EP1089376B1 - Arbre artificiel à camouflage d' antennes - Google Patents

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EP1089376B1
EP1089376B1 EP00126773A EP00126773A EP1089376B1 EP 1089376 B1 EP1089376 B1 EP 1089376B1 EP 00126773 A EP00126773 A EP 00126773A EP 00126773 A EP00126773 A EP 00126773A EP 1089376 B1 EP1089376 B1 EP 1089376B1
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Marco Calzavara
Luciano Sacher
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41G—ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS
    • A41G1/00—Artificial flowers, fruit, leaves, or trees; Garlands
    • A41G1/007—Artificial trees
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41G—ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS
    • A41G1/00—Artificial flowers, fruit, leaves, or trees; Garlands
    • A41G1/001—Artificial flowers, fruit, leaves, or trees; Garlands characterised by their special functions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/1242—Rigid masts specially adapted for supporting an aerial
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/22—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles
    • H01Q1/24—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set
    • H01Q1/241—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM
    • H01Q1/246—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM specially adapted for base stations
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/44—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna, e.g. means for giving an antenna an aesthetic aspect

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  • the invention concerns an artificial tree able to be used to camouflage any type of antenna, and the relative support structure, in order to reduce the aesthetic conflict with the environment in which the antenna is installed.
  • the term "antenna” should be taken to mean any device suitable to emit or receive electromagnetic waves, whether it be of the monopole type, panel type, dish type or otherwise.
  • antennas for example for cellular telephone systems, radio bridges and so on, in areas of great natural beauty, or of historic or environmental value, whether in the town or in the country, are well-known.
  • the antennas have to be located at a considerable height from the ground and, while this is not a great problem in industrialized areas, in other areas it causes an extremely negative impact on the environment.
  • the type of tree imitated is usually the one most commonly found in, or which is best integrated into, the environment where it is to be installed, and in any case is of the evergreen type such as, for example, a conifer or palm.
  • the state of the art includes for example a pole for antennas equipped on the upper part with attachment means for artificial branches able to reproduce the fronds of a palm tree.
  • the upper part of the pole is covered with shells which partly overlap each other and the rest of the pole is covered with coaxial sleeves made of fibreglass resin and painted with a paint of a similar color to the parts of the palm tree to be imitated.
  • a first disadvantage of this type of artificial palm tree is that, even if paints of a very similar color to the natural colors are used, it is practically impossible to obtain a perfect likeness with a natural palm tree. This difference is visible immediately especially if the artificial palm tree is installed near natural palm trees.
  • the layer of paint applied on the shells and the fibreglass resin sleeves has a limited duration and resistance to external agents.
  • the layer of paint shows the natural color of the fibreglass resin, which compromises the aesthetic appearance of the artificial tree. This necessarily requires the damaged shells or sleeves to be replaced, which in artificial palm trees of a conventional type is not always possible, or it is very laborious and requires a long time to carry out.
  • the present Applicant has devised and embodied this invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain an artificial tree which is as similar as possible to a real tree.
  • One purpose of the invention is to achieve an artificial tree which perfectly resembles natural trees, which offers maximum versatility of use, and is able to be perfectly integrated into most environments.
  • Another purpose of the invention is to provide an artificial tree which is quick and easy to achieve and install and able to camouflage any type of antenna.
  • a further purpose of the invention is to provide embodiments suitable to ensure optimum resistance to atmospheric agents and which in any case allow any damaged parts to be replaced.
  • an artificial tree according to the invention comprises a trunk consisting of a supporting pole for the antenna, covered at least partly by artificial bark and foliage consisting of artificial branches able to hide the antennas.
  • the trunk has at least a segment comprising, or made of, natural material made from real trees. This natural material may be made to cover the supporting pole by using various techniques.
  • the artificial tree is made to imitate a Japanese palm tree
  • the natural material comprises vegetable fibres and pieces of stalk and leaf sheaths made respectively from the trunk and from the leaves of real palm trees.
  • an artificial tree 10 is used to camouflage antennas 11 for cellular telephone systems. It is obvious that the invention can also be applied to antennas of other types such as, for example, monopole, panel or dish type antennas.
  • the artificial tree 10 is able to simulate an ornamental palm tree, such as a Japanese palm; the peculiarity of this tree is that it has a very high, erect trunk equipped in the upper part with evergreen leaves shaped like a fan, extending radially to form a very ample, compact and globular foliage, and therefore suitable to camouflage antennas.
