Patent ID: 8757918
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: F04B,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A quick-connect mounting apparatus comprising: a. a base; b. a bracket secured to the base and coupled to a first mechanism to support the first mechanism in a fixed position relative to the base, the first mechanism having a first rotatable member rotatable about a first axis of rotation; c. a first engagement member on the base, said first member comprising first and second rails extending in a direction away from the bracket and parallel to the first axis of rotation; d. an assembly comprising a second engagement member and a second mechanism, the second mechanism having a second rotatable member, the second engagement member comprising a slide bearing having first and second channels adapted to be positioned over and lowered onto the first and second rails so that the first rail resides within the first channel and the second rail resides within the second channel to operatively couple the second engagement member to the first engagement member with the second rotatable member sharing the first axis of rotation, and wherein the first and second engagement members are adapted to guide the assembly as the assembly is moved along the first and second rails between a first position in which the second rotatable member is not joined with the first rotatable member and a second position in which the second rotatable member and the first rotatable member are joined together; and e. a lock having a locked position temporarily securing the assembly in the second position and unlocked position permitting movement of the assembly between the first position and the second position.