Low-profile, after-aligned, universal point mount

An apparatus operable to ground a lightning strike, the apparatus comprising:

• a base capable of being anchored to a structure by securement without penetration of the structure directly to a surface oriented as one of nominally horizontal and nominally vertical;
• a head, having an inner face and an outer face, the inner face positionable proximate the base and the outer face formed to receive therein a point capable of attracting the lightning strike;
• the head, holding a conductor in contact against the base, the head being tiltable about the circumference of the conductor;
• and
• a fastener capable of extending between the base and head to “trim” the head to position the point in a vertically plumb orientation and fix the head thereafter.

An apparatus for drawing a lightning strike, the apparatus comprising:

• a base, securable directly to a securement surface of a structure, the securement surface selected from a horizontal surface and a vertical surface;
• a head, having an inner surface positionable opposite the base and an outer surface capable of receiving a point of a size and shape selected to draw the lightning strike;
• the head, wherein the inner surface provides a relief channel having a cross section sized to partially surround a conductor captured between the base and head;
• and
• the head and base capable of being cooperatively spaced apart by the conductor, rendering the head capable of orienting the point vertically plumb by a combination of fixing the point into one of a plurality of apertures in the outer surface, in a nominally vertical orientation, regardless of whether the base is secured to the horizontal surface or the vertical surface.

A method comprising:

• providing an apparatus comprising a base, a head, a conductor, and a point;
• securing the base directly to a securement surface of a structure without penetration of the structure;
• capturing the conductor between the base and the head;
• positioning the point in an initial orientation in the head;
• and
• trimming the point to a vertically plumb position by tilting the head around the conductor.