Patent ID: 8911246

Claim:
A universal adapter module for a docking tray, the universal adapter module comprising: a first adapter and a different second adapter, each of the first and second adapters comprising: an adapter body, an adapter plug, and an adapter cable communicating with the adapter plug and extended from the adapter body, wherein each of the first and second adapters further supports a different function; a housing comprising an internal cavity sized to receive the adapter body therewithin, and further comprising an opening adjacent to one surface thereof and sized to admit the adapter plug therethrough, and access means for removing the first adapter from the housing and substituting therefor the second adapter; and a means for urging the adapter plug outwardly through the opening of the housing, the urging means comprising a compression plate positioned within the internal cavity of the housing with the adapter body between the compression plate and the opening of the housing, and a threaded member for urging the compression plate toward the opening of the housing, whereby the adapter plug is projected outwardly through the opening.