Patent ID: 8454374

Claim:
A first apparatus for securing a first audio-visual (“A/V”) component housing to a structure surface and for use with a second A/V housing, wherein each of the first and second A/V component housings encloses electronic circuitry for processing control signals or data for using A/V content, wherein the first A/V component housing has a component first conductive surface, wherein the first apparatus is for use with a second apparatus adapted for attachment to the structure surface, wherein the second apparatus has a second apparatus first electrical bus for transmitting a power signal and a second apparatus first conductive surface electrically connected to the second apparatus first electrical bus, the first apparatus comprising: a support bar adapted for attachment to the structure surface and defining a channel adapted to receive the first A/V component housing, wherein the support bar is configured to support the first A/V component housing and to secure the first A/V component housing to the structure surface when the first A/V component housing is received by the channel; a first apparatus first electrical bus for transmitting the power signal, wherein the first apparatus first electric bus is attached to the support bar; a first apparatus first conductive surface disposed on the support bar and electrically connected to the first apparatus first electrical bus, wherein the first apparatus first conductive surface is adapted to abut the component first conductive surface when the first A/V component housing is received by the channel; and a first apparatus second conductive surface disposed on the support bar and electrically connected to the first apparatus first electrical bus, wherein the first apparatus second conductive surface is adapted to abut the second apparatus first conductive surface when the support bar and the second apparatus are attached to the structure surface adjacent to one another, wherein the channel of the support bar is adapted to receive the second A/V component housing when the first A/V component housing is not received by the channel thereby supporting the second A/V component housing and securing the second A/V component housing to the structure surface, and wherein the electronic circuitry in the first A/V component housing is adapted to perform a generally different function than the electronic circuitry in the second A/V component housing.