Patent ID: 8496568

Claim:
An adapter assembly for use in an automated handling equipment system, comprising: a first component; a second component that is selectively mountable to the first component; at least one first code member associated with the first component; and at least one second code member associated with the second component, wherein the at least one first code member is removably attachable to the first component in multiple different orientations relative to the first component and the at least one second code member is removably attachable to the second component in multiple different orientations relative to the second component such that the at least one first code member and the at least one second code member have variable orientations relative to each other that control whether the second component can be mounted to the first component, and each of the code members includes a male section and a female section, the female section being oriented for use in one of the multiple different orientations of the respective at least one first code member and at least one second code member and the male section being oriented for use in another of the multiple different orientations of the respective at least one first code member and at least one second code member.