ANTENNA MOUNTING BRACKET
First Claim
1. A mounting bracket for interconnecting a television antenna to the upper end of an open vent pipe of the plumbing of a house and the like, comprising a tubular mandrel member having a first open end provided with a first plurality of flexible spaced-apart finger portions adapted and arranged to receive and encompass the mast of said antenna and a second open end arranged and adapted to be slidably inserted into said upper end of said vent pipe, said mandrel member further having a sidewall aperture located between said open ends of said mandrel member, a generally cyliNdrical bell-like member concentrically disposed about said mandrel member between said second open end thereof and said sidewall aperture and having a smaller end fixedly closed about the exterior of said mandrel member and a larger end provided with a second plurality of flexible spaced-apart finger portions spaced from and about the exterior surface of said mandrel member and extending toward said second open end thereof, first clamping means disposed about said first open end of said mandrel for squeezing said first plurality of finger portions together about the longitudinal axis of said mandrel member, and second clamping means disposed about said larger end of said bell member for squeezing said second plurality of finger portions together about the exterior surface of said mandrel member, said mandrel member further having a stop portion located adjacent said sidewall aperture therein and within the interior of said mandrel member.
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Abstract
A mounting bracket is provided which is adapted to support a television antenna and the like, and which is further adapted to be secured in the vent pipe of a house. The bracket may be composed of a tubular member having its upper end adapted to slidably receive and grippingly engage the mast of the antenna, and having its lower end adapted to be slidably inserted in the upper end of the vent pipe. A downwardly directed bell member or the like is fixed circumferentially about the mandrel, and is further provided with fingers which extend downwardly about the outside of the upper end of the vent pipe, and which may be squeezed together to secure the mandrel to the vent pipe.
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6 Claims
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1. A mounting bracket for interconnecting a television antenna to the upper end of an open vent pipe of the plumbing of a house and the like, comprising a tubular mandrel member having a first open end provided with a first plurality of flexible spaced-apart finger portions adapted and arranged to receive and encompass the mast of said antenna and a second open end arranged and adapted to be slidably inserted into said upper end of said vent pipe, said mandrel member further having a sidewall aperture located between said open ends of said mandrel member, a generally cyliNdrical bell-like member concentrically disposed about said mandrel member between said second open end thereof and said sidewall aperture and having a smaller end fixedly closed about the exterior of said mandrel member and a larger end provided with a second plurality of flexible spaced-apart finger portions spaced from and about the exterior surface of said mandrel member and extending toward said second open end thereof, first clamping means disposed about said first open end of said mandrel for squeezing said first plurality of finger portions together about the longitudinal axis of said mandrel member, and second clamping means disposed about said larger end of said bell member for squeezing said second plurality of finger portions together about the exterior surface of said mandrel member, said mandrel member further having a stop portion located adjacent said sidewall aperture therein and within the interior of said mandrel member.
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2. The mounting bracket described in claim 1, wherein said stop portion located internally and adjacent said sidewall aperture in said mandrel member supports said mast portion of said antenna inserted into said first open end of said mandrel member.
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3. The mounting bracket described in claim 2, wherein said first and second flexible finger portions of said mandrel and bell-like members are relatively resilient in character.
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4. The mounting bracket described in claim 3, wherein said smaller end of said bell-like member is arranged with said mandrel member and adapted to limit any insertion of said second opposite end of said mandrel member into said open upper end of said vent pipe.
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5. The mounting bracket described in claim 4, wherein said stop portion of said mandrel member is located between said sidewall aperture therein and said first plurality of finger portions composing said first open end of said mandrel member.
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6. The mounting bracket described in claim 5, wherein said sidewall aperture is located in said mandrel member to provide intercommunication between the ambient atmosphere and the interior of said mandrel member and the upper open end of any vent pipe receiving said mandrel member.
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