Antenna mount system

An antenna mount system configured to mount an antenna on a mast to a vehicle, comprising:

• a base plate configured to be mounted to the vehicle;
• an attachment fastener selectively coupled to the base plate and configured to secure the base plate to the vehicle;
• an articulated elbow carried by the base plate, and comprising:
• a lower mount carried by the base plate;
• an upper mount pivotally coupled to the lower mount;
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• an axle coupled between the upper and lower mounts;
• the upper mount being selectively pivotal about the axle with respect to the lower mount and the base plate through a plurality of discrete angular orientations, comprising:
• a raised orientation in which the upper mount is raise upright and configured to deploy the antenna on the mast;
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• a lowered orientation in which the upper mount is lowered with respect to the raised orientation and configured to retract the antenna on the mast;
• a locking knob carried by the articulated elbow and slidable along the axle towards and away from the articulated elbow, the locking knob having at least two positions, comprising:
• a locked position towards the articulated elbow;
• and
• an unlock position away from the articulated elbow;
• a spring carried by the axle and positioned between the locking knob and a head of the axle and biasing the locking knob towards the articulated elbow and into the locked position;
• at least one locking pin carried by the locking knob and slidable with the locking knob between the locked and unlocked positions;
• a radial array of bores formed in the articulated elbow and arrayed about the axle, each bore being selectively engageable by the at least one locking pin to lock the upper mount with respect to the lower mount;
• a mast bore formed in the upper mount configured to be coupled to an end of the mast;
• a stabilizer arm configured to extend between the vehicle and the mast, the stabilizer arm comprising:
• an enlarged head at a proximal end of the stabilizer arm configured to engage the vehicle;
• a yoke at a distal end of the stabilizer arm, the yoke having a pair of arms with a gap sized and shaped to receive the mast therebetween and an opening into the gap between distal free ends of the pair of arms sized smaller than a cross-sectional dimension of the mast;
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• the arms of the yoke being flexible and elastic and configured to separate to increase a size of the opening to receive the mast therethrough and return to decrease the size of the opening to retain the mast in the gap;
• the articulated elbow having a retracted height between the base plate and an axis of the mast bore formed in the upper mount in the lowered orientation;
• the stabilizer arm having an arm height parallel to the retracted height of the articulated elbow between the base plate and an axis of the gap;
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• the arm height of the stabilizer arm being greater than the retracted height of the articulated elbow configured to induce a cantilevered spring force in the mast extending between the mast bore of the articulated elbow and the opening of the stabilizer arm.

An antenna mount system configured to mount to a vehicle, the system comprising:

• an antenna;
• a coaxial cable operatively couplable to the antenna;
• a mast having a proximal threaded end and a distal end couplable to the antenna, the mast having a hollow therethrough to receive the coaxial cable;
• a side-exit adaptor having proximal end, a distal threaded bore couplable to the threaded end of the mast, a lateral aperture, and a hollow extending from the distal threaded bore to the lateral aperture to receive the coaxial cable therethrough;
• an upper mount with a mast bore couplable to the proximal end of the side-exit adaptor to carry the mast;
• a lower mount pivotally coupled to the upper mount;
• an axle coupled between the upper and lower mounts;
• the upper mount being selectively pivotal about the axle with respect to the lower mount through a plurality of discrete angular orientations, comprising:
• a raised orientation in which the upper mount is raised upright with the antenna elevated on the mast;
• and
• a lowered orientation in which the upper mount is lowered with respect to the raised orientation to retract the antenna on the mast;
• a locking knob carried by the lower mount and slidable along the axle between a locked position towards the upper mount and an unlock position away from the upper mount;
• a spring carried by the axle and positioned between the locking knob and a head of the axle and biasing the locking knob towards the locked position;
• at least one locking pin carried by the locking knob and slidable with the locking knob between the locked and unlocked positions;
• a radial array of bores arrayed about the axle, each bore being selectively engageable by the at least one locking pin to lock the upper mount with respect to the lower mount;
• a base plate carrying the upper mount and configured to be mounted to the vehicle;
• a plurality of fasteners selectively couplable to the base plate and configured to secure the base plate to the vehicle, comprising:
• i) a T-fastener configured to engage a T-track carried by the vehicle, the T-fastener comprising:
• an enlarged head configured to fit inside a channel of the T-track and abut to inner lips of an opening to the T-track;
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• a threaded shaft extending between the enlarged head and the base plate;
• ii) a pole clamp fastener configured to engage a pole carried by the vehicle, the pole clamp fastener comprising:
• a pair of brackets having indentations configured to face one another with the pole therebetween;
• threaded fasteners extending between the pair of brackets and configured to clamp the pole between the pair of brackets;
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• the base plate mountable to one of the pair of brackets;
• iii) a threaded fastener being configured to engage a flat surface carried by the vehicle and configured to extend between the base plate and the flat surface of the vehicle.