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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott A Brune, Leo, IN (US);
Matthew R Williams, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
Innotek Pet Products, Inc., Garrett, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3437925 ; 343810 ; 343812 ; 343815 ;
Abstract
An antenna which includes a rigid boom and a plurality flexible antenna elements attached to the boom. The antenna elements have curved cross-sections and are made from a material which allows them to resiliently bend upon contacting an object. The antenna is particularly suitable for mobile field use such as tracking objects tagged with radio frequency transmitters. In such use, the flexible antenna elements easily bend when contacting objects such as branches, brush and other vegetation so as not to become entangled and prevent movement of the antenna.