Patent ID: 7576704

Claim:
A universal eave mount for mounting a satellite dish antenna to a structure with a sidewall and a roof with an eave, where the eave is formed by a sloping roof line, contiguous with the roof, that overhangs the sidewall, a downwardly extending edge parallel to the side wall, and an eave overhang that perpendicularly connects the downwardly extending edge and the sidewall, the universal eave mount comprising: a base plate for attaching the mount to the sidewall of the structure; an elongated base bar with interior and exterior surfaces and an initially open interior, said base bar extending perpendicularly outward from the base plate and generally parallel to the eave overhang, said base bar having a first extent attached to the base plate and an opposite extent terminating in an opening; an elbow shaped primary dish support having a first extent which is telescopically received within the opening in the base bar and having a second extent which extends upwardly at a right angle from the first extent when the first extent is received within the base bar, the two extents of the primary dish support being connected by first forming a polygonal notch opening in the second extent which receives a mating polygonal end of the first extent of the primary dish support which is subsequently welded thereto to form the elbow, the elbow shaped primary dish support including a generally cylindrical upright leg connected to a generally horizontal leg, the upright leg having a bottom opening for drainage; a threaded anchor element connecting the eave mount to a selected one of the eave overhang and downwardly extending eave edge such that said eave mount provides a sturdy location to mount a satellite dish antenna on the elbow shaped primary dish support; and wherein the base bar has a top, a bottom and opposing sidewalls, and wherein a plurality of tapped holes are present on the base bar which receive at least two set screws, one of the screws being contained in a hole on either the top or bottom of the base bar and the other set screw being contained in a hole on a selected side of the base bar.