Patent ID: 8240613

Claim:
A method of docking first and second portions of a docking system, comprising: releasably connecting first and second portions of a docking system using at least one latch mechanism that can be reusably released from said first portion of said docking system and that can be reusably released from said second portion of said docking system, wherein the operation of reusably releasing said at least one latch mechanism comprises a mechanical action of said at least one latch mechanism, said at least one latch mechanism can be reusably released responsive to a motion of a corresponding at least one mechanical element of said first portion of said docking system in mechanical engagement with said at least one latch mechanism, and said at least one latch mechanism can be reusably released responsive to a motion of a corresponding at least one mechanical element of said second portion of said docking system in mechanical engagement with a corresponding said at least one latch mechanism.