Patent ID: 7570481
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: H02B,H02G

Abstract:
1. A base assembly for a power pedestal including an elongated housing and a plurality of electrical conductors enclosable by said elongated housing, said elongated housing having a first end and a second end disposed opposite and distal from the first end, said base assembly comprising: a power pedestal base member comprising a first end and a second end disposed opposite and distal from the first end of said base member, the second end of said base member being structured to be coupled to a platform; and a connecting mechanism disposed at or about the first end of said base member and structured to removably couple the first end of said elongated housing to said base member without a number of separate fasteners, thereby facilitating removal of said elongated housing from said base member, wherein said base member further comprises a mounting surface disposed on the first end of said base member, and an electrical bus mount removably coupled to said mounting surface; wherein said electrical conductors are a plurality of first electrical conductors and a plurality of second electrical conductors; wherein said first electrical conductors are structured to be substantially enclosed within said elongated housing and to be coupled to said electrical bus mount; wherein each of said second electrical conductors is structured to extend from at or about said mounting surface and to be electrically connectable at said electrical bus mount to a corresponding one of said first electrical conductors; and wherein said first electrical conductors are structured not to be independently directly connected to said base member, in order to further facilitate removal of said elongated housing and said first electrical conductors which are enclosed thereby, and wherein said mounting surface of said base member includes a number of receptacles; wherein said electrical bus mount includes a number of tabs; wherein at least one of said number of tabs removably engages a corresponding one of said number of receptacles; and wherein, when said elongated housing is removed from said base member, said electrical bus mount is removable from said mounting surface of said base member, in order that said first electrical conductors and said electrical bus mount are structured to remain intact and to be removed with said elongated housing.