Patent ID: 7912435

Claim:
A mobile wireless local area network (LAN) communications device comprising: a portable, handheld housing; a wireless LAN transceiver carried by said portable, handheld housing; and a wireless LAN antenna for cooperating with said wireless LAN transceiver to communicate over a wireless LAN, said wireless LAN antenna comprising a first antenna element coupled to said wireless LAN transceiver having a first shape, and a second antenna element coupled to said wireless LAN transceiver having a second shape different from the first shape; at least one of said first and second antenna elements comprising a feed branch and a loop branch having a first end coupled to said feed branch, a second end adjacent said feed branch and separated therefrom by a gap, and a loop-back section extending between the first and second ends; said feed branch comprising first and second feed points, the first end of said loop branch being coupled to the first feed point, and the second end of said loop branch being adjacent the second feed point.