Patent ID: 6213440
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B60R,G09F

Abstract:
A mount for supporting an object, said mount comprising: an ensign post for positioning on the outside of a vehicle body, wherein the mount includes a ferromagnetic base plate carrying magnetic devices, said magnetic devices for releasably anchoring the mount magnetically to the vehicle body, and wherein the base plate carrying said magnetic devices having a pivotally mounted holder for holding an object, and said magnetic devices including at least two magnets disposed in a ring around the circumference of the base plate and, said at least two magnets adapted to interact with the vehicle body; and said at least two adjacent magnets positioned in the circumferential direction of the ring are arranged with alternating magnetic pole orientations facing towards the base plate for interacting with each other and with said ferromagnetic base to further anchor the mount magnetically to the vehicle body.