Antenna mounting bracket

Abstract

Abstract THIS DISCLOSURE RELATES TO AN ANTENNA MOUNTING BRACKET ADAPTED PARTICULARLY FOR USE ON AN AUTOMOBILE AND HAVING A BASE SUPPORT FOR AN ATENNA WHEREBY THE ANTENNA IS CARRIED BY THE BASE SUPPORTED PROPERLY AND SECURELY IN POSITION. THE SUPPORTING BASE FOR THE ANTENNA MAY BE SHIFTABLY ATTACHED TO A PANEL OF THE AUTOMOBILE BODY UPON WHICH IT MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT TO DIFFERENT POSITIONS THEREON AND WITHOUT MARRING OR DEFACING IN ANY WAY THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE PANEL TO WHICH IT IS ATTACHED. THE ANTENNA SUPPORTING BASE IS SECURED TO A MARGIN OF THE PANEL OF THE BODY WHICH PANEL MAY BE SHIFTABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE, AS FOR EXAMPLE THE LID OF THE TRUNK COMPARTMENT OF AN AUTOMOBILE. THE SUP- PORTING BASE FOR THE ANTENNA IS PROVIDED WITH NOVEL SECURING MECHANISM INCLUDING A LEVER HAVING ONE END PORTION GRIPPING THE PANEL TO WHICH THE BASE IS ATTACHED AND HAVING ANOTHER PORTION CONNECTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY WITH THE SUPPORTING BASE. THIS LEVER IS SO MOUNTED AND ARRANGED THAT ANY FORCE EXERTED UPON THE BASE TENDING TO DETACH THE SAME IN ANY WAY FROM THE PANEL, IS RESISTED SO STRONGLY BY LEVERAGE REACTION FROM THE LEVER, THAT THE BASE IS HELD AT ALL TIMES FIRMLY AND SECURELY IN POSITION UPON THE PANEL.

Inventors

• 👤 Ernst H Gronlund

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