Patent ID: 6124836
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
In a collapsible roof mounting for supporting and orienting a satellite dish system in relation to a broadcasting satellite from below the roof, upper and lower nestable channel-shaped formations, each including a bottom portion joining upstanding spaced-apart sidewall portions and interconnected adjacent one end thereof for swinging movement of said upper channel-shaped formation from a generally horizontal nested disposition within said lower channel-shaped formation to an upwardly projecting angled disposition thereto and reversely, and wherein said spaced-apart upstanding side and bottom wall portions thereof each have a configuration so as to define a passageway spaced inwardly from the ends thereof and extending generally centrally upwardly therethrough over the range of swinging movement, roof penetrating means including a central generally tubular portion secured to said lower channel-shaped formation in the region of and opening to said centrally located passageway from below and supporting said upper and lower channel-shaped formations thereon for rotation about a substantially upright axis, axially displaceable means swingably carried between said side wall portions of said upper channel-shaped formation in offset relation to said axis, actuating means extending from below said tubular shaped portion upwardly therethrough into said centrally located passageway rotatably engaging said axially displaceable means to elevate and lower same thereon so as to swing said upper channel-shaped formation from said nested disposition to said angled disposition and reversely, first control means extending generally radially outwardly from said tubular shaped portion below the roof for imparting rotation thereto, with said actuating means below said tubular shaped portion including second control means for rotating same.