Multi-element high frequency antenna and element mounting means therefor

Claim 1

IN A HIGH FREQUENCY ANTENNA HAVING AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED TRANSVERSELY OF A SUPPORTING ROD, MEANS FOR SECURING SAID ELEMENT TO SAID ROD COMPRISING SUPPORTING MEANS HAVING AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL BODY PART ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID ELEMENT, THE WALL OF SAID BODY PART INCLUDING A GAP EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF AND A LONGITUDINAL PORTION OF REDUCED THICKNESS EXTENDING ALONG THE OPPOSING SIDE OF SAID BODY PORTION, A PAIR OF OPPOSING LEGS SECURED TO OPPOSING PORTIONS OF SAID CYLINDRICAL BODY BETWEEN SAID SLOT AND SAID PORTION OF REDUCED THICKNESS, SAID LEGS EXTENDING FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE BODY PORTIONS IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID GAP TO FORM DIVERGENT ANGLES WITH A PLANE DEFINED BY SAID GAP AND SAID PORTION OF REDUCED THICKNESS, AND A BOLT CARRIED BY SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THEREFROM BETWEEN SAID LEG IN SUBSTANTIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID PLANE WHEREUPON SAID BOLT UPON ENGAGEMENT OF A TRANSVERSE OPENING IN SAID ROD TO SECURE SAID ELEMENT SUPPORTING MEANS THERETO WILL CAUSE SAID LEGS TO ENGAGE THE ROD AND ENLARGE SAID ANGLES TO FIRMLY CLAMP THE ANTENNA ELEMENT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BODY.