Vertical monopole pivotally and telescopically mounted on support

Claim 1

AN INDOOR ANTENNA ASSEMBLY, COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL BASE MEMBER HAVING A CYLINDRICAL BORE THERETHROUGH AND HAVING AN INWARDLY PROJECTING LIP AT ONE END THEREOF, SAID BASE MEMBER ALSO HAVING A MOUNTING FLANGE ADJACENT SAID ONE END THEREOF, SAID BASE MEMBER ALSO BEING PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF INWARDLY PROJECTING SPLINES EXTENDING ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID CYLINDRICAL BORE, A SPHERICAL BEARING POSITIONED WITHIN SAID BORE AND SEATED ON SAID LIP, SAID BEARING HAVING AN AXIAL BORE THERETHROUGH, A TELESCOPING ANTENNA ASSEMBLY SLIDABLY POSITIONED WITHIN SAID AXIAL BORE, A SLEEVE ONE END OF WHICH IS PROVIDED WITH AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE, A COIL SPRING POSITIONED AROUND SAID SLEEVE WITH ONE END THEREOF IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE, A LOCKING MEMBER POSITIONED TRANSVERSELY WITHIN SAID CYLINDRICAL BORE WITH THE EDGES OF SAID LOCKING MEMBER POSITIONED WITHIN CORRESPONDING GROOVES IN SAID SPLINES, SAID LOCKING MEMBER HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING THROUGH WHICH SAID SLEEVE EXTENDS AND BEING POSITIONED IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SPRING SO THAT SAID SLEEVE HOLDS SAID SPHERICAL BEARING AGAINST SAID LIP, A TUBULAR COIL FORM OF INSULATING MATERIAL, SAID COIL FORM HAVING AT LEAST TWO OPPOSED TERMINAL MEMBERS AT ONE END THEREOF TO WHICH ELECTRICAL WINDINGS WOUND ON SAID FORM ARE ATTACHED, AND SAID LOCKING MEMBER HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSED DEPENDING ARMS WHICH EXTEND BELOW THE OTHER END OF SAID BASE MEMBER AND ENGAGE SAID OPPOSED TERMINALS OF SAID COIL FORM SO THAT SAID COIL FORM IS SUPPORTED THEREBY AND IS POSITIONED COAXIALLY WITH SAID BASE MEMBER, SAID ANTENNA ASSEMBLY BEING SLIDABLE THROUGH BOTH SAID SLEEVE AND SAID COIL FORM TO A RETRACTED POSITION.