  • Japanese palms are not only widespread throughout almost all the world, but also they can reach very great heights, in the order of tens of metres: they therefore are excellent models to make artificial trees 10 able to camouflage antennas which need to be installed very high up.
  • the artificial tree 10 comprises, in its essential parts, a trunk 12 and foliage 13.
  • the trunk 12 consists of a metal pole 15, of the type commonly used to support antennas, covered with materials able to simulate the bark of a Japanese palm tree.
  • the pole 15 is lined along a lower segment T1 with a layer 14 made of polymerizable resins reinforced with high resistance fibres such as, for example, fibre glass, and along an upper segment T2 with a plurality of modular elements 16, also made of reinforced resins, able to be coupled together.
  • the segments T1 and T2 extend respectively for 1/3 and 2/3 of the overall height' h of the pole 15; however, it is obvious that these values may be varied according to the contingent requirements and/or of the type of palm tree which is to be imitated.
  • the layer 14 may be applied onto the pole 15 using different techniques, according to the type of palm tree which is to be imitated.
  • the covering layer 14 consists of half-shells, for example made by molding, able to be coupled together and attached to the pole 15, optionally after they have been previously cut to size.
  • the modular elements 16 are also formed by half-shells able to be attached to the pole 15 by different techniques.
  • the modular elements 16 are covered with natural material, in this case vegetable fibres 20, made from real palm trees so as to make the artificial tree 10 extremely realistic.
  • stalks 19 made of plastic material, or according to a variant, made from real palm trees, are also applied onto the modular elements 16.
  • the modular elements 16 can easily be removed from the pole 15 both to be replaced in the event of wear or damage, and also to facilitate the maintenance operations of the antennas 11 or of their supporting structures.
  • the modular elements 16 are able to be coupled with the pole 15 by intervening laterally with respect thereto, and therefore each one of them can be removed without intervening on the other modular elements.
  • each modular element 16 comprises two half-shells, respectively 16a and 16b hinged together along a bending line 18 and equipped, in a position diametrically opposite the bending line 18, with coupling elements 29 which can be selectively activated and deactivated.
  • the bending line 18 is less thick than the other parts of the modular element 16 so that it functions as a hinge and allows an elastic deformation of the modular element 16 during its lateral coupling with the pole 15.
  • the two half-shells 16a and 16b are autonomous and coupled in correspondence with the bending line 18 by means of hinges.
  • hinge should be taken to mean any element able to allow the rotation of one of the two half-shells 16a or 16b with respect to the other half-shell 16b or 16a.
  • the hinge can consist of an article of hardware or a strip of fabric, or other elastic material, attached to the two coupling edges of the half-shells 16a and 16b or otherwise.
  • modular elements 16 can be used not only to achieve the segment T2 but also to achieve the segment T1; in the embodiment shown here, this has not been done, to prevent the natural materials, located too low down, from being damaged by people or animals.
  • polymerizable resins which are neutral in color and to which pigments have been added; the pigments are natural or artificial in origin and are able to give the modular elements 16 the desired coloring.
  • pigmented resins allows to achieve a trunk 12 with a more natural color than what can be obtained by using a surface painting process, and prevents scratches or abrasions from compromising the aesthetic appearance thereof.
  • the reinforced resin is subjected to surface processing; for example matrixes or molds made of silicon rubber or similar are applied, able to reproduce on the resin the roughness and circumferential ribbed structure typical of the natural bark of Japanese palm trees.
  • the foliage 13 consists of a plurality of branches 21 each comprising a stalk 22 made of reinforced resin and leaves consisting of flexible strips 23 made of thermo-plastic material and arranged in a fan.
  • the strips 23 can be of one color or, according to a variant, they can be dark green on their upper surface and light green on their lower surface, like the leaves of real palm trees.
  • the strips 23 are able to be coupled to the stalk 22 in such a manner as to be easily removed to be replaced in the event of damage.
  • every stalk 22 is equipped at the end with a male element 24 able to be selectively coupled with any one of a plurality of female elements 25 distributed on the outer surface of a sleeve 26 which can be coupled with the upper end 115 of the pole 15.
  • the male elements 24 and female elements 25 allow to remove at any moment the individual branches 21 to facilitate, for example, replacement or maintenance of the antennas 11.
