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Universal kit for spar-mounted mount for radar antenna

  • US 4,659,044 A
  • Filed: 09/26/1985
  • Issued: 04/21/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A kit for assembling a mount for a radar antenna, the mount to be attached to a spar on a sailboat or powerboat, comprising in combination:

  • (1) a base plate for supporting a radar antenna;

    (2) port and starboard side plates, each side plate including a horizontal leg and a vertical leg, a flange extending along the horizontal leg, a plurality of mounting holes defined along the vertical leg, and a plurality of connector holes defined along each side plate arranged in pairs with a connector hole in the starboard side plate aligned with a connector hole in the port side plate;

    (3) a plurality of compression tubes, there being one compression tube for each pair of connector holes in the port and starboard side plates; and

    (4) a plurality of threaded fasteners, there being one threaded fastener for each compression tube, the kit being adapted for assembling a mount to be attached to a spar along the mounting holes of the side plates with the base plate attached to the flanges of the side plates and with the compression tubes fastened between the side plates by the threaded fasteners extending through the connector holes of the side plates and the compression tubes, the compression tubes being adjusted to a length equal to the width of a spar.

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