Patent ID: 9343799
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: F16B,F16M,H01Q,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A device for mounting an antenna to a rail, comprising: a first clamp component having a first sidewall and a second sidewall coupled by a first middle portion, the first and second sidewalls extending from two opposing ends of the first middle portion such that the first sidewall is opposed to the second sidewall, the first and second sidewalls comprising a first cutout area having a stepped pattern and a second cutout area having a stepped pattern and configured to fit to a first portion of the rail; and a second clamp component having a third sidewall and a fourth sidewall coupled by a second middle portion, the third and fourth sidewalls extending from two opposing ends of the second middle portion such that the third sidewall is opposed to the fourth sidewall, the third and fourth sidewalls comprising a third cutout area having a stepped pattern and a fourth cutout area having a stepped pattern and being configured to fit to a second portion of the rail, the first clamp component and the second clamp component being arranged to be opposite to each other such that the rail is held in the cutout areas of the first and second components, wherein the first middle portion and the second middle portion each have a first through-hole in a center, a second through-hole and a third through-hole on each side of the first through-hole, the through-holes spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of each of the first middle portion and the second middle portion, the second and third through holes are elongated along a transverse direction to the longitudinal axis; a second fastener and a third fastener arranged to attach the first clamp component to the second clamp component when the rail is situated between the first and second clamp components; wherein the second and third through holes are configured to accept the second third fasteners; and in a first configuration a portion of the first sidewall overlaps with a portion of the third sidewall such that the first sidewall is against the third sidewall when the rail is held between the first and second clamp components; and in a second configuration the first sidewall and the third sidewall do not overlap and the first sidewall and the third sidewall are aligned in an orientation substantially parallel to the sidewalls and in the same plane when the rail is held between the first and second clamp components.