  • the female elements 25 are arranged, and the male elements are inclined, and possibly the individual stalks 22 are curved, in such a manner that the branches 21 are arranged radially with respect to the sleeve 26 so as to define a thick and globular foliage 13 typical of Japanese palm trees.
  • the male elements 24 and the female elements 25 are provided with particular joints or are able to cooperate with attachment elements which prevent the branches 21 from accidentally coming off the sleeve 26, due to strong wind or a heavy load of snow or ice.
  • the sleeve 26 is closed at the upper part by a flange 28 to which a rod 30, equipped with conventional attachment elements for the antennas 11, is able to be coupled.
  • the male elements 24 may be provided on the sleeve 26 and the female elements 25 at the end of the stalks 22.
  • the materials used to achieve the individual components of the artificial tree 10 can be different from those cited here. It is also obvious that, although the description refers to a specific example, a person of skill in the art shall certainly be able to achieve many other equivalent forms able to reproduce a Japanese palm tree or another type of tree, but these too shall remain within the field and scope of the invention.

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  1. Arbre artificiel de camouflage d'antennes (11) comprenant un tronc (12) constitué d'un mât (15) destiné à supporter lesdites antennes (11) et recouvert au moins partiellement d'une écorce artificielle, et un feuillage (13) comprenant des branches artificielles (21) susceptibles de cacher lesdites antennes (11), l'arbre étant caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un segment (T2) dudit mât (15) est recouvert d'un matériau naturel provenant d'arbres réels.
  2. Arbre artificiel selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit matériau naturel est positionné de façon à recouvrir ladite écorce artificielle.
  3. Arbre artificiel selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite écorce artificielle comprend une couche intérieure de résine polymérisable sur laquelle une couche superficielle dudit matériau naturel est ajoutée au moyen d'adhésifs ou de colles lorsque ladite résine est polymérisée.
  4. Arbre artificiel selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que ladite résine polymérisable est renforcée par des fibres à résistance élevée.
  5. Arbre artificiel selon les revendications 3 ou 4, caractérisé en ce que des pigments de coloration sont ajoutés à ladite résine polymérisable.
  6. Arbre artificiel selon la revendication 1, susceptible de simuler un palmier japonais et caractérisé en ce que ledit matériau naturel comprend des fibres végétales (20) réalisées à partir du tronc d'un palmier japonais réel.
  7. Arbre artificiel selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'une extrémité supérieure (115) dudit mât (15) est équipée d'un moyen de retenue (27) d'une douille (26) à laquelle lesdites branches (21) sont susceptibles d'être couplées de façon amovible.
  8. Arbre artificiel selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que lesdites branches (21) comprennent un pédoncule (22) réalisé à partir d'une résine polymérisable renforcée auquel des bandes souples (23), réalisées à partir d'un matériau thermoplastique, sont couplées de façon amovible en étant disposées sensiblement sous la forme d'un éventail.
  9. Arbre artificiel selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que le moyen de retenue est susceptible de coupler de façon amovible lesdites bandes souples (23) audit pédoncule (22).
  10. Arbre artificiel selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ladite écorce artificielle possède une structure modulaire définie par deux enveloppes (16) ou plus susceptibles d'être couplées audit mât (15) en agissant latéralement par rapport à celui-ci.
  11. Arbre artificiel selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que chacune desdites enveloppes (16) comprend au moins deux demi-enveloppes (16a - 16b) susceptibles d'être couplées l'une à l'autre.
  12. Arbre artificiel selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que lesdites demi-enveloppes (16a - 16b) sont articulées l'une à l'autre en correspondance à une ligne de pliage (18) de sorte que ladite enveloppe (16) peut être ouverte temporairement pendant l'étape d'accouplement audit mât (15).
  13. Arbre artificiel selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que des moyens d'accouplement (29), qui peuvent être activés sélectivement, sont situés à une position diamétralement opposée à ladite ligne de pliage (18).
  14. Arbre artificiel selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit au moins un segment (T2) est situé en correspondance à la partie supérieure dudit mât (15) et est précédé par un second segment inférieur (T1) dépourvu dudit matériau naturel.
  15. Arbre artificiel selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que ledit second segment inférieur (T1) s'étend sur environ 1/3 de la hauteur (h) dudit mât (15) et en ce que ledit au moins un segment (T2) s'étend sur les 2/3 restants de ladite hauteur (h).
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