Theft resistant upstanding mount for temporary support of costly equipment likely to be a target for theft

A theft resistant upstanding mount for adjustably supporting at temporary outdoor locations costly equipment likely to be a target for theft, comprising:

• a) a base assembly that can be adjusted to rest in a stable manner atop a surface or object that does not necessarily extend in a perfectly horizontal manner;
• b) a telescopically extensible, height adjustable mast assembly connected to the base assembly for extending upwardly substantially vertically from the base assembly even if the surface or object on which the base assembly rests does not extend in a perfectly horizontal manner;
• c) an upper mounting station connected to and supported by the mast assembly, and being configured to support a first costly equipment device adjacent the upper end region of the mast assembly;
• d) a lower mounting station connected to and supported by the mast assembly, and being configured to support a second costly equipment device adjacent the lower end region of the mast assembly;
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• e) with the upper mounting station including a threaded mount component that extends concentrically along, and is supported by a bearing to be normally turnable about, a predetermined axis to prevent the first costly equipment device from being threaded onto and off of the threaded mount component while the threaded mount is turnable about the predetermined axis to thereby prevent theft of the costly equipment device from the upper mounting station;
• unless the threaded mount component is prevented from turning about the predetermined axis by rotation control means that also constitutes a component of the upper mounting station that can be used to temporarily prevent turning of the threaded mount component about the predetermined axis to thereby enable the first costly equipment device to be threaded onto the threaded mount component to securely connect the first costly equipment device to the upper mounting station while the threaded mount component is prevented from turning about the predetermined axis, and to thereby enable the first costly equipment device to threaded off of the threaded mount component disconnect the first costly equipment device from the upper mounting station while the threaded mount component is prevented from turning about the predetermined axis, wherein:
• the telescopically extensible, height adjustable mast assembly is formed from a plurality of relatively movable components that are capable, when fully extended, of supporting the upper mounting station at a height greater than 12 feet, whereby the size of the upstanding mount, when the mast components are fully extended, provides an unwieldily structure that deters theft by virtue of its height;
• one of the relatively movable components extends into and is received within another of the relatively movable components, with a set of alignable holes being formed through the one and another components, and with a lockable, removable hitch pin assembly extending through the alignable holes when aligned to prevent relative movement of the one and another components;
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• shroud collars are welded to opposed side surfaces of the another component to protectively enclose and limit access to opposite end regions of the lockable hitch pin assembly.