Patent ID: 6630912
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
A folding pod mount assembly for supporting a mountable member, the pod mount assembly having a collapsed state for transportation and a deployed state for operation, the assembly comprising:a central shaft rotatable between a folded horizontal position and an unfolded vertical position, wherein the central shaft includes a base and an extendable telescopic shaft that is movable between a stored retracted position and an operational extended position; and a plurality of ground-engaging support legs rotatably attached to the base of the central shaft, the plurality of ground-engaging support legs having a folded position and a deployed position; wherein the central shaft of the mount assembly is configured to rotatably lift the mountable member from the central shaft's folded horizontal position to the central shaft's unfolded vertical position, and the telescopic shaft is configured to lift the mountable member from the column's stored retracted position to the column's operational extended position.