Patent ID: 6512492
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
A latch to connect an antenna to a support bracket in a point-to-multipoint millimeter wave communication system, comprising:a first member, configured to attach to a support bracket, said first member having a first hook forwardly extending therefrom, with the first hook configured to engage an antenna at a first point, and said first member having a guide member extending forward therefrom, with said guide member configured to engage the antenna at a second point spaced apart from the first point, to thereby maintain the orientation of the antenna relative to said bracket when connected thereto; a second member, said second member having a second hook pivotably carried by and forwardly extending therefrom, with the second hook configured to engage an antenna at a third point spaced from the first and second points, said second member being pivotably carried by said first member for selectively positioning between: (a) a first unlatched position, where the spacing between said hooks is at least as great as the spacing between the first and third points on the antenna so that said first hook engages the antenna at the first point without engagement of the antenna by the second hook, and (b) a second latch position where the spacing between said hooks is less than the spacing between the first and third points on the antenna so that the second hook engages the antenna at the third point while said first hook is in engagement with the antenna at the first point to thereby grasp the antenna at the first and second points; and means for releasably retaining said second member in said latched position.