Quick release security latch device for radio antenna base
AssigneeSouthCom, Inc.
InventorsMaurice H. Spinks, Sr., Yvon E. Juge
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Abstract
A quick release security latch device for a radio antenna base particularly adapted to releasably lock a base for a citizen's band radio antenna on a supporting member such as a trunk lid lip of an automobile and the like. The latch device includes a clamping loop connectible with the antenna base, a tension lever engageable wtih the clamping loop, and a bracket for mounting the tension lever on the supporting structure. The tension lever is movable between a first release position at which the clamping loop is disengageable from the tension lever for release of the antenna base from the supporting structure and a second position at which the clamping loop is tightly held to lock the antenna base on the supporting structure.
Claims2
A security latch device for quickly releasably mounting and removing a radio antenna base upon supporting structure of a vehicle comprising:
- a clamping loop connectible with said radio antenna and base and movable between a tensioned locking condition and a relaxed release condition;
- and a tension lever assembly securable with said supporting structure of said vehicle including a mounting bracket formed by a channel shaped member having a central portion adapted to be secured with said vehicle supporting structure and a tension lever formed of a channel shaped member having locking recess means for engagement by said clamping loop and pivotally secured within said mounting bracket for movement between locking and release positions for releasably engaging said clamping loop for imposing a locking tension on said clamping loop to hold said antenna base on said supporting structure of said vehicle.
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