ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,262, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC (Richardson, Texas).

"Collar mount for a cellular communications monopole" was invented by Dale Richard Heath (Fort Worth, Texas) and Firoz Ahmed (Irving, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collar mount for a base station monopole has a plurality of pressure members that surround the monopole. Threaded members are connected between adjacent pressure members to tighten the pressure members against the monopole. Pressure plates of the pressure members have a forward edge configured to engage the monopole at a pressure point. A dispersement plate is positioned at ...