Universal ceiling antenna mount
OwnerMichael Eugene Bryantinventor
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Abstract
A universal ceiling antenna mount may include a plate having a first side and a second side. The plate may include at least one antenna adapter hole, at least one mounting post attached to the second side of the plate, and at least one stem having a top open end and a bottom open end. The bottom open end of the stems may attach to the second side of the plate over the antenna adapter holes. A top plate having at least one hole and at least one mounting hole may sandwich a ceiling tile with the second side of the plate and be secured. At least one coaxial antenna cable may be connected to a top side of mount. At least one antenna may be connected to a bottom side of the mount.
Claims12
A method of passing an antenna connection through a ceiling tile, comprising:
- providing a plate comprising:
- at least one antenna adapter hole;
- at least one stem having a top open end and a bottom open end,
- wherein the bottom open end of the at least one stem attaches to a second side of the plate over the at least one antenna adapter hole;
- at least one mounting post attached to the second side of the plate;
- and
- at least one pointed perforator removably attached to the at least one stem;
- pressing the plate against a lower surface of the ceiling tile so that the at least one pointed perforator penetrates the lower surface of the ceiling tile;
- providing a top plate comprising:
- at least one hole configured to receive the at least one stem of the plate;
- at least one mounting hole configured to receive the at least one mounting post of the plate;
- removing the at least one pointed perforator from the at least one stem;
- and
- sandwiching the ceiling tile between the plate and the top plate, wherein the at least one antenna adapter hole and the at least one stem are configured to carry an antenna adapter through the ceiling tile.
A method of passing an antenna connection through a ceiling tile, comprising:
- providing a plate comprising:
- a first side and a second side,
- an antenna adapter hole;
- an adapter configured to be received in the antenna adapter hole through the first side of the plate;
- a stem having a top open end and a bottom open end, wherein the bottom open end of the stem attaches to the second side of the plate over the antenna adapter hole;
- a mounting post attached to the second side of the plate;
- and
- providing a top plate having comprising:
- a first side and a second side
- a hole and a mounting hole,
- sandwiching a ceiling tile between the second side of the plate and the top plate wherein the stem and the hole of the top plate are configured to carry the adapter through the ceiling tile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.