Patent ID: 7746278

Claim:
An antenna arrangement comprising: a central portion extending in a first plane; an antenna portion including an antenna element, wherein the antenna portion and the antenna element extend from the central portion in a second plane; a first counterpoise portion extending from the central portion in a third plane; and a second counterpoise portion extending from the central portion in a fourth plane, wherein when the antenna arrangement is configured in a functional position: the second plane of the antenna element is substantially perpendicular to the first plane of the central portion, the third plane of the first counterpoise portion is substantially perpendicular to the first plane of the central portion and substantially perpendicular to the second plane of the antenna element, and the fourth plane of the second counterpoise portion is substantially perpendicular to the first plane of the central portion and substantially parallel with the second plane of the antenna element, and substantially perpendicular to the third plane of the first counterpoise portion, wherein the first and second counterpoise portions form a counterpoise arrangement, the antenna element to operatively resonate together with the counterpoise arrangement; and a third counterpoise portion extending from the central portion in a fifth plane, the functional position being defined by the antenna arrangement being configured with the fifth plane of the third counterpoise portion being substantially parallel with the third plane of the first counterpoise portion, the first, second, and third counterpoise portions form the counterpoise arrangement.