US 12,463,315 B2
Telecommunications equipment mounting pipe for a monopole platform assembly and related platform assemblies
Jared D. Haines, Rock City Falls, NY (US); Michael J. Paulus, Dallas, TX (US); Samantha L. Merta, Plano, TX (US); Jason G. Seeley, Fort Worth, NC (US); and Randy Eugene Rogers, Jr., Fort Worth, TX (US)
Assigned to OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC, Richardson, TX (US)
Filed by Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/630,006.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/498,099, filed on Apr. 25, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0363992 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/1242 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/246 (2013.01); H01Q 9/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monopole platform assembly, the platform assembly comprising:
a ring mount configured to be secured to a monopole;
a plurality of platform subassemblies, each platform subassembly coupled to the ring mount via a support member and comprising upper and lower auxiliary support members and a grating, wherein adjacent platform subassemblies are coupled together via horizontal members extending between and secured to respective upper and lower auxiliary support members; and
a plurality of vertical mounting members, each vertical mounting member configured to be mounted to at least one of the horizontal members, with one or more of the vertical mounting members having a first linear segment radially offset from a second linear segment by a transition segment to form a radially offset mounting member and one or more of the vertical mounting members having a linear profile,
wherein each radially offset mounting member is configured to have an active antenna unit mounted thereto, the active antenna unit comprising an antenna and a radio mounted behind the antenna, and wherein each vertical mounting member having the linear profile is configured to have a passive antenna mounted thereto.