Patent ID: 7828486

Claim:
Surveillance apparatus comprising, in combination: base anchor structure including a pole fixed in place relative to the ground or other support and extending upwardly from the ground or other support; elongated core structure having a lower end and an upper end, said lower end fixed against movement relative to said ground or other support and said elongated core structure extending upwardly from said base anchor structure, with said upper end spaced above said base anchor structure; surveillance equipment carried by said elongated core structure; and an elongated enclosure having a bottom end portion and a top end portion, said bottom end portion secured to said base anchor structure and immovable relative thereto, said elongated enclosure extending upwardly from said base anchor structure along the length of said elongated core structure, with said top end portion disposed above said elongated core structure and said surveillance equipment carried by said elongated core structure, said elongated enclosure surrounding said elongated core structure and said surveillance equipment carried thereby to protect said elongated core structure and the surveillance equipment carried thereby from wind and other ambient conditions, and said elongated enclosure being completely spaced from and not in engagement with said elongated core structure and the surveillance equipment carried thereby whereby said elongated core structure and the surveillance equipment carried thereby are structurally isolated from said elongated enclosure and protected from vibration caused by wind impacting said elongated enclosure, said anchor structure additionally including at least one spacer element extending from said pole to a location spaced outwardly from said pole and connected to said elongated enclosure.