Patent ID: 7431531
Filing Date: 2008-10-07
Classification: B25G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A quick release mounting apparatus, comprising: a detachable base having a mounting plate comprising a base mounting surface, the base mounting surface being adapted to be provided with means for attaching the base mounting surface to a surface external of the base; a detachable fitting having a mounting plate comprising a fitting mounting surface, the fitting mounting surface being adapted to be provided with means for attaching the fitting mounting surface to a surface external of the fitting; a connector coupled between the base and the fitting opposite from the base and fitting mounting surfaces, the connector being formed of a male bayonet inserted into a mating female receiver, each of the male bayonet and female receiver having substantially conical forms truncated to substantially similar lengths structured for mating along a common longitudinal axis with an automatic self-regulating rotational alignment mechanism therebetween comprising mating surfaces formed integrally of the respective male bayonet and a mating female receiver and operable along the common longitudinal axis, with the substantially conical form of the female receiver being extended deeper than a mating portion of the substantially conical form of the male bayonet for frictional securement between the male and female members; and a releasable secondary locking mechanism operable between the male bayonet and female receiver substantially transverse of the common longitudinal axis comprising a slot that is elongated along the common longitudinal axis, the releasable locking mechanism comprising: