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US 2003/0145777 A1Published application
Antenna mounted flag
OwnerVance A. Lorenzana, Moises B. Lorenzanainventors
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Abstract
A flag for mounting on a vehicle radio antenna having a flat body which is uniformly tapered from a leading edge formed with a mounting rib towards a trailing edge which is thinner than the leading edge, the mounting rib having projections at either end which are encircled by resilient rings biasing the projections and the mounting rib against the antenna.
Claims14
An antenna flag comprising
- a rigid flag body having a substantial flat planar configuration with a mounting edge along one side thereof,
- a mounting rib disposed along and coextensive with said mounting edge and including mounting projections extending beyond said mounting edge,
- said mounting rib being formed with a lengthwise extending channel defined by a pair of spaced sidewalls extending outwardly away from said flag body positioned for engagement at their outer edges with an automobile radio antenna,
- said sidewall outer edges being formed with sharp corners spaced apart less than the outer diameter of said radio antenna to engage the antenna through out the length of said channel, and
- a pair of resilient rings for encircling said mounting projections and said antenna in a tensioned condition to secure said flag against said antenna restraining rotation of said flag with respect to said antenna.
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An antenna flag comprising
- a rigid flag body having a substantial flat planar configuration with a mounting edge along one side thereof and a trailing edge remote from said mounting edge,
- a mounting rib disposed along and coextensive with said mounting edge and including mounting projections extending beyond said mounting edge,
- said mounting edge being formed with a lengthwise extending channel defined by a pair of spaced sidewalls extending outwardly away from said flag body positioned for engagement at their outer edges with an automobile radio antenna,
- said sidewall outer edges being spaced apart less than the outer diameter of said radio antenna to engage the antenna through out the length of said channel, and
- a pair of resilient means one of which encircles each of said mounting projections and said antenna functioning to force said mounting rib against said antenna, said resilient means being of a resilience and size to function in securing said flag to said antenna over a range of antenna tubing diameters from ⅛ inch diameter to ¼ inch.
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In a flag for mounting on a vertical vehicle radio antenna of the type having a tubular member of an outside diameter between ⅛ and ¼ inches, the combination comprising,
- a flag body of molded plastic material having a thin planar configuration with a leading edge and a trailing edge, the body being uniformly tapered from the leading edge which is thicker to the trailing edge which is thinner,
- a mounting rib molded integrally with said body along said leading edge and including mounting projections extending beyond said leading edge at opposite ends of said mounting rib, said rib having a channel formed by spaced walls and opening away from said flag body, said walls being spaced apart a distance less than ⅛ inch,
- a pair of resilient means one of which encircles each of said mounting projections and said tubular antenna member functioning to force said mounting rib against said antenna member, said resilient means being of a resilience and size to function in securing said flag to said antenna over a range of antenna diameters from ⅛ inch diameter to ¼ inch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.