Quick deployed antenna system
AssigneeGilat Satellite Networks Ltd.
InventorsNoam Inbal, Nimrod Farjoun
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Abstract
A satellite system is packed into and transported via a backpack whereby the backpack integrally accommodates and supports the satellite antenna system as a single unit. The satellite antenna system expands or telescopes from the backpack as a complete working unit without the assembly of parts or minimal assembly such as the connection of cables. The backpack itself becomes the base to support the satellite antenna system in a stable position.
Claims22
A quick deploy antenna system comprising, in combination:
- a) a backpack body being wearable in a vertical position, the backpack body having an interior compartment;
- and leg assemblies extendible from the backpack body and extendible to a surface when the backpack is in a horizontal position, and
- b) a deployable antenna system contained within the interior compartment;
- wherein the antenna system is connected to the interior compartment and is extendible from the interior compartment into a fully deployed condition
- wherein the backpack body provides a base for deploying the antenna system.
A method of deploying an antenna system from a backpack body, the backpack body having an interior compartment and leg assemblies extendible from the backpack body to a surface when the backpack body is in a horizontal position, wherein the antenna system is connected to the interior compartment, the method comprising
- a) placing the backpack body in a horizontal position on the surface, and
- b) deploying the antenna system from within the interior compartment;
- wherein the backpack body provides a base for deploying the antenna system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.