Weather sensor mounting system
AssigneeCombex, Inc.
InventorsMatthew T. Murphy, Sin Ka Hong, Ryan Torgerson
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Abstract
A weather sensing system mountable on a tubular member. The weather sensing system includes a weather sensor housing including removably attached first and second housing portions. The first housing portion includes a first open channel and the second housing portion including a second open channel aligned with and opening toward the first open channel. The first and second open channels form an enclosed channel for receiving and fixing the weather sensing system to the tubular member.
Claims20
A weather sensing system mountable on a support comprising:
- a weather sensor housing including removably attached first and second housing portions,
- the first housing portion including a first open channel and the second housing portion including a second open channel aligned with and opening toward the first open channel, where the first and second open channels form an enclosed channel for receiving and fixing the weather sensing system to the support.
A method of mounting a weather sensing system on a tubular member comprising:
- aligning a first weather sensor housing portion including a first open channel along the tubular member;
- aligning a second weather sensor housing portion including a second open channel along the tubular member;
- forming an enclosed channel from the first and the second open channels around a portion of the tubular member by slidably engaging the first weather sensor housing portion with the second weather sensor housing portion;
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- fixing the second weather sensor housing portion to the tubular member in the enclosed channel.
A weather sensing system comprising:
- a post;
- a weather sensor housing including removably attached first and second housing portions,
- the first housing portion including a first open channel, the first housing portion including one of a pair of tabs and a pair of tracks positioned on opposite sides of the first open channel,
- the second housing portion including a threaded bore and a second open channel aligned with and opening toward the first open channel, the other of the pair of tabs and the pair of tracks positioned on opposite sides of the second open channel, where the first and the second open channels form an enclosed channel for receiving and fixing the weather sensing system to the post;
- a locking means including a grasping portion and a threaded shaft portion dimensioned to be received in the threaded bore of the second housing portion, the grasping portion rotatable to advance the shaft portion to draw the pair of tabs against the pair of tracks and to engage the shaft portion with the post.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.