Antenna ornament
OwnerStephen K. Velteinventor
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Abstract
An ornament for an antenna comprising a flexible, generally planar body having first and second surfaces and a plurality of apertures, the apertures extending along a line and dimensioned to receive the antenna therethrough, the planar body sufficiently flexible and resilient to bend between a flat state and a bent state, wherein when the ornament is in the bent state the antenna can easily pass through the apertures and when the ornament is released from the bent state the ornament tends to revert to the flat state, thereby being securely mounted to the antenna.
Claims24
An ornament for an antenna, comprising a flexible, generally planar body having first and second surfaces and a plurality of apertures, said apertures extending along a line and dimensioned to receive the antenna therethrough, said planar body sufficiently flexible and resilient to bend between a flat state and a bent state;
- wherein when said ornament is in the bent state, said antenna can easily pass through said apertures, and when said ornament is released from said bent state, said ornament tends to revert to the flat state;
- and wherein said ornament is held vertically along said antenna by the friction created when said planar body is woven around said antenna.
A method of ornamenting an antenna having a terminal end, the method comprising:
- (a) obtaining an ornament comprising a flexible, generally planar body having first and second surfaces and a plurality of apertures, said apertures extending along a line and dimensioned to receive the antenna therethrough, said planar body sufficiently flexible and resilient to bend between a flat state and a bent state;
- (b) bending said ornament to the bent state;
- (c) threading said antenna through said apertures;
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- (d) releasing said ornament from said bent state to allow shape memory to revert the ornament to the planar body, whereby said ornament is securely mounted to said antenna by friction created when said planar body is woven around said antenna.
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