FIXTURE IN THE APERTURE OF SAID PLATE-LIKE SUPORT, SAID RECEPTACLE HAVING DETEND MEANS FOR DETACHABLY ENGAGING ONE END OF A TUBULAR ANTENNA SECTION INSERTABLE ENGAGING THE OPENING IN THE HEAD OF THE HOUSING, SAID HOUSING HAVING AN AXIAL BORE, SAID RECEPTACLE BEING SLIDABLY DISPOSED IN SAID BORE, SAID OPENING IN THE HEAD BEING DEFINED BY A SHOULDER CONSTRICTING ONE END OF THE BORE AND RETAINING THE RECEPTACLE IN SAID BORE, AND A COIL SPRING IN SAID BORE NORMALLY SUPPORTING SAID RECEPTACLE AT SAID SHOULDER IN THE ABSENCE OF SAID TUBULAR ANTENNA SECTION.