Multiband television antenna with multiband parasites

Claim 1

IN AN ANTENNA ARRAY FOR OPERATION OVER A FREQUENCY RANGE INCLUDING WIDELY SEPARATED FREQUENCIES BEARING RATIO OF AT LEAST TWO-TO-ONE, A PARASITIC DIRECTOR ELEMENT HAVING OPPOSITELY EXTENDING ELONGATED CONDUCTIVE ARMS, EACH SAID PARASITIC ELEMENT ARM BEING CAPACITIVELY COUPLED AT ITS INNER END TO THE INNER END OF THE OTHER ARM OF SAID PARASITIC ELEMENT, EACH SAID ARM HAVING ONE UPWARDLY EXTENDING AND ONE DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING CONDUCTIVE BRANCH SECTION COMPRISING AN ELONGATED WIRE LOOP, EACH SAID CONDUCTIVE BRANCH SECTION BEING JOINED CONDUCTIVELY WITH ITS RESPECTIVE ARM AT A POINT SUBSTANTIALLY DISPLACED FROM THE MIDPOINT OF SAID ARM TOWARD THE OUTER END THEREOF AND EXTENDING AT AN ACUTE ANGLE WITH THE INNER PORTION OF SAID ARM, EACH SAID BRANCH SECTION TERMINATING SHORT OF THE VERTICAL PROJECTION OF THE INNER END OF ITS RESPECTIE ARM, SAID ARMS COOPERATING WITH SAID BRANCH SECTIONS TO FROM A LOW FREQUENCY PARASITIC ELEMENT AND SAID BRANCH SECTIONS FORMING HIGH BAND PARASITIC ELEMENTS.