Patent ID: 9148006
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. An interchangeable base system for use with an electrical power and/or data unit, said base system comprising: a bottom housing portion configured to form a lower portion of an electrical power and/or data unit, said bottom housing portion having a recessed receptacle portion that is surrounded on all sides by a plurality of sidewalls of the electrical power and/or data unit; first and second mounts that are interchangeably mountable to said bottom housing portion, said first and second mounts having respective proximal engaging portions and distal mounting portions, said proximal engaging portions configured to be received in said recessed receptacle portion of said bottom housing portion, wherein said distal mounting portion of said first mount is configured for a first type of attachment to a mounting surface and said distal mounting portion of said second mount is configured for a second type of attachment to the same or a different mounting surface, wherein the first type of attachment is different from the second type of attachment; and one or more latch members at said recessed receptacle portion, said one or more latch members configured to releasably secure either of said first and second mounts upon engagement of said proximal engaging portion in said recessed receptacle portion of said bottom housing portion; wherein when said distal mounting portion of said first or second mount is coupled to one of the mounting surfaces, and said proximal engaging portion of said first or second mount is secured at said recessed receptacle portion, said recessed receptacle portion and said proximal engaging portion are surrounded by the sidewalls of the electrical power and/or data unit.