Antenna window bracket

• US 8,928,549 B2
• Filed: 04/24/2012
• Issued: 01/06/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HD Frequency, Inc. (SiliconDust USA Inc.)
• Original Assignee: HD Frequency, Inc. (SiliconDust USA Inc.)
• Inventors: McDonnell, Joshua M.
• Primary Examiner(s): MANCUSO, HUEDUNG XUAN CAO
• Application Number:
  US13/454,646
• Publication Number:
  US 20120268341A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 343/859, 343880-883, 343/803, 343/725
• US Class Current: 343/895
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1207 for fastening a rigid aerial element
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/1221 onto a wall

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a portable antenna window bracket that securely supports a satellite dish or other over the air type antenna outside a window without the need to drill into or make permanent physical attachment to the window or structure surrounding the window. The portable antenna bracket allows an antenna mounted thereon to be positioned beneath the window, thereby maintaining a clear and unobstructed view through the window. An extender is provided with an antenna receiver and a bridge on distal and proximal ends of the extender, respectively, as well as an interior support of the bridge positioned opposite the extender. An extender support is also provided with first and second edges, with the second edge adapted to abut a surface beneath the window, to support antenna weight and stabilize the antenna bracket.

Claims

1. A portable antenna bracket that does not damage a window in which the bracket is temporarily installed, comprising:

a flat triangular shaped extender positioned perpendicular to and beneath a window and having an antenna receiver on a distal end thereof;

a bridge at a proximal end of the extender;

an interior support of the bridge positioned opposite the extender, the interior support extending the width of an inner window sill;

two extender supports,

wherein each extender support has a first edge and a second edge, with the second edge adapted to abut a surface beneath a window within which the bridge is installed to support the weight of an antenna, regardless of size or shape; and

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wherein the antenna bracket allows positioning of an antenna beneath the window so as to not impede a line of sight of a building occupant out of the window.

2. The portable antenna bracket of claim 1, wherein the first edge and the second edge of the extender supports are substantially perpendicular, and the second edge comprises rubber non-marring pads.

3. The portable antenna bracket of claim 1, wherein the flat triangular shaped extender is provided at a first level,

wherein the bridge includes a first edge provided at the first level and a second edge provided at a second level,

wherein a predefined elevation separates the first level of the first edge from the second level of the second edge, and

wherein the bridge includes a channel having a depth of the predefined elevation.

4. The portable antenna bracket of claim 3, wherein the first edge and the second edge of the bridge are substantially parallel.

5. The portable antenna bracket of claim 3, wherein a sill of the window is positioned in the channel of the bridge when the antenna bracket is installed in the window.

6. The portable antenna bracket of claim 3, wherein the flat triangular shaped extender has three sides, with the first edge of the bridge being substantially parallel to the first side of the extender, and second and third sides of the extender supporting respective first edges of the extender supports.

7. The portable antenna bracket of claim 5, further comprising elongated slots on the second side and on the third side of the extender to variably position respective extender supports.

8. The portable antenna bracket of claim 1, wherein the antenna receiver includes a hollow tube vertically positioned within which a mast of an antenna or satellite dish is mounted into the top or bottom of the hollow tube.

9. The portable antenna bracket of claim 8, wherein the hollow tube of the antenna receiver reversibly receives the antenna mast into the bottom of the hollow tube to position an antenna mounted therein beneath the sill of the window within which the bridge is installed.

10. The portable antenna bracket of claim 1, further comprising a balun mounted on the underside of the extender to provide an electrical connection between an antenna mounted in the antenna receiver and a television.

11. The portable antenna bracket of claim 10, wherein the electrical connection between the balun and the television is provided by a flat coaxial cable.

12. The portable antenna bracket of claim 10, further comprising a bridge extension that includes a passage for the coaxial cable.

13. The portable antenna bracket of claim 1, further comprising an antenna mast configured to be reversibly positioned within the antenna receiver.

14. The portable antenna bracket of claim 1, further comprising a compass fixed on the extender for directional positioning of an antenna rotatably attached to the antenna mast.

15. The portable antenna bracket of claim 1, further comprising tighteners on the interior support to tighten the first bridge edge on the window sill to create an airtight seal when the window is closed.

16. A portable antenna bracket comprising:

a flat triangular extender having an antenna receiver on a distal end thereof, wherein the antenna receiver includes a hollow tube within which a mast of an antenna or satellite dish is reversibly positioned so as to not impede a line of sight of a building occupant out of the window;

a bridge at a proximal end of the extender;

an interior support of the bridge opposite the extender, the interior support extending the width of an inner window sill;

two triangular shaped extender supports,

wherein each of the extender supports have a first edge and a second edge, with the second edge adapted to abut a surface beneath a window within which the antenna bracket is positioned without damaging the surface.

17. The portable antenna bracket of claim 16, wherein the flat triangular extender is provided at a first level,

wherein the bridge includes a first edge and a second edge, with the first edge provided at the first level and the second edge provided at a second level, and

wherein a predefined elevation separates the first level of the first edge from the second level of the second edge.

18. The portable antenna bracket of claim 16, wherein the antenna receiver reversibly receives the antenna mast by receiving the antenna into the bottom of the hollow tube or by receiving the antenna into the top of the hollow tube and rotating the tube.

19. The portable antenna bracket of claim 16, further comprising tighteners on the interior support to tighten the first bridge edge on the window sill to create an airtight seal when the window is closed.

20. The portable antenna bracket of claim 16, the bridge further comprising on a bridge upper surface a pair of vertical risers widthwise adjustable to accommodate a bottom edge of the window.