Patent ID: 7567217

Claim:
An antenna device adapted for use with a receiver, said antenna device comprising: a connecting component having a surrounding wall that defines a receiving space and that has a receiver connecting portion adapted to be connected to the receiver, and an antenna connecting portion extending from said receiver connecting portion in a longitudinal direction, said antenna connecting portion having a first end surface and a first slit that extends from said first end surface in the longitudinal direction toward said receiver connecting portion and that is in spatial communication with said receiving space, said first slit being defined by a first slit-defining wall having a pair of wall sections opposite to each other in a first transverse direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, said antenna connecting portion further having a pair of first engaging portions formed on said wall sections of said first slit-defining wall, respectively; and an antenna connected pivotally to said antenna connecting portion of said surrounding wall of said connecting component and movable relative to said connecting component between a first position, where said antenna extends into said first slit in said antenna connecting portion and is clamped tightly between said first engaging portions of said surrounding wall, and a second position, where said antenna ceases to extend into said first slit.