Patent ID: 8066239

Claim:
A base for an electronics module, said base comprising: a main wall; a recess defined in a rear face of the main wall, said recess adapted to receive at least one flange of an associated mounting rail; first and second movable latch arms located adjacent the recess, each of said first and second latch arms including a rail capture tab that projects from a first part of the latch arm, each of said first and second latch arms further including a second part that extends transversely from said first part so as to define an L-shape; wherein, for each of said first and second latch arms, at least part of the respective rail capture tab of the latch arm is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the second part of the latch arm; each of said first and second latch arms selectively resiliently movable between a latched position and an unlatched position, wherein the rail capture tabs of the first and second latch arms are withdrawn relative to the recess when the first and second latch arms are in their respective unlatched positions and wherein the rail capture tabs of the first and second latch arms are extended relative to the recess so as to project into the recess when the first and second latch arms are in their respective latched positions; and wherein said first and second latch arms and said main wall of said base are defined as a one-piece molded polymeric construction.