Patent ID: 8172195
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: B60P,B63B

Abstract:
1. A foundation adapter module for use with a track system having regularly spaced attachment points along regularly spaced parallel tracks, to mount a piece of equipment to the track system, comprising: a plate assembly; a captive slide member movably disposed in a slot in an upper surface of the plate assembly, the captive slide member including a fitting configured to attach to a piece of equipment; one or more slidable restraining members disposed on the plate assembly and configured to fit to the attachment points of the track system to restrain the plate assembly from vertical pullout from the track system and motion transverse to the track system, the slidable restraining members permitting sliding motion of the plate assembly along a respective track; and one or more locking members disposed on the plate assembly at a location configured to attach to the respective track in which at least one of the restraining members fits, to restrain the plate assembly from sliding motion along the respective track, each of the one or more locking members in linear alignment with at least one of the restraining members in a vertical plane defined through the respective